Amazon Download Limit?

Lexxa

Hi there,

is there a download limit on Amazon recently? I just downloaded 20 episodes of a series and now he says I should come back tomorrow, I have reached the download limit. It never used to be like that. Or is that new? Regards.

fosse76

I received a pop-up that I have reached the maximum number of downloads for Hulu for the day. I've never seen this before and don't know what it is. I've also attached an image just so you can see what I'm seeing.

fosse76

I received a pop-up that I have reached the maximum number of downloads for Hulu for the day. I've never seen this before and don't know what it is. I've also attached an image just so you can see what I'm seeing.

fosse76

Weird...I also included logs but they aren't showing. So I am attaching them here.

Wilson.Wang

Dear StreamFab users,

In order to maintain the ecosystem of streaming service, following the principle of fair use, we decide to add limitation to the maximum video number when downloading the videos from streaming services in StreamFab. For now, up to 50 videos downloading from every single website per day shall take effect.

As we know, CDN is used to store the videos of streaming service, while the price is very expensive. This is why the streaming services implement the limit to the offline video downloading number as well because this is the biggest part of their cost of business operation.

To fight against unfriendly piracy of downloading might lead to the upgrade of their websites or DRM protection to make StreamFab or other tools not to work, for a short period of course. We don’t want any parties be involved into an infinite war.

Thanks for your support and understandings. Cheers.

Lexxa

But i have downloaded 20 videos not 50.

october262

But i have downloaded 20 videos not 50.
Lexxa

are you downloading from multiple websites or just one ??

Lexxa

It was 20 episodes from a series from Amazon.

KidJoe

Dear StreamFab users,

In order to maintain the ecosystem of streaming service, following the principle of fair use, we decide to add limitation to the maximum video number when downloading the videos from streaming services in StreamFab. For now, up to 50 videos downloading from every single website per day shall take effect.

As we know, CDN is used to store the videos of streaming service, while the price is very expensive. This is why the streaming services implement the limit to the offline video downloading number as well because this is the biggest part of their cost of business operation.

To fight against unfriendly piracy of downloading might lead to the upgrade of their websites or DRM protection to make StreamFab or other tools not to work, for a short period of course. We don’t want any parties be involved into an infinite war.

Thanks for your support and understandings. Cheers.
Wilson.Wang

Thank you for the information. And I now see there is a stickied post.

I think this should have also been included in the release notes as it is a change to the StreamFab.

CAn you please consider adding it to the release notes? And in the future include such changes in the release notes too?

Lexxa

Why you deleted my Post? I have downloaded 20 episodes, not 50!!!!!!!!! I have the DVDFab 365, and Problems are not solved in 48 hours. A Limit we has in other Products too, this was the decision to buy this product without Limit in the Past.

signals

Your post was not deleted, at least not by me. Maybe you overlooked it.

IronicMan

when i download a show i almost always wait until the length of the show has finished before downloading another one from the same service...for example, if a movie is 90 minutes long i will wait about 90 minutes before downloading another one...occasionally i will download another one soon after...for example i recently downloaded a movie from amazon that was very shaky for some reason, so after about 15 minutes i downloaded a different one to see if the shaky problem was on a different movie. ...and if i haven't downloaded anything in a few hours (not counting when i'm asleep) i might download the next 2 in an hour or so... but it doesn't seem fair to be able to download shows a lot faster than you can watch them, and i think if people do that, the companies will make it impossible for any downloading to work.

AGuyWithAComputer

My download is slow enough as it is, often around 3Mbps. Example I started downloading all of Blue Bloods off P+. About 200 or so episodes. I'm on my 3rd day of downloading and it's still has 84 more to go. With this limit It would take me 4 days, and I wouldn't be using many other services because RL

squirrel9

Could we get a bit of clarity on this? For instance, what constitutes "a day?" When does "a day" start, and when does "a day" end? And even this is a bit unclear: "For now, up to 50 videos downloading from every single website per day shall take effect." So, "50 videos per day, no matter how many websites you use?" Or "50 videos per day from each website?" I presume it's the former, not the latter, but then again, it's not entirely clear. So, a bit more clarity would help.

SirRush

Something many are not understanding. Do NOT to "leech" from a Site. Leeching is downloading a BUNNNNNNNNCH, shows information of "overload" or "high usage". I'm a little surprised DVDFab hasn't imposed limits earlier as a foresight. It's challenging enough to know who has a slow connection or fast. You also have to consider HOW the workarounds are happening for the services being provided. So they're considering the average...AND..some other ramifications happening today.

This means, really consider what you're doing. Even in your testing. Don't by lazy minded. Spread your downloads further apart - don't leech!! If you're really 'addicted' to shows, consider checking into meditation and checking Nature a little more. Consider chatting with others face to face. ;):cool:

Lexxa

The problem is the day is over, also 24 hours and the error comes anytime, i cant download anything. 24 hours later, nothing happens.

jimc115

My Two Cents....

50 Episodes a day is generous. For the sake of some shows, 60 would have been nicer because of the number of episodes, but typically, 50 should cover 2 seasons.

I understand the argument that many would like to grab an entire show in one setting, but that can be 100's of episodes and will catch the attention of most providers.
I would rather the developers spend time adding more providers that people want instead of constantly repairing the one's we already have.

To be fair to the other side though...Amazon uses it's own CDN, so costs are minimal.

Anyway...most providers don't provide enough content to grab 350 shows per week, so it might be tough to get use to at first....but life will get better unless you are a
Discovery+ Addict...then I'm afraid there's little hope for you besides the fact you won't go bankrupt buying hard drives to hold 2000 episodes of Guy Fieri shoveling
food down his throat.

Lexxa

Oh yes, first of all I have 20 and not 50 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and secondly, how many hours does a day have with you? 48? or more? I still don't work, the error keeps coming. Can't download anything as I allegedly exceeded the limit.

Lexxa

I would say the limit is not restored to 0, it alaways come limit exceeded.

skoy

my concern is content providers know what is going on with streaming endless number of episodes. Nobody can stream and view that many for hours. So, in order to eliminate the ability to record shows they will come up with more restrictions. So, the average user who is probably satisfied with 5-10-15 recordings a day will find it harder to use the software. greed is a terrible thing.

Lexxa

Greed has nothing to do, that my limit was not restoring, i cant do nothing. error since too days limit exceeded.