Bitrate issue

[quebecman]

It would be nice if SF would be able to pick the HIGHEST Quality by default between HIGH and MAIN Profile. Usually, it's the MAIN that has the best. This feature was asked many times.

[slottedpig]

This setting is what i couldnt find, thank you for posting the location.

[Chameleon]

This is 100% right, same quality as scene, both ripped from amazon:

House.of.the.Dragon.S02E05.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-NTb.mkv

General:
Matroska
Time: 1 h 2 min
Bitrate Global: 9515kb/s
Size: 4.18 GiB
Format: AVC (8 bits)
Resolution: 1920 x 960
Ratio: 2.000
FPS: 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Bitrate: 8870kb/s
Audio: English | E-AC-3 JOC | 5.1ch | 640kb/s

Correct it is an Amazon download. Thank you for your input . Appreciated.

[Sebastian001]

What do you think of these bitrates? Audio and video?

Acceptable :-)

[goncalo16]

For example, Axel F on Netflix. Streamfab bitrate ~2000kbps available ~5000kbps...

Wilson Wang can you guys add the profile button when you choose the movie bitrates? it would be easier instead of going to options and "test" to see what gives you the best quality..

[goncalo16]

What do you think of these bitrates? Audio and video?

This is 100% right, same quality as scene, both ripped from amazon:

House.of.the.Dragon.S02E05.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-NTb.mkv

General:
Matroska
Time: 1 h 2 min
Bitrate Global: 9515kb/s
Size: 4.18 GiB
Format: AVC (8 bits)
Resolution: 1920 x 960
Ratio: 2.000
FPS: 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Bitrate: 8870kb/s
Audio: English | E-AC-3 JOC | 5.1ch | 640kb/s

[Chameleon]

What do you think of these bitrates? Audio and video?

[ms-dfav]

There are noticeable differences between a constant bitrate of 1500 and 8000. I always prefer the highest available.

This. When the birates are similar then the High profile should beat the Main profile. In case of Netflix though, the bitrates are often so different that the High profile variant ends up being of noticeably lower quality. Yes, even to a newbie.

[Sebastian001]

There are noticeable differences between a constant bitrate of 1500 and 8000. I always prefer the highest available.

[Chameleon]

I LMAO every time someone gets so worked up about bitrates, especially when comparing between profiles. It's not even apples and oranges, it's apples and cucumbers. There are so many other important factors besides bitrate. A little reading would go a long way.

The other thing that I wonder about, what is your ultimate goal in downloading a movie? Do you want to watch the movie, or are you more interested in making sure that every pixel is aligned just properly in relation to all the other pixel on the screen? The same is true for sound. You've got people that have their panties all in a bunch because they can't download a certain movie with Atmos sound, never mind that they only have the stereo soundbar that came with their TV and any hope of getting even a simple 5.1 setup any time soon is nothing more than a pipe dream.

People think that because the number is higher it must be better, Watching the movie and enjoying it? That's for newbies.

[Cats4U]

I LMAO every time someone gets so worked up about bitrates, especially when comparing between profiles. It's not even apples and oranges, it's apples and cucumbers. There are so many other important factors besides bitrate. A little reading would go a long way.

The other thing that I wonder about, what is your ultimate goal in downloading a movie? Do you want to watch the movie, or are you more interested in making sure that every pixel is aligned just properly in relation to all the other pixel on the screen? The same is true for sound. You've got people that have their panties all in a bunch because they can't download a certain movie with Atmos sound, never mind that they only have the stereo soundbar that came with their TV and any hope of getting even a simple 5.1 setup any time soon is nothing more than a pipe dream.

[Germania]

> i do have two profiles one that is 2322k and one for 1600k

This is x264 High Profile:



Open the "Hamburger Menu" (3 lines top right) select Settings
- click left on VIP Services
- right under "Netflix Settings" you must
- change "H264 Profile" from "High" to "Main"
- click ok and try again



et voila

[slottedpig]

So I went to 6188 and i still dont see the higher version of the file for axel F and i know it exists i do have two profiles one that is 2322k and one for 1600k any thoughts? I just did a full uninstall and deleted the streamfab folder in the documents folder re-installed with the offline installer.

[slottedpig]

ah maybe i need to try the updated version and see whats going on, im on 6187

[jbinkley60]

Just tested it and - like I said above - this is exactly the difference between the Main profile (~5000kbps) and High profile (~2000kbps).

StreamFab 6.1.8.8 can download both variants.

I did the same test with the same movie and got the same video bitrate results. However, with High I get 6ch EAC3 Dolby Atmos but with Main I get 6ch EAC3 without Atmos, even though it is selected.


Thanks,

Jeff