This has been an issue from the get-go. I finally decided to dedicate a post to it.
When browsing Amazon Prime, Netflix or others and picking a show from within StreamFab, the pop-up where you select your resolution/bitrate, audio and subtitles lists stuff depending on what you clicked or pasted
Because of this, you can sometimes pick something that is not available in all seasons or episodes.
For example, Narcos: Mexico. I am re-downloading all my Netflix content as H265/HDR10 if available and i tried this one today.
Browsing to the show, this is the pop-up:
Notice the audio is EAC3 (Dolby Digital Plus). I cannot pick Atmos because it analyzed S01E01 and that does not have Atmos. I know for a fact that Season 2 and 3 have Atmos so how do i get that? Even if i didn't know Season 2 and 3 had Atmos, when downloading all seasons from the Season 1 analysis, it should download the 6 channel audio, not the 2 channel one.
The resulting downloads look like this:
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Now if i start the analysis from Season 2, i can pick Atmos and it actually downloads the Atmos audio:
Season 3
Also, notice how the bitrate on some episodes vary significantly?
That is why i think the whole pop-up behavior needs to be re-evaluated. I used to bitch that we could only queue 1 season at a time with the competitor but now i see why.
One main problem with the way SF works right now is that you cannot really pick a specific season because it will bring you back to the previous page after analysis. That is especially true of Netflix but also very valid on Amazon Prime because even when you search for a specific season, it may not show up in the search results. It exists but doesn't show up!
I truly believe there are 2 things that can alleviate the problem:
I know there is also an issue with the wrong bitrate being selected in batch but because of the low 50 item limit per day, it's hard to do proper troubleshooting to pinpoint what is happening...
Like i said, being able to pick per season/episode would be ideal. For seasons, you could have something like this (very bad mockup):
When browsing Amazon Prime, Netflix or others and picking a show from within StreamFab, the pop-up where you select your resolution/bitrate, audio and subtitles lists stuff depending on what you clicked or pasted
Because of this, you can sometimes pick something that is not available in all seasons or episodes.
For example, Narcos: Mexico. I am re-downloading all my Netflix content as H265/HDR10 if available and i tried this one today.
Browsing to the show, this is the pop-up:
Notice the audio is EAC3 (Dolby Digital Plus). I cannot pick Atmos because it analyzed S01E01 and that does not have Atmos. I know for a fact that Season 2 and 3 have Atmos so how do i get that? Even if i didn't know Season 2 and 3 had Atmos, when downloading all seasons from the Season 1 analysis, it should download the 6 channel audio, not the 2 channel one.
The resulting downloads look like this:
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Now if i start the analysis from Season 2, i can pick Atmos and it actually downloads the Atmos audio:
Season 3
Also, notice how the bitrate on some episodes vary significantly?
That is why i think the whole pop-up behavior needs to be re-evaluated. I used to bitch that we could only queue 1 season at a time with the competitor but now i see why.
One main problem with the way SF works right now is that you cannot really pick a specific season because it will bring you back to the previous page after analysis. That is especially true of Netflix but also very valid on Amazon Prime because even when you search for a specific season, it may not show up in the search results. It exists but doesn't show up!
I truly believe there are 2 things that can alleviate the problem:
- Stop bringing us back to the previous page after analysis
- Add a button to trigger the analysis
I know there is also an issue with the wrong bitrate being selected in batch but because of the low 50 item limit per day, it's hard to do proper troubleshooting to pinpoint what is happening...
Like i said, being able to pick per season/episode would be ideal. For seasons, you could have something like this (very bad mockup):
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