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**Stan001** · 09-30-2025, 07:45 PM

Yeah, posted HERE and according to THIS post SF might be on Holiday.

You could maybe help and try to contact support, even if they may be on break HERE.

**MrGrackle** · 10-01-2025, 03:54 PM

My backup yt downloader did not do a yt-dlp update, and downloads still work, so it must be something else under the hood.

**Stan001** · 10-01-2025, 04:47 PM

My backup yt downloader did not do a yt-dlp update, and downloads still work, so it must be something else under the hood.

I've now got to where I don't do much via YouTube movies, so many are only in 480, I don't know.
If I see a movie with ads that grabs me, I can use 6255 for YouTube Movies & TV. Last I checked, that was still working for YouTube movies & TV.

I contacted support, but for sure now they are on break, as I have not gotten additional responses.
They can only pass it on to the developer anyway. The developer needs to go back to 6255 and start the additional fixes all over again.
Although most other issues were addressed in 6257. So who knows.

yt-dlp, I don't think, is a factor with YouTube Movies and TV; SF needs to kick in the YouTube Movies downloader. And it's not, it just sticks at analyzing in 6257.

YouTube Movies Free with ads are DRM, so that is why the need for the YouTube movies downloader.

And to further show that, 6255 can do the Movies & TV and kicks in the YouTube Movies downloader.
I posted screenshots between the 2 here > https://forum.dvdfab.cn/forum/stream...818#post468818

**Jimd6500** · 10-11-2025, 09:19 PM

I too am having trouble with downloading YouTube videos.

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**Germania** · 10-11-2025, 11:37 PM

Originally posted by Jimd6500 View Post

I too am having trouble with downloading YouTube videos.

That would be new to me, that "YouTube Movies & TV" offers "Free with Ads" films in 4K ..
.. the maximum offer for this video is 1920x800 - check yourself with yt-dlp:

Code:

yt-dlp --allow-u -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7xjBHBZHM0

And you need YT Movies DL for DRM protected - so you can't use paste URL in SF Home

Keys to decrypt:

Code:

video 9e36c53ef94554aaa10061448f23c1a8:c18b34141e202e393e7d49f47b1ac34b
audio c895a86c9a2253c9baf1e40fd998d128:7c828148d708f9496c3d2bd091312fef

**Stan001** · 2025-10-12T02:15:40

For the YouTube Movies and TV, Movies Free with ads, I have reported it to streamfab.
Last Info is 'Hello, thanks for your feedback, I'll pass it to the developer'.
So take it for what that is worth.

Also, Germania, you say

the maximum offer for this video is 1920x800 - check yourself with yt-dlp:

The max in a browser for that movie is 480p for me. And I do see yt-dlp says 1920x800.

Streamfab needs to integrate the downloader you Germania use.

Unfortunately, I tried 6255 again, and it only works on some movies; other movies give: Get download Processed fail. The error is: 308
Or just stuck on analyzing.
And this movie also gives the error 308 or gets stuck at analyzing.
So another movie may work in 6255, if you want to try Jimd6500.
Or wait and see if a YouTube movies downloader FIX ever comes to streamfab.
Right now, SF only fixed the downloading of standard videos, which I also call user-uploaded videos, which keeps breaking as well.

YouTube is screwing up downloading yet AGAIN!!

And yes, this is going through the YouTube Movies downloader, as I know for a long time they are DRM.

**Stan001** · 2025-10-12T17:37:40

- > Streamfab needs to integrate the downloader you Germania use.
  
  That is already the case (theoretically) ..
  .. since I only used yt-dlp stable (2025.09.26) for the download

Streamfab may or may not do that, but I almost NEVER get offered movies higher than 480, only once in a blue moon I see 1080p or really anything higher than 480.
They can't seem to get past the browser limit, as most of the movies, even in a browser, are 480.
Would love to see SF give 1920x800 or even 720p. And 1080p would even be greater most of the time for the movies.
I tried another program, and it shows the 1920x800, but it errors trying to download at that resolution.

This is just a guess, for most downloaders, the way they work, it's possible YT Premium is needed to get higher resolutions, but at the price YT wants, no way. ($13.99/month minimum) Even then, you may not get in a browser; you may only get the higher in the YT streaming app.
I am assuming you don't pay for YT premium, that's why I said SF needs to do the process you use Germania to get higher resolutions.
It seems you use yt-dlp and then get the keys for the higher resolutions, and you download and then decrypt the movies, since they are encoded.

This is why, if I can find some movies I like on Fandango in their free library, I use that, as all downloads are in 1080p.

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