Amazon 6.1.7.0 Is H.265 supported?

[JeffDavis]

Tried 6.1.7.0 and downloaded 2 videos from Amazon that previously would download 540p. With 6.1.7.0, both downloaded as 1080p, but the codec is H.264. Both were added to my queue with a previous StreamFab version and H.265 video selected. Does 6.1.7.0 support H.265 download from Amazon?

[Germania]

> Does 6.1.7.0 support H.265 download from Amazon?

As far as I know H265 is not supported by re-encoding
so it can only works with content that use no recode
(old or new is relativ, because Amazon changes old content)

For Example first episode from The Sex Lives of College Girls:
s01e01 in HD switched from selected CVBR, h265 to h264 and recode
if same title selected in 480p it use h265 without re-encoding
s02e01 works for me in x265 with 720p without problem/re-encoding.

[Cats4U]

You have to choose CVBR to get H.265.

[Germania]

> Does 6.1.7.0 support H.265 download from Amazon?

As far as I know H265 is not supported by re-encoding
so it can only works with content that use no recode
(old or new is relativ, because Amazon changes old content)

For Example first episode from The Sex Lives of College Girls:
s01e01 in HD switched from selected CVBR, h265 to h264 and recode
if same title selected in 480p it use h265 without re-encoding
s02e01 works for me in x265 with 720p without problem/re-encoding.

[JeffDavis]

I chose CVBR so I guess 6.1.7.0 is still re-encoding newer 1080p content. I thought the processing stage took longer than usual, but other than that and switching to H.264, there's nothing flagging it as using re-encoding. I downloaded a 480p video and it downloaded as H.265.

"New: Add support to download the Amazon new released videos with EAC3 5.1 audio using download mode." So the participle clause applies to "audio" but not to "videos".

[Kattanders]

I chose CVBR so I guess 6.1.7.0 is still re-encoding newer 1080p content. I thought the processing stage took longer than usual, but other than that and switching to H.264, there's nothing flagging it as using re-encoding. I downloaded a 480p video and it downloaded as H.265.

"New: Add support to download the Amazon new released videos with EAC3 5.1 audio using download mode." So the participle clause applies to "audio" but not to "videos".

There is no indication about re-encoding. You can "see" it, if you request H265 and it downloads H264. Also slow processing indicates re-encoding.In the end you can compare requested file size versus downloaded file size - it wont be the same.