[Apple Si+Intel BETAs inside] [macOS] Streamfab won't stay open

Nunya · 2026-07-03T11:54:09+00:00

Updated my 2018 Intel Mac (OS 15.7.7 and OS-frozen). When done, the app opens for a few seconds then quits to desktop. After enabling NordVPN, rebooting, rei...

zachinov

Wilson.Wang Any updates?

zettimetti

zachinov

Latest info about a Silicon version, can you read here:

https://forum.dvdfab.cn/d/472854-%EF%B8%8Fupdated-macos-streamfab-7036-wont-stay-open--crashes-/24

0xFeedBeef

So let me get this straight: the problem is with running SF natively on Apple Silicon (there were no claims in release notes that 7036 have native support), or is Rosetta also affected (doesn’t Rosetta provide its own crash logs)?

zachinov

0xFeedBeef Its anyone who tries to run the program on any apple silicon mac, so its likely an issue with it and rosetta, but also rosetta support is entirely ending very soon regardless, so we need a full native apple version for it to be able to launch starting September

BlueHarbour

0xFeedBeef

Until somewhere around version 7.0.3.1, the official Intel builds of StreamFab for Mac ran without any problems for me via Rosetta on my Apple Silicon M2 Mac.

A bug seems to have been introduced around version 7.0.3.3, because these later Intel builds now quit and crash on my M2 within minutes at most.

The native Apple Silicon test version 7.0.3.3 that @Wilson.Wang posted here, however, works without any issues for me, apart from the known HBO bug. That’s why everyone is so keen to get a new 7.0.3.7 Apple Silicon test version, as the official Intel builds now appear to be unusable on Apple Silicon for many users.

So, at least in my case, the issue is limited to running the current Intel builds through Rosetta, not the StreamFab test version running natively on Apple Silicon.

0xFeedBeef

zachinov so we need a full native apple version for it to be able to launch starting September

you’re being overly dramatic: Rosetta will be fully available in macOS 27, it’s only in macOS 28 that Rosetta gets neutered…

BlueHarbour Thanks! That certainly gives a clearer picture, does Rosetta not create crash logs in ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ ?

BlueHarbour

0xFeedBeef

I checked. There are a number of StreamFab crash reports in ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/, but all of them are from the native Apple Silicon build (translated: false, ARM64). I guess even the native version isn’t quite perfect! 😄

I also searched the entire folder for any crash report marked translated: true, and there aren’t any. So, strangely, the Intel build quitting under Rosetta does not appear to have generated a standard crash report on my Mac.

That lines up with my experience: the app mostly just quits within a few minutes, sometimes much sooner, and I can’t recall ever seeing a “Send Report to Apple” dialog afterwards.

JustAnEcho

7.0.3.7 is crashing within a minute on my Intel Mac (iMac Pro). This is exactly as with 7.0.3.6. Running older versions doesn’t crash.

BlueHarbour

JustAnEcho

Your case and others seem to confirm that the issue isn’t specific to Rosetta or Apple Silicon after all. If the newer builds are also crashing within a minute on Intel Macs, while older versions remain stable, then it looks more like something was introduced in the recent Mac builds themselves.

I’ve been thinking about this a bit more, and I actually suspect now that the Intel version of 7.0.3.3 may still have been mostly fine, with only occasional crashes that didn’t make the app unusable for me. The really serious problems seem to have started with the HBO fix in 7.0.3.6 and continued with 7.0.3.7.

That might also explain why I had no major stability issues with the native Apple Silicon 7.0.3.3 test version. It doesn’t have the HBO fix yet but it works reliably for me and is dramatically faster and more responsive on top of that.

So I’m starting to wonder whether this is a broader regression introduced in the Intel Mac builds around the HBO fix, rather than a Rosetta-specific problem. Maybe others can chime in and say whether this matches their experience.

Wilson.Wang

JustAnEcho

Please try the new test version.

It‘s the Intel build.

http://dl.dvdfab.cn/download/StreamFab.app_7038_2026_07_09_11_04_53_notarized.dmg

ashley.townsend

Mine (Intel) was working fine until I updated to 7.0.3.7 and now this evening is crashing with every single attempt at using it. It doesn’t matter which streaming site I am on, if I have managed to start a download, or if I just have the app open to the home screen with nothing else open at all…it will crash in about 2 minutes.

Wilson.Wang

Hi,

A new Apple Silicon test version, please try it again and tell me the result.

https://dl.dvdfab.cn/download/testfile/StreamFab.app_7037_2026_07_08_10_15_34_notarized.dmg

A new Intel test version, please also try it again and tell me the result.

http://dl.dvdfab.cn/download/StreamFab.app_7038_2026_07_09_11_04_53_notarized.dmg

Wilson

temp1

Wilson.Wang This version (7037 Apple Silicon) does not crash and works well with Disney+ and Amazon Prime downloads. But it mangles the audio and subtitle tracks for Apple TV. Downloading a show with two audio and one subtitle track results in this (and both audio tracks playing at the same time):

  Stream #0:1[0x2](eng): Subtitle: mov_text (tx3g / 0x67337874), 0 kb/s
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : Core Media Closed Caption
      name            : English
  Stream #0:2[0x4](deu): Audio: eac3 (Dolby Digital Plus + Dolby Atmos) (ec-3 / 0x332D6365), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 768 kb/s
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : Core Media Audio
      name            : German
    Side data:
      Audio Service Type: main
  Stream #0:3[0x5](eng): Audio: eac3 (Dolby Digital Plus + Dolby Atmos) (ec-3 / 0x332D6365), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 768 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : Core Media Audio
      name            : English
    Side data:
      Audio Service Type: main
  Stream #0:4[0x6](eng): Subtitle: mov_text (tx3g / 0x67337874), 0 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : SubtitleHandler
      name            : English
  Stream #0:5[0x7](und): Subtitle: mov_text (tx3g / 0x67337874), 0 kb/s
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : SubtitleHandler

Update: Fixed it with ffmpeg (ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -map 0:v -map 0:a -map 0:s:0 -c copy output.mp4), but it would be great if StreamFab processed the selected subtitle track correctly.

amvandemore

Wilson.Wang In limited testing, this version works much better. No crashes as the emulated version was and significantly faster.

porcarojeff

Wilson.Wang thanks this solved my crashing problems.

Nunya

temp1

Temporarily try using something like Handbrake to post-process out the extra audio tracks.

Nunya

@Wilson.Wang

The beta on the M2 Pro (Apple Silicon) seems to be working. It stayed open long enough to log in and successfully process and item. It still has the same issue with Max but that flags a SF warning when you try, so it’s not a surprise.

Thanks! Now to get that Intel compile done. 😉

BlueHarbour

Nunya

Unfortunately not able to try this out at the moment, but are you saying HBO Max has not been fixed in this new version? Or is it like it was on Windows, where apparently the warning initially still popped up but it was in fact working again?

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