Amazon - no more possible to analyze single episodes (website change)

[Sebastian001]

They had "re-encode" since they started with whatever StreamFab was called in the beginning. My mind is coming up blank right now as to what it was named. It was only later that they went to direct download. Jack and I were told just a few days before they released it that they were going to use the re-encode (or as Wilson referred to it as "like CleverGet") until they could figure out the DRM. We begged Wilson not to do that, but he did it anyway. My point is that there was no reason to be "busy with Recode" because they already had it coded up from previous times, and they were able to just insert it in a matter of 2 days after the (bad) decision was made to use it.

Yes, I still remember Jack raging because they really spent 5 updates tinkering with the "recoding". Because some users had no patience and wanted to load something.

I hope that the next lockdown will be calmer, and hopefully shorter.

[Cats4U]

They were busy with Recode...

They had "re-encode" since they started with whatever StreamFab was called in the beginning. My mind is coming up blank right now as to what it was named. It was only later that they went to direct download. Jack and I were told just a few days before they released it that they were going to use the re-encode (or as Wilson referred to it as "like CleverGet") until they could figure out the DRM. We begged Wilson not to do that, but he did it anyway. My point is that there was no reason to be "busy with Recode" because they already had it coded up from previous times, and they were able to just insert it in a matter of 2 days after the (bad) decision was made to use it.

[Sebastian001]

For example on amazon, you have BR1, BR2, BR3 for 1080p. If i batch download with BR3 and StreamFab gets to an episode that only has BR1 and BR2, it should download BR2. Right now, it downloads BR1 and it's so fucking annoying. I have to go back and analyze individual episodes and download BR2 one by one

Yes, that only works if you notice that only B1 was loaded.

Can you see in the log whether B1, B2, B3 was loaded?

[Sebastian001]

The worst part was that they had almost 6 months during the DRM change when they sat with their thumb up their ass waiting for someone in the world to release the keys so they could use them. They could have assigned someone to write the QT code to make all the modules look like Amazon, then. That didn't necessarily mean they had to release it then. They probably would have heard a rash of shit for making a GUI change to nonworking modules, but they could have plugged the new GUI in immediately after the DRM was fixed.

They were busy with Recode...

[Sebastian001]

I still have hope that at some point a version 7 will come out that is really NEW.

[Cats4U]

The worst part was that they had almost 6 months during the DRM change when they sat with their thumb up their ass waiting for someone in the world to release the keys so they could use them. They could have assigned someone to write the QT code to make all the modules look like Amazon, then. That didn't necessarily mean they had to release it then. They probably would have heard a rash of shit for making a GUI change to nonworking modules, but they could have plugged the new GUI in immediately after the DRM was fixed.

[jpp72]

yep, this looks great. I have never seen this suggestion, because it was before my SF purchase.


btw: At the beginning of my SF time, what struck me most was the desire
that the selection dialog should be transferred to the other VIP services.
If I see this correctly, this only happened recently with AppleTV+ (preview)

Ya. Even before Cats4U and I were brought in as mods, they gave us a word document highlighting the major things they were working on. One of them was making all download windows the same as the Amazon one.

So it has gone from that, to us (Tom and I) organizing and cleaning the forum, fixing the usergroups, fixing promotions, fixing image attachment sizes, creating topic prefixes, enabling likes, enabling setting answers, cleaning users awaiting moderation, creating polls and even me starting a database driven bug tracker. We were also taking all the shit from the DRM change while they ignore every single recommendation on how to handle it.

Meanwhile, everyone is still waiting for the new download window on Netflix (the most used streamer in the world)

[Germania]

I even suggested adding a button next to each episode (could even be a tiny icon) but as usual, completely ignored.

yep, this looks great. I have never seen this suggestion, because it was before my SF purchase.


btw: At the beginning of my SF time, what struck me most was the desire
that the selection dialog should be transferred to the other VIP services.
If I see this correctly, this only happened recently with AppleTV+ (preview)

[jpp72]

Of course, it would be best to simply select the episode
and force the analysis by switching between H264 + H265

Although i appreciate the fact that they added the manual analysis, it is a half-assed incomplete implementation as usual.

Back in June 2023, i created a whole thread on how they should improve the analysis. I even suggested adding a button next to each episode (could even be a tiny icon) but as usual, completely ignored.

If they would just do these 2 things, it would improve the user experience immensely:

1. Add an icon next to each episode in the download pop-up so we can analyze individual episodes
2. For batch downloads, number each bitrate for the same resolution. For example on amazon, you have BR1, BR2, BR3 for 1080p. If i batch download with BR3 and StreamFab gets to an episode that only has BR1 and BR2, it should download BR2. Right now, it downloads BR1 and it's so fucking annoying. I have to go back and analyze individual episodes and download BR2 one by one

[Germania]

I have now analyzed season 4

Yep and you can't no more analyze other episode than first of season
without start player and see ads !

Until now, I only had to enter the URL of the episode
and I knew the resolution, bit rate and video size.
Sometimes the different between episodes are >100%

I had already considered select #8 as an answer ..
.. but it can only be a temporary workaround.
Manual playback is not an acceptable solution for me.

The missing auto selection of current episode is another annoyance.

Basically this would not be a problem if Streamfab analyzed each episode individually

Of course, it would be best to simply select the episode
and force the analysis by switching between H264 + H265

[Sebastian001]

I have to agree. The analyzed episode is no longer selected in the window.

I have now analyzed season 4. Normally season 4 episode 1 should now be selected in the window, i.e. 1 of 107.

Now 0 of 107 is selected. We no longer know which episode was used for analysis.

Basically this would not be a problem if Streamfab analyzed each episode individually, like it did back then, even if it would take 1 minute longer.

Wilson.Wang , can you check this?

[Germania]

Your "Optional steps" is that what I used the last year.
But after Tuesday it don't work anymore at amazon.de ..
.. it show only the bitrate from episode 1 - therefore my post:



But you are right - I need to play (and see ads) every single episode,
to analyze the active episode:



Ergo:
Watch now => Only analyze 1st episode
Continue watching => analyze active episode

But that's really annoying and time-consuming
btw: SF crashed twice in 4 analyze attempts, yeah

Anyway - thank you jack

[jpp72]

That was never my problem, I can see, select and play all episodes ..
.. I miss only the analyze (and selection) of the active episode
if it isn't the episode 1 (after I figured out, how to force the season)

When using manual analysis:

• In StreamFab, play the episode you want to analyze
• If there is an ad, wait until the episode starts
• Close the video player with the X at the top right
• PrimeVideo should now say something like "Episode 3 Continue Watching"
• Click the analysis button.

With automatic analysis:

• In StreamFab, make sure clipboard monitoring is on
• In your regular browser, right-click the Play Icon of the episode to analyze and copy the link
• If the show has a lot of Seasons, or you just don't want the episode to play inside StreamFab, click cancel on the StreamFab clipboard prompt and see the optional steps below
• If you don't care that the episode will start playing inside StreamFab, click download

Optional steps:

• In order for the episode to NOT play inside StreamFab, paste the link inside a text editor
• Remove "?autoplay=1&t=0" from the end of the URL
• Copy the URL to the clipboard
• Click Download on the StreamFab pop-up

[Germania]

.. I could also select individual episodes and see all seasons, at least with auto-analysis.

That was never my problem, I can see, select and play all episodes ..
.. I miss only the analyze (and selection) of the active episode
if it isn't the episode 1 (after I figured out, how to force the season)

[steffen011279]

Aah now it's clear to me!
Manual does not work for me either, as you describe.
I had auto-analyze active.
When I call up a direct link with auto-analyze, the analysis starts again and again.
If I entered Amazon.com in sf “Visit website” and searched for Reacher via the browser page, I could also select individual episodes and see all seasons, at least with auto-analysis.