Hi there!
Below are the problems I have encountered during a first few weeks of using StreamFab 6.1.3.2 (6.1.3.1 at first).
The ones for SkyShowtime are extremely limiting (so bugs 5, 6 and 7 below), as they affect audio quality and subtitles availability with no workaround at all.
Others are major annoyances so I am reporting them all, for posterity.
For reference: I have my program configured for
- downloading of English, German and Polish audio tracks and subtitles
- MP4, H265, AAC, stereo, with 'Extract Original Format' and no forced subtitles
[BUGS]
[StreamFab 6.1.3.2 general]
(BUG 1) the program often crashes when removing tasks from the task queue (via the 'x' icon)
(BUG 2) the program often hangs if trying to pause the currently downloading track
(BUG 3) reordering the list does not trigger saving of the task queue, so re-opening the program immediately after reordering means losing such changes
(BUG 4) the program has some memory leaks, so over time it is blowing up because of occupying too much memory; using the option to autostart with a system and to work 24h a day is not working really
[StreamFab 6.1.3.2 SkyShowtime]
(BUG 5) although there is an option to seleect between 'AAC (Stereo)' and 'EAC3 (Stereo)', the resulting tracks are both always 96kbps, which is not enough (for AAC stereo it should be at least 128kbps and for EAC3 stereo even more)
(BUG 6) sometimes forced subtitles are downloaded instead of regular ones; for the titles affected it does not matter which subtitles are selected and also an option 'VIP Services -> Always download the forced subtitle' has no effect on this (Polish subtitles for 'Forrest Gump', 'Sin City', many episodes of 'Elementary', from series 6: episodes 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16)
(BUG 7) only stereo audio tracks are available, not 5.1 as advertised
[StreamFab 6.1.3.2 Amazon]
(BUG 8) problem with "Tick"
- strange message about 10808p not available (and then downloading 1080p anyway), but also no audio apart from English, no subtitles
(BUG 9) problem with "Tudors, The"
- there are both Polish audio tracks and Polish subtitles - but these are not pre-selected
- this also resulted in some missing subs for PL: s01e03, s03e01, s03e04, s03e06
- retrying with direct links to these episodes resulted in correctly downloading PL subs for these (in 'Subtitles only' mode)
(BUG 10) when, for a particular episode in a series, an audio language chosen does not exist, a random audio track gets downloaded in its place (tagged correctly in mp4) ('Chicago Med' season 5 episodes, instead of German audio track: s05e02 (Spanish), s05e03 (Portugese), s05e06 (Italian), s05e12 (French) and others)
(BUG 11) sometimes (rarely) the resulting .mp4 file is empty (0 bytes long) with no error message given
[StreamFab 6.1.3.2 Disney+]
(BUG 12) for some movies the 'Korean' audio track gets pre-selected ('Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937)')
(BUG 13) for some movies the 'Italiano' audio track gets pre-selected ('Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)')
(BUG 14) for some movies the 'Deutsch [Audiodeskription]' audio track gets pre-selected ('Maleficient_ Mistress of Evil (2019)')
(BUG 15) sometimes the option for 'Stereo (AAC)' gets lost and 'Multichannel (EAC3)' is pre-selected instead
(BUG 16) often on the 'Downloading' and 'Downloaded' tabs 'AAC 5.1' orange tag gets displayed, despite that the audio tracks are correctly downloaded as AAC stereo (125kbps)
[StreamFab 6.1.3.2 HBOMax]
(BUG 17) only one audio track can be selected, need to download everything twice and mux manually for two audio tracks
(BUG 18) some subtitles are often skipped (different each time), so it is worthwile to compare both copies and copy the subtitles between
[StreamFab 6.1.3.2 Netflix]
(BUG 19) despite 'Stereo' tracks being selected everywhere in the options, the tracks for 5.1 are always selected as default, so I need to 'inverse' the audio tracks selection every time
[SUGGESTIONS]
(SUGGESTION 1) because of the problems with task queue (bugs 1, 2), it would be extremely useful to have the button to 'Pause all with the exception of the currently downloading'
(SUGGESTION 2) the ability to select and move / delete multiple items at a time
(SUGGESTION 3) the ability to view the (previously selected) properties of an item in a task queue
I hope that the above list would help in the development of this.
Unfortunately, I don't have much time for helping with diagnosing these. I can respond there but that is all (for now).
I tried to be as descriptive as I can, so that most of the bugs should be reproducible on your end.
Good luck!
ms
Below are the problems I have encountered during a first few weeks of using StreamFab 6.1.3.2 (6.1.3.1 at first).
The ones for SkyShowtime are extremely limiting (so bugs 5, 6 and 7 below), as they affect audio quality and subtitles availability with no workaround at all.
Others are major annoyances so I am reporting them all, for posterity.
For reference: I have my program configured for
- downloading of English, German and Polish audio tracks and subtitles
- MP4, H265, AAC, stereo, with 'Extract Original Format' and no forced subtitles
[BUGS]
[StreamFab 6.1.3.2 general]
(BUG 1) the program often crashes when removing tasks from the task queue (via the 'x' icon)
(BUG 2) the program often hangs if trying to pause the currently downloading track
(BUG 3) reordering the list does not trigger saving of the task queue, so re-opening the program immediately after reordering means losing such changes
(BUG 4) the program has some memory leaks, so over time it is blowing up because of occupying too much memory; using the option to autostart with a system and to work 24h a day is not working really
[StreamFab 6.1.3.2 SkyShowtime]
(BUG 5) although there is an option to seleect between 'AAC (Stereo)' and 'EAC3 (Stereo)', the resulting tracks are both always 96kbps, which is not enough (for AAC stereo it should be at least 128kbps and for EAC3 stereo even more)
(BUG 6) sometimes forced subtitles are downloaded instead of regular ones; for the titles affected it does not matter which subtitles are selected and also an option 'VIP Services -> Always download the forced subtitle' has no effect on this (Polish subtitles for 'Forrest Gump', 'Sin City', many episodes of 'Elementary', from series 6: episodes 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16)
(BUG 7) only stereo audio tracks are available, not 5.1 as advertised
[StreamFab 6.1.3.2 Amazon]
(BUG 8) problem with "Tick"
- strange message about 10808p not available (and then downloading 1080p anyway), but also no audio apart from English, no subtitles
(BUG 9) problem with "Tudors, The"
- there are both Polish audio tracks and Polish subtitles - but these are not pre-selected
- this also resulted in some missing subs for PL: s01e03, s03e01, s03e04, s03e06
- retrying with direct links to these episodes resulted in correctly downloading PL subs for these (in 'Subtitles only' mode)
(BUG 10) when, for a particular episode in a series, an audio language chosen does not exist, a random audio track gets downloaded in its place (tagged correctly in mp4) ('Chicago Med' season 5 episodes, instead of German audio track: s05e02 (Spanish), s05e03 (Portugese), s05e06 (Italian), s05e12 (French) and others)
(BUG 11) sometimes (rarely) the resulting .mp4 file is empty (0 bytes long) with no error message given
[StreamFab 6.1.3.2 Disney+]
(BUG 12) for some movies the 'Korean' audio track gets pre-selected ('Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937)')
(BUG 13) for some movies the 'Italiano' audio track gets pre-selected ('Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)')
(BUG 14) for some movies the 'Deutsch [Audiodeskription]' audio track gets pre-selected ('Maleficient_ Mistress of Evil (2019)')
(BUG 15) sometimes the option for 'Stereo (AAC)' gets lost and 'Multichannel (EAC3)' is pre-selected instead
(BUG 16) often on the 'Downloading' and 'Downloaded' tabs 'AAC 5.1' orange tag gets displayed, despite that the audio tracks are correctly downloaded as AAC stereo (125kbps)
[StreamFab 6.1.3.2 HBOMax]
(BUG 17) only one audio track can be selected, need to download everything twice and mux manually for two audio tracks
(BUG 18) some subtitles are often skipped (different each time), so it is worthwile to compare both copies and copy the subtitles between
[StreamFab 6.1.3.2 Netflix]
(BUG 19) despite 'Stereo' tracks being selected everywhere in the options, the tracks for 5.1 are always selected as default, so I need to 'inverse' the audio tracks selection every time
[SUGGESTIONS]
(SUGGESTION 1) because of the problems with task queue (bugs 1, 2), it would be extremely useful to have the button to 'Pause all with the exception of the currently downloading'
(SUGGESTION 2) the ability to select and move / delete multiple items at a time
(SUGGESTION 3) the ability to view the (previously selected) properties of an item in a task queue
I hope that the above list would help in the development of this.
Unfortunately, I don't have much time for helping with diagnosing these. I can respond there but that is all (for now).
I tried to be as descriptive as I can, so that most of the bugs should be reproducible on your end.
Good luck!
ms
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