Crunchyroll different bitrate on download

[marit]

I tried to download an episode of fire force and the bitrate was not the usual 8000kbps but different (less about 6000). I also tried other series but the same thing with the audio also gone from 128kb to 192kb. Is it a problem or a new implementation?

[logusum]

I was wondering the same thing! Looks like you can only download in H265 format... Is there any way to bring the H264 option back?

[theresay]

I remember reading on Reddit that Crunchyroll is changing their video quality to lower bitrate, maybe that's the reason?

[logusum]

Doesn’t look like so, I’ve seen other uploaders elsewhere who seem to be able to get even the newer releases in H.264 just fine… Someone please have a look into this.