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Quality Constantly Changing Throughout A Season

True, in a different topic Prospere said something along the lines of "then i'll keep looking" when someone beat you to it ;)
 
just wanted to confirm that im getting the same results (still on 1.0.9.1). which i wouldnt even notice if it werent for this thread. unfortunately ive deleted all the files and logs. but i remember i tried getting a couple of miami vice episodes from prime and even though bitrates would seem almost the same, same lenght episodes would have huge differences in size. episode 2 was 1.76gb and then episode 4 was like 4.06gb. same resolution (1080p), lenghts (approx 48min runtime) and audio (128kbps AAC). totally weird. hopefully devs figure it out. cheers.
 
zanetti said:
just wanted to confirm that im getting the same results (still on 1.0.9.1). which i wouldnt even notice if it werent for this thread. unfortunately ive deleted all the files and logs. but i remember i tried getting a couple of miami vice episodes from prime and even though bitrates would seem almost the same, same lenght episodes would have huge differences in size. episode 2 was 1.76gb and then episode 4 was like 4.06gb. same resolution (1080p), lenghts (approx 48min runtime) and audio (128kbps AAC). totally weird. hopefully devs figure it out. cheers.
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Can you post the "Mediainfo" info specs of the files?
 
DatsDaJunt said:
Can you post the "Mediainfo" info specs of the files?
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as i said, i deleted the files, but can try downloading again if need be. i checked bitrate in potplayer and they were on par, 12000k vs 14000k but file sizes were 2x. will download again and upload logs and info.
 
zanetti said:
as i said, i deleted the files, but can try downloading again if need be. i checked bitrate in potplayer and they were on par, 12000k vs 14000k but file sizes were 2x. will download again and upload logs and info.
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Ahh, I read it and only *thought (brain fart) you deleted all of the logs only lol. My bad, ok, whenever you get a chance.
 
DatsDaJunt said:
Can you post the "Mediainfo" info specs of the files?
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heres the mediainfo... well, info.
Code: 
General
Complete name  : E:\Miami Vice S01E02.mp4
Format  : MPEG-4
Format profile  : Base Media
Codec ID  : isom (mp42/mp42/iso6)
File size  : 1.77 GiB
Duration  : 48 min 53 s
Overall bit rate mode  : Variable
Overall bit rate  : 5 169 kb/s
Format  : AVC
Format/Info  : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile  : High@L4
Format settings  : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC  : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames  : 4 frames
Codec ID  : avc1
Codec ID/Info  : Advanced Video Coding
Duration  : 48 min 53 s
Bit rate  : 5 038 kb/s
Maximum bit rate  : 18.3 Mb/s
Width  : 1 920 pixels
Height  : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio  : 16:9
Frame rate mode  : Constant
Frame rate  : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space  : YUV
Chroma subsampling  : 4:2:0
Bit depth  : 8 bits
Scan type  : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)  : 0.101
Stream size  : 1.72 GiB (97%)
Color range  : Limited
Color primaries  : BT.709
Transfer characteristics  : BT.709
Matrix coefficients  : BT.709
Codec configuration box  : avcC
Format  : AAC LC
Format/Info  : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID  : mp4a-40-2
Duration  : 48 min 53 s
Bit rate mode  : Variable
Bit rate  : 128 kb/s
Maximum bit rate  : 133 kb/s
Channel(s)  : 2 channels
Channel layout  : L R
Sampling rate  : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate  : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode  : Lossy
Stream size  : 44.8 MiB (2%)
Language  : English

**VS

General
Complete name  : E:\Miami Vice S01E04.mp4
Format  : MPEG-4
Format profile  : Base Media
Codec ID  : isom (mp42/mp42/iso6)
File size  : 4.07 GiB
Duration  : 49 min 3 s
Overall bit rate mode  : Variable
Overall bit rate  : 11.9 Mb/s
Format  : AVC
Format/Info  : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile  : High@L4
Format settings  : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC  : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames  : 4 frames
Codec ID  : avc1
Codec ID/Info  : Advanced Video Coding
Duration  : 49 min 3 s
Bit rate  : 11.7 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate  : 20.9 Mb/s
Width  : 1 920 pixels
Height  : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio  : 16:9
Frame rate mode  : Constant
Frame rate  : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space  : YUV
Chroma subsampling  : 4:2:0
Bit depth  : 8 bits
Scan type  : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)  : 0.236
Stream size  : 4.02 GiB (99%)
Color range  : Limited
Color primaries  : BT.709
Transfer characteristics  : BT.709
Matrix coefficients  : BT.709
Codec configuration box  : avcC
Format  : AAC LC
Format/Info  : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID  : mp4a-40-2
Duration  : 49 min 3 s
Bit rate mode  : Variable
Bit rate  : 128 kb/s
Maximum bit rate  : 135 kb/s
Channel(s)  : 2 channels
Channel layout  : L R
Sampling rate  : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate  : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode  : Lossy
Stream size  : 44.9 MiB (1%)
Language  : English


so, basically double the bitrate. weird. also, am providing logs.
 

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bumping this with new info. this keeps on happening. fresh example. allo allo from prime, season 5. both episodes are 24mins long. episode 3 is 600kbps and episode 6 is 1100kbps. same audio bitrate. difference in file size? 90mb! why is this happening? tried restarting anystream, computer, tried different audio track bitrates, thinking maybe AAC track is the culprit. nope, same thing happens with EAC3. then i tried different resolutions, but nope.

next example, crime story from prime. season 1. although anystream perfectly cut out the commercials (impressive, kudos to developers), same thing happens. both episodes are 45mins long. episode 6 has bitrate of 1400kbps, episode 5 2100kbps. same audio bitrate. difference in size? 170mb! huh? weird. like, totally weird.

i get it that VBR video file depicting a static object vs depicting for instance leaves blowing in the wind will have different file size, but this can not be it. for comparison sake, i ripped some files from NBC a while ago with digger. every episode had the exact file size. 1.4gb. select bitrate, select resolution, et voila. mind you, digger is not a recorder, it actually dowloaded .ts and from there it converted it to .mp4.

anyways, would be great to hear from developers, since this is kinda a big thing imo. i attached all four log files. correction. dont have crime story logs, but can try ripping again and providing them if need be. but, allo allo ones are here. thanks!
 

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This is happening with me. Using 1.1.0.2
Uncle on NFlix episodes have massive inconstancies with file size and video bitrate. One episode is 750MB then the next episode is 1.2GB. Video bitrate ranges from 3500kbps to 5800kbps.
Code: 
Season 02, Episode 01

General
Complete name                            : C:\Users\Videos\AnyStream\Uncle\Season 02\Uncle - S02E01 - I'm Back - [WEBDL-1080p.h264.AAC.KPM].mp4
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID                                 : mp42 (mp42/iso6)
File size                                : 734 MiB
Duration                                 : 28 min 45 s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 3 569 kb/s
Movie name                               : I'm Back
Encoded date                             : UTC 2021-04-10 22:45:18
Tagged date                              : UTC 2021-04-10 22:45:18
Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4
Format settings                          : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 4 frames
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 28 min 42 s
Source duration                          : 4 s 13 ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 3 444 kb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 20.0 Mb/s
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 25.000 FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.066
Stream size                              : 707 MiB (96%)
Source stream size                       : 707 MiB (96%)
Writing library                          : x264 core 148 r2715 7e75228
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x111 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=120 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=8 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / stitchable=1 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=16 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=126 / scenecut=0 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=250 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=16.0 / qcomp=0.50 / qpmin=6 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=20000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=vbr / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:0.80
Encoded date                             : UTC 2021-04-10 22:45:18
Tagged date                              : UTC 2021-04-10 22:45:18
mdhd_Duration                            : 1722000
Codec configuration box                  : avcC
Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC LC SBR
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity with Spectral Band Replication
Commercial name                          : HE-AAC
Format settings                          : Explicit
Codec ID                                 : mp4a-40-2
Duration                                 : 28 min 45 s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 132 kb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 197 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel layout                           : L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 23.438 FPS (2048 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 26.3 MiB (4%)
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2021-04-10 22:45:18
Tagged date                              : UTC 2021-04-10 22:45:18

Season 02, Episode 02

General
Complete name                            : C:\Users\Videos\AnyStream\Uncle\Season 02\Uncle - S02E02 - Love is all Around - [WEBDL-1080p.h264.AAC.KPM].mp4
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID                                 : mp42 (mp42/iso6)
File size                                : 1.22 GiB
Duration                                 : 28 min 57 s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 6 030 kb/s
Movie name                               : Love is all Around
Encoded date                             : UTC 2021-04-10 22:48:17
Tagged date                              : UTC 2021-04-10 22:48:17
Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4
Format settings                          : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 4 frames
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 28 min 57 s
Source duration                          : 19 s 53 ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 5 897 kb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 20.0 Mb/s
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 25.000 FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.114
Stream size                              : 1.19 GiB (98%)
Source stream size                       : 1.19 GiB (98%)
Writing library                          : x264 core 148 r2715 7e75228
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x111 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=120 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=8 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / stitchable=1 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=16 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=126 / scenecut=0 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=250 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=16.0 / qcomp=0.50 / qpmin=6 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=20000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=vbr / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:0.80
Encoded date                             : UTC 2021-04-10 22:48:17
Tagged date                              : UTC 2021-04-10 22:48:17
mdhd_Duration                            : 1737040
Codec configuration box                  : avcC
Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC LC SBR
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity with Spectral Band Replication
Commercial name                          : HE-AAC
Format settings                          : Explicit
Codec ID                                 : mp4a-40-2
Duration                                 : 28 min 56 s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 132 kb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 199 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel layout                           : L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 23.438 FPS (2048 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 26.5 MiB (2%)
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2021-04-10 22:48:17
Tagged date                              : UTC 2021-04-10 22:48:17
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KPJD53 said:
This is happening with me. Using 1.1.0.2
Uncle on NFlix episodes have massive inconstancies with file size and video bitrate. One episode is 750MB then the next episode is 1.2GB. Video bitrate ranges from 3500kbps to 5800kbps.

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What bitrates do you get in a web browser (CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+D)?
 
Episode 1 is showing 3485kbps so that looks to be correct or am I missing something? If it is correct then what is NFlix playing at haha.
 
KPJD53 said:
Episode 1 is showing 3485kbps so that looks to be correct or am I missing something? If it is correct then what is NFlix playing at haha.
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Sounds like PTEO
Code: 
https://netflixtechblog.com/per-title-encode-optimization-7e99442b62a2
 
bumping this... not sure if this is still an issue for you guys. but i have the latest version installed and still get stuff like this:

From NF

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4
Format settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 31 min 6 s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 5 603 kb/s
Maximum bit rate : 20.0 Mb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS

vs

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4
Format settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 27 min 30 s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1 115 kb/s
Maximum bit rate : 20.0 Mb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS

this is way too big of a difference... and yes, i have 1 Gbps, hardware, subtitles on/off (doesn't matter)
same episode works fine grabbing manually and comes with a higher bitrate.
 
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