Is streamfab lossless

[adambot]

does streamfab re-encode the video it downloads?
thanks!

[october262]

does streamfab re-encode the video it downloads?
thanks!

see post #1 - https://forum.dvdfab.cn/forum/softwa...-streamfab-faq

[Mona]

No, we do not re-encode the video. You get what you pick for download.

[KidJoe]

does streamfab re-encode the video it downloads?
thanks!

All streaming providers use compression so they use less data as they stream, which can help reduce buffering, accommodate for internet congestion, etc. This is lossy. But StreamFab downloads them from the Streaming services without changes. It doesn’t recompress, re-encode etc.

In other words, the movies/shows exists in the streaming service in a lossy format, but StreamFab itself is not introducing any further loss.

There was a DRM issue for a time (starting around the end of 2021), and Streamfab worked around this by re-encoding, BUT that has long since been fixed (early 2022), and that work around (re-encoding) is no longer used.

[adambot]

All streaming providers use compression so they use less data as they stream, which can help reduce buffering, accommodate for internet congestion, etc. This is lossy. But StreamFab downloads them from the Streaming services without changes. It doesn’t recompress, re-encode etc.

In other words, the movies/shows exists in the streaming service in a lossy format, but StreamFab itself is not introducing any further loss.

There was a DRM issue for a time (starting around the end of 2021), and Streamfab worked around this by re-encoding, BUT that has long since been fixed (early 2022), and that work around (re-encoding) is no longer used.

this is the answer i was looking for -- i thought i remembered it re-encoded at one time in the past, but couldn't find if that changed...

see post #1 - https://forum.dvdfab.cn/forum/softwa...-streamfab-faq

apparently i was blind and missed the FAQ...

Thank you everyone!