StreamFab 7.0.0.x Pluribus Download Issue

zlosacker

Hello! I have successfully downloaded almost all of Pluribus from AppleTV, except for Episode 9, which has a constant Analysis Loop occurring. Not sure why this is happening if I’ve been able to download the rest of the series. I have stopped the download and restarted it multiple times with no success. I am also able to download other shows and movies from AppleTV with no issues. Any else experiencing this same issue?

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Germania

zlosacker Not sure why this is happening

You need to wait until it’s released

zlosacker

Germania 😂Well, if I were paying more attention, then yes, that would explain EVERYTHING…

simchris

Trust me, we have all done this one at some point :)

Stan001

I wondered why the log said 404 not found.
Was going to ask if it played in browser, but now we know, so mystery solved. 🔍🔎

DarkSkies

I’ve had this issue a couple times, so a crazy question: is Apple providing metadata for a FUTURE title that makes SF think it CAN be downloaded NOW?

Other providers have had “placeholders” for future series and movies but attempts to analyze those in SF immediately fail, or they simply don’t show up in the download dialog (for episodes). Yet in this case, SF just “keeps trying” until the user cancels. Apple clearly is doing a fake-out here but I’m baffled why they do it…

Germania

DarkSkies is Apple providing metadata for a FUTURE title …

Correct

DarkSkies … that makes SF think it CAN be downloaded NOW?

Looks like SF can’t read/understand the meaning of “comingSoonDate” in Apple API

So, in the case of series, in addition to the first/current episode,
the last episode would also have to be analyzed,
but this is obviously not the case.

So I think SF use only a “link grabber” and the future link
will also work a week in advance (if unfinished - s01e09 here)

DarkSkies

That’s a great discovery @Germania ! Right below that date is a flag, which could perhaps be used: I wonder how complex it would be to update SF to NOT queue titles where the flag “isComingSoon” is equal to TRUE. (That would save some frustration for end-users who queue an entire season not knowing it has episodes flagged like this, wondering why their entire queue was held up.)