Freevee titles blocked by warner?

[phelings]

It would seem that Warner are getting Freevee to do something to warner shows to make them so Streamfab won't download them. As the name suggests Freevee content is free but with ads. Most of it downloads no problem and without ads. However Person of Interest and Babylon 5 (both warner) work fine on the Fire stick but try and watch via a browser and the £ sign appears which means you cannot watch it for free so Streamfab cannot download it either unless you pay for it. When babylon 5 first appeared on Freevee I was able to download it without problem but after getting problems with Person of Interest I contacted Amazon. They said they would look into it but a bit of searching showed this has been going on for several months. Looks like Warner deliberately blocking viewing via browser just like Sky and Now tv prevent downloads by only allowing viewing via their own player. Can Streamfab get round this? If they can't it would seem like its quite easy for any service to stop Streamfab working in the future with a few adjustments

[Mike_M]

Hi phelings,

Please ignore this post if it is not helpful or you already know.

Just f/y/i both those series can be downloaded via HBO Max right now.

Not HEVC via StreamFab on HBO Max for some reason, but HBO Max *is* feeding HEVC versions.

Noticed several people asked Amazon Prime about this and Amazon's response was:

The selection of titles Included with Prime Video is always changing, and titles you're interested in might become available in the future. We're constantly working to improve our catalog to ensure that Prime members have access to the best selection of movies and TV shows possible. - Amazon Rep

Another user pointed out that these shows could still be watched from free on the mobile apps.

Also, fyi, the entire series of Babylon 5 HEVC @ 1440x1080 (first episode is 1920x1080 & that's what it *shows* for downloading via StreamFab :-) with ~5,800 Kpbs with 6 channel 256 audio (205gb) will fit on one 256gb Flash Drive (Microcenter has them on sale for $19.99) just in case you're getting low on disk space and waiting to upgrade, like me.

These can be downloaded via StreamFab @ HBO Max 1080 because they were done before the DRM change (HBO Max 720p).

Mike


Attached: Example of issue via Amazon Prime/Freevee (previously IMDB)

[phelings]

Fairly sure HBO Max is not available in the UK.
I managed to download B5 when the HD versions first appeared on Freevee so I have about 500gb of it on USB.
Both B5 and Person of Interest are available on Prime so the Amazon reply shows they as misinformed now about the issue as they have been for over 6 months.
Both shows play fine on Freevee watching via Firestick. But using a web browser they are not available for free.

Thanks for the reply