Current State Of AppleTV+

[Germania]

marcelospera

I tested "For All Mankind.s01e07" again - now with your selection ..
.. and for Video I see in log: server replied: Not Found, code : 203

This is probably due to the fact that the setting determined for s01e01 is not available for episode 7.

On closer examination I found the exact cause:

SF analyze s01e01 and for H265 with 1920x960 you can select
Bitrate 5150 (your selection), 4095, 2949 kbps

But the Resolution 1920x960 is not offered by AppleTV+ for s01e07
Available is only 1918x960 @ 5174 kbps or 1916x958 @ 4129 kbps
(s01e08 offered in 1918x960 @ 5173 kbps or 1916x958 @ 4115 kbps)

3840x1920 from s01e01 is also not available for s01e07+08 (3838x1920)

Ergo: If you need more than 1356x678 and I see it right (untested)
you can only use 1920x960 @ 10327 kbps H264 for s01e07+08

[Germania]

I can download For All Mankind S03E06 in 2160P H265 with Atmos but the video is never decrypted.
I get a 9+GB file with clear audio but encrypted video.

For All Mankind.s03e06 downgraded automatically to 432p

(For All Mankind.s03e06 was encode by Apple at 2024-02-20)

> I also have a few other episodes of shows that only download in 480P

There will probably be no known key for video >SD - Not for all titles is the FHD Key known

For many movies >SD is not offered to me if the key for decrypting for >SD is not known.
Why this check is not error-free for all movies is beyond my knowledge and understanding.

I'll probably check the other titles (after work)

[marcelospera]

You've already written all that - here

For All Mankind.s01e07+08 works for me with 678p H264 + German AAC
For All Mankind.s03e06 downgraded automatically to 432p
Thats all without any [Critical] in the log (also Severance.s01e07+08 from old post)



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Can you tell us more about your selection ?

Yes, of course.

[harmony]

I can download For All Mankind S03E06 in 2160P H265 with Atmos but the video is never decrypted. I get a 9+GB file with clear audio but encrypted video.

I also have a few other episodes of shows that only download in 480P:
Foundation S02E08
Slow Horses S01E03, S02E01, S03E02
Ted Lasso S02E03, S03E06

[Germania]

.. For All Mankind and some episodes doesn't download .. epidodes S01E07, S01E08 and S03E06

You've already written all that - here

For All Mankind.s01e07+08 works for me with 678p H264 + German AAC
For All Mankind.s03e06 downgraded automatically to 432p
Thats all without any [Critical] in the log (also Severance.s01e07+08 from old post)



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Can you tell us more about your selection ?

[marcelospera]

Hi! This new version 6.1.9.7 works very fine in AppleTV most of the time. However, I'm downloading For All Mankind and some episodes doesn't download. The program generates a lot, and I mean a lot, of files and make my drive full when I try to download these episodes. My SSD has 300 GB free and becomes completely full. The episodes are: For All Mankind, epidodes S01E07, S01E08 and S03E06.If you need a log, please, tell me what to do. Thanks.

[Germania]

Guys, I noticed that the videos downloaded in H265 SDR are at level 4.1.
I would like to download them at level 4.0 for compatibility reasons, is that possible?

It's unchanged - SF can only download what is offered by AppleTV+
and that is: L4.1@Main - see also my manually download here

> The H264 version is at level 4.0 but is not playing on the emby when used on the TV.

If you need 4.0 you will have to convert it yourself.

[Emby]

Guys, I noticed that the videos downloaded in H265 SDR are at level 4.1. I would like to download them at level 4.0 for compatibility reasons, is that possible? The H264 version is at level 4.0 but is not playing on the emby when used on the TV.

[marcelospera]

Hi! This new version 6.1.9.5 works very fine in AppleTV most of the time. However, I'm downloading series like Severance or For All Mankind and some episodes doesn't download. The program generates a lot, and I mean "a lot", of files and make my drive full when I try to download these episodes. My SSD has 300 GB free and becomes completely full. The episodes are: For All Mankind, epidodes S01E07, S01E08 and S03E06. And Severance: S01E07 and S01E08. If you need a log, please, tell me what to do. Thanks

[djhanje]

I have by Some titles like the morning show that I have the full episode in 1080 with subs but when I Watch the episode there are moments the subs are not present, and after 1 or 2 minutes they suddenly come back again and then at a moment it is again away and comes back after a couple minutes,
i do it with mp4 decrypt and subs apart so I get for every episode 2 files,
1 episode is 1080, second episode is 540 and third episode is again 1080 and from the 4th episode I get it not fully watchable.
i have yet only 1 series that fully worked in 540 quality and that is presumed innocent,
I want to test other good series,
the big door prize had also the 5 first episodes that worked in 1080 quality, the others 5 of season 1 have not been fully watchable, there is no point to say it fully works for Apple TV.

[adowEm]

Have you tried with Setting "Extract to SRT File" ?

I've had no problem with this setting and a single subtitle so far (my default is mp4)

That seems to have resolved a great deal of my 702 errors, but not all of them. Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock still has 702 errors on a few episodes even with that setting enabled.

Now that I've been playing around with it more I've noticed a few things:
1) For the first time in a while I've felt the need to check every single file StreamFab makes because on AppleTV+ it has a huge likelihood of generating a file without errors that only has part of the video file (i.e. it will freeze midway through the video, but audio will continue)
2) Sometimes when the files will have the "green screen" from a decryption issue I can try to download the same file over and over again and it will eventually give me the fully-functional 4K file/1080p
3) Of all the titles that I've tried downloading and only downloaded at 432 resolution I've only had 2 (out of 30 or so) actually able to download anything higher than that and succeed
4) Sometimes switching to h264 when the h265 doesn't work will produce a working download, but given #2 above I'm not convinced that it's any better than trying h265 over and over again
5) I've looked in the temp output folder during remux for a few titles that eventually failed and noticed that the .dec file was still there for the video, which presumably indicates the decryption never finished properly. StreamFab then takes the completely unencrypted file and uses that to remux instead. I feel like there should be a way for the devs to detect this and produce an error instead of wasting time remuxing. If I try to play the .dec file I get a working video stream, it's just not as long as the video is supposed to be.

[djhanje]

Germania thanks for the tip of the version, i’m gonna check the log this afternoon and if it say I get errors in the file I go back to the older version,
or test with an other dns on my router.
update: change of the dns helped a little, I get now 7 min of the episode, I just try the older version this afternoon to have that episode back to full.

[Germania]

Know someone what that problem is??

I strongly suspect that you have in StreamFab.log multiple "server replied: Bad Request"
see page 2 and #35

I had this very often with 6194 - with 6195 only with a few titles.
There does not seem to be an ultimate solution for dl with errors at the moment.
The error rate increases if you select several audios and/or several subtitles.

> when I download a episode of life by Ella that episode 1 is normaly a 21 minutes,
> I have after the download only the first 3 min and than Stops,

I tried "Life by Ella.s01e01" (only sd) with german AAC + forced subs
and have 5x [Critical] in StreamFab.log for subs (1 missing segment - 4 retries)
and 5x [Critical] for video (1 missing segment - 4 retries), audio without errors
The missing video segment is 39 - video freeze at 05:34



2nd try without subs and the same video segment 39 is missing

3rd try with H265 SDR and now missing segment 159 - video freeze at 22:21



Can you search for [Critical] in StreamFab.log whether the errors are in the same segments?

[Critical]: QtDownloadTask::onError : errorString :Error transferring ... --39.m4s or 159.m4s

> it’s anoying that I can not download episodes of series that are ok.

If you want error-free videos, I can only suggest SF 6193 at the moment ..
.. but then always in SD and AAC Audio with 32k

[djhanje]

I have take now one Month to try apple, and have the problem that when I download a episode of life by Ella that episode 1 is normaly a 21 minutes, I have after the download only the first 3 min and than Stops,
and somethimes I have only sound of an episode, no file with picture and sound with full episode, I tried lower quality also, no solution, I get always not a good episode with full episode I download,
Know someone what that problem is??
it’s anoying that I can not download episodes of series that are ok.

[Germania]

.. found that the remux fails due to a subtitle error

Have you tried with Setting "Extract to SRT File" ?

I've had no problem with this setting and a single subtitle so far (my default is mp4)