I'm just replying to all of these statements because they are purporting false theories.
Likely the 7 episodes, the dominate profile was HPL (High Profile.) Of course we can't confirm this without seeing a mediainfo. It's likely that for this particular upload the the bitrate of MPL (Main Profile) was significantly better. And in this case, we only can determine the bitrate of HPL (High Profile.)
This is hands down my number one complaint regarding the NetFlix feature for like a year maybe? Either automatically download the one with the higher bitrate to ensure you have best version possible, or give the user to option to choose between HPL and MPL.
I'm adding the mediainfo of The Mole S01E01 in both formats to show proof.
I will prove you are very correct, here is the confirmation:
About episode 7, mediainfo found on the internet. When the uploader chose Main@L4 he got a better result for that episode of the series. So yes, if we can choose we will have superior results.
Mediainfo from episode 1 to 6: High@L4
Mediainfo for Episode 7: Main@L4. He chose it because it has the best bit rate.
Media info found on the internet, episode 1 to 7:
Filename......: Midnight.Mass.S01E01
FileSize......: 3.09 GiB
Duration......: 59 min 54 s
Video.........:
High@L4 | 1920x1080 @ 6 610 kb/s
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Filename......: Midnight.Mass.S01E02
FileSize......: 3.34 GiB
Duration......: 1 h 3 min
Video.........:
High@L4 | 1920x1080 @ 6 699 kb/s
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Filename......: Midnight.Mass.S01E03
FileSize......: 3.46 GiB
Duration......: 1 h 5 min
Video.........:
High@L4 | 1920x1080 @ 6 779 kb/s
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Filename......: Midnight.Mass.S01E04
FileSize......: 3.54 GiB
Duration......: 1 h 10 min
Video.........:
High@L4 | 1920x1080 @ 6 388 kb/s
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Filename......: Midnight.Mass.S01E05
FileSize......: 3.12 GiB
Duration......: 1 h 2 min
Video.........:
High@L4 | 1920x1080 @ 6 352 kb/s
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Filename......: Midnight.Mass.S01E06
FileSize......: 3.21 GiB
Duration......: 1 h 7 min
Video.........:
High@L4 | 1920x1080 @ 5 994 kb/s
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Filename......: Midnight.Mass.S01E07
FileSize......: 2.82 GiB
Duration......: 1 h 4 min
Video.........:
Main@L4 | 1920x1080 @ 5 462 kb/s
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