MAX download issues ?

[DQ1]

You guys having download issues. Do you use any DNS filtering such as Pihole? I do. And I noticed I was blocking a number of max.com lookups. I whitelisted this one and right now I seem to be working. But i need to do more testing.

telegraph.prd.api.max.com

[ms-dfav]

>It seems obvious that (as with Disney) only 720p can be offered.

1080p or more seems to be limited to those titles for which the
key for decrypting is known and has been stored in the database.

So... is there like some ongoing fight for keys retrieval that succeeded for s02e08 but failed for s02e07?

[Germania]

So... is there like some ongoing fight for keys retrieval that succeeded for s02e08 but failed for s02e07?

Every episode need other keys and US + Europe use different keys

s02e08 doesn't work in 1080p after release - see post #58-60,62+63
.. but in post #65+66 it works a day later - Do you have a better explanation?

[Wilson.Wang]

Hi,

House of the Dragon s02e07 is still just at 720p

I confirmed that the video should be downloaded as 1080p, but seems like that there is a problem in StreamFab, the dev is checking the problem.

New user here. Max has been giving me fits. If I try to download something 10 times it might work once. I have tried singles and whole seasons and it fails almost every time. My logs look similar to the ones posted here where it says it cannot access the max CDN url. But I can go to that url in browser without issue.

I am in the US, not using a VPN.

For the problem, please wait for the new version 6193 this week.

House of the Dragon s02e08 downloaded in 1080p for me.

However, s02e07 is still just at 720p and has never been 1080p for me.

Currently I'm on 6.1.9.2, Polish region.

If you can download s02e08 as 1080p in Polish, yes, we can confirm that the same encrypted video steam is used in all of regions.

We also tried in Norway region.

1080p or more seems to be limited to those titles for which the
key for decrypting is known and has been stored in the database.

Yes, Max is not fully fix the DRM problem, but it can support to download more videos to 4K or 1080p.

Thanks!

Wilson

[ms-dfav]

Every episode need other keys and US + Europe use different keys

s02e08 doesn't work in 1080p after release - see post #58-60,62+63
.. but in post #65+66 it works a day later - Do you have a better explanation?

Personally, I don't have any explanation - being curious, I'm just asking. There are a lot of black boxes, also it's not my area of expertise but the forums are ready for experts to chime in... any moment now

Seriously though, glad to see Wilson there - this possibly means they are trying their best.

[ms-dfav]

Yes, Max is not fully fix the DRM problem, but it can support to download more videos to 4K or 1080p.

Thanks!

Wilson

Thanks for testing all this. My suggestion is to somehow include the information about 1080p/4K key availability on the analyze screen itself - BEFORE adding episodes to the queue. Otherwise this constant testing and guessing is very time consuming. Thanks!