Latest StreamFab & Netflix question

[theresay]

Damsel? That's definitely getting re-encoded.

[fanatic]

I just finished the movie and it took 39 min to download the video, audio and remux it all to mp4. Here's a screenshot of the media info if that matters

[KidJoe]

That screenshot shows is (or thinks it is) receiving 1080p video. How long does it take to finish processing after the download is complete?

Upscaling a 480 video to 1080, even with hardware acceleration from a GPU (like Nvidia or Intel) with Fab's other tools (like Unifab) take many many hours, and often DAYS, even with a fast PC and top of the line GPU. So if your download and processing is days per movie, then Fab could possibly be upscaling to 1080p. BUT if its taking considerably less than an hour per movie

That being said, the method they have been temporarily using to get past the current DRM issues (especially with newer content on Amazon and Netflix) while they work on the permanent fix, relies on a process that does take a little longer than its normal "download the video,download audio, bypass DRM, then mux the audio and video parts back together" process it used in the past.

For more detail, see Post 38 of this other thread

[fanatic]

This is probably a dumb question but I'm gonna ask anyway, How can you tell if StreamFab is actually downloading the movie in 1080p or it's upscaling the video? The screenshot below shows a movie that was available in 480p or 1080p.