The developer is stuck with the latest version

[smithbrad]

Not confusing at all. Amazon is download mode, meaning the way we've done it all along before the DRM change. In other words, they are saying Amazon is totally fixed. You'll have to determine whether that is true or not because I refuse to use any update that uses re-encoding mode with any streamer, even one that I'm not presently subscribed to, which is the case with Netflix.

Still re-encodes for me. That is also how I interpreted the change log (i.e., as an audio only fix)

[theresay]

Why are they wasting time to fix a minor problem on a module that will soon be obsolete? Funimation is closing in April! If they must "fix something" to show they are working on it it should be Crunchyroll.

[Kattanders]

Are you saying that Amazon is still re-encoding with 6.1.7.0? Did you delete the contents of your temp folder and use a "professional" uninstaller program to remove all traces of a previous version of StreamFab, including registry entries, before installing 6.1.7.0? If so, attach your StreamFab.log.

Makes no difference - cleaned up everything to o with DVDFab and StreamFab, Program folder, registry, log and temp folders with an absolut clean re-install of 7.1.7.0 and re-register my program again.
Still reencoding.
Try Ex Machine, choose H265. It downloads H264 and then starts re-encoding. Sorry Cats4U

[DVDalibaba]

I am waiting for all reviews before updating to the new version. Has amzn already repaired it or is it still re-encrypting?

[Brozilla]

still upscale

[Guest]

The new version is a joke, the log says "Notify encode mode". I don't know why they are trying to swindle us by lying. SMH

[smithbrad]

Based on my testing it is still re-encoding. It was previously reported that it downloads the HD (1080p) file, so no upscale, but cannot break the encryption. Instead, it plays the file behind the scenes and captures it to a new file (re-encode). Unfortunately, the quality suffers in that, based on my experience, the new file is around 25% the size of the original download. Some have also reported other issues with the new encode.

[Germania]

still upscale

no upscaling – see here and here

In Germany we say: If you have no idea - just shut up

[peter777]

If the procedure is - as I understand it - that a file is played in the background and then repackaged, then no DRM is actually violated and is therefore not prohibited, right? That would be nothing more than a screen recorder.

[Sebastian001]

If the procedure is - as I understand it - that a file is played in the background and then repackaged, then no DRM is actually violated and is therefore not prohibited, right? That would be nothing more than a screen recorder.

Maybe, but nobody wants that! Can I also film the screen with my iPhone!

[jpp72]

Amazon is still VBR only. i dont have CBR download mode

CBR is only available in H264. H265 only has CVBR

[Brozilla]

no upscaling – see here and here

In Germany we say: If you have no idea - just shut up

i mean







yeah totally not upscalled

[jpp72]

yeah totally not upscalled

Why do you insist on chiming in on things you don't understand?

Upscaling is taking something in a certain resolution and modifying said resolution to something higher. For example, take a 720p video and upscale it to 1080p.

The re-encode mode that StreamFab is doing is, for lack of a better word, screen recording. Because it is done at a greater speed, it's not the pure definition of screen recording.

So it is playing the file at 1080p in high speed and recording the output to a file. It encodes the video on-the-fly using settings similar to the original file and then downloads the original audio to finally remux the video and audio together.

There is no upscaling!

[Brozilla]

Why do you insist on chiming in on things you don't understand?

Upscaling is taking something in a certain resolution and modifying said resolution to something higher. For example, take a 720p video and upscale it to 1080p.

The re-encode mode that StreamFab is doing is, for lack of a better word, screen recording. Because it is done at a greater speed, it's not the pure definition of screen recording.

So it is playing the file at 1080p in high speed and recording the output to a file. It encodes the video on-the-fly using settings similar to the original file and then downloads the original audio to finally remux the video and audio together.

There is no upscaling!

then it is screen recording with encode
re-encode makes absolutely no sense

in addition, screen recording is not normally possible without a gpu

someone (moderator) said that the downloaded video is taken and then encoded to a higher resolution (upscale)

[jpp72]

then it is screen recording with encode
re-encode makes absolutely no sense

in addition, screen recording is not normally possible without a gpu

someone (moderator) said that the downloaded video is taken and then encoded to a higher resolution (upscale)

Again, untrue. All modern CPUs can encode H264 no problem. And when i say modern, i mean starting at 8th generation Intel. That is 6 years ago.

Secondly, displaying the output is more CPU intensive than not displaying it. Just like if you code something where you simply ask it to count from 1 to 1 million and to display the number at each iteration, it will take a few seconds to do it but if you say to only display when it is at 1 and at 1 million, it is way faster and less CPU intensive.

You are playing semantics with the terms. If a file is encoded a certain way and you encode it a different way, is that not re-encoding?

The reason why the FILE is bigger is probably because they use CBR to encode regardless of what you chose. Encoding in CVBR is way slower than CBR. I cannot verify that claim because i refuse to install StreamFab versions that have the re-encode feature.

Let's not forget that this is a Chinese company and sometimes their English is not great. Re-encode is what they chose to call it but it doesn't matter since the whole issue here is that it is not upscaling.

That's all i have to say on this issue as this forum is not about terminology.