Dolby Vision now possible through MP4 Mux.

[morbius]

EDIT: I hadn't installed LAV filters, the script didn't warn me about that, but after installation the script seems to be running ok.

I'm trying my first attempt at converting an HDR10 mkv to DV using the dovi_scripts. As far as I can tell, all the required .exe files are in the tools folder. The following workflow has no warning messages about missing .exe files, but fails with the messages copied below. Grateful for any suggestions.

3-1-n-20-a

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Measuring the letterbox...


Done

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--> left border: 0
--> right border: 0
--> top border: 42
--> bottom border: 42
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Extracting track 0 with the CodecID 'V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC' to the file 'D:\DoviScripts\temp.folder77\BL.hevc'. Container format: HEVC/H.265 elementary stream
Progress: 100%
LAV Splitter Source not found.
Reading generate config file...
Parsing madVR measurement file...
Error: The system cannot find the file specified. (os error 2)
The system cannot find the file specified.
Parsing RPU file...
Error: The system cannot find the file specified. (os error 2)
madvr failed to make the scene cuts
Press any key to continue . . .

[RESET_9999]

Did you install madvr and lavfilter?
From that log, It fails at the scene cuts detection with madvr

[morbius]

I downloaded the tools.7z package and added the required .exe files from the Dolby Professional tools link, but I missed out a separate installation of LAV filters. The tools folder (in the same directory as the .bat file) includes madvr, but it still looks like I am missing something since the 3-1 workflow is now failing at a later step, see below.

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Metadata:
  Mastering display luminance: 0.0001/1000, gamut: 0.68 0.32, 0.15 0.06, 0.265 0.69, 0.3127 0.329
  MaxCLL: 0, MaxFALL: 0 nits
Measurements:
  Frames: 205611, MaxCLL 100%: 1190, 99.9%: 1127, MaxFALL: 955, AvgFALL: 25, AvgFMLL: 577 nits
Reading generate config file...
Parsing madVR measurement file...
Generating metadata: Profile 8.1 (HDR10)...
Generated metadata for 205611 frames
Done.
        1 file(s) moved.
Parsing RPU file...
Exporting scenes list...
Done.
Indexing, please wait... 100%
Writing index... done.
[in#0 @ 000001ff382bb100] Error opening input: Unknown error occurred
Error opening input file D:\DoviScripts\temp.folder77\script.avs.
Error opening input files: Unknown error occurred
Copyright (c) 2013-2024 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All Rights Reserved
09/02/2024/01:41:28.881000000 CPU: ←[32;1mINFO←[0m ←[KIntel(R) Core(TM) i7-8559U CPU @ 2.70GHz (GenuineIntel) [ mmx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 sse41 sse42 avx avx2 fma ]
09/02/2024/01:41:28.999000000 plugin_manager: ←[33;1mWARNING←[0m ←[Kplugin does not contain dlb_plugin_file_io_init_v1
09/02/2024/01:41:29.049000000 plugin_manager: ←[33;1mWARNING←[0m ←[Kplugin does not contain dlb_plugin_file_io_init_v1
09/02/2024/01:41:29.083000000 plugin_manager: ←[33;1mWARNING←[0m ←[Kplugin does not contain dlb_plugin_file_io_init_v1
09/02/2024/01:41:29.122000000 plugin_manager: ←[33;1mWARNING←[0m ←[Kplugin does not contain dlb_plugin_file_io_init_v1
09/02/2024/01:41:29.162000000 plugin_manager: ←[33;1mWARNING←[0m ←[Kplugin does not contain dlb_plugin_file_io_init_v1
09/02/2024/01:41:29.244000000 plugin_manager: ←[33;1mWARNING←[0m ←[Kplugin does not contain dlb_plugin_file_io_init_v1
09/02/2024/01:41:29.282000000 plugin_manager: ←[33;1mWARNING←[0m ←[Kplugin does not contain dlb_plugin_file_io_init_v1
09/02/2024/01:41:29.341000000 plugin_manager: ←[33;1mWARNING←[0m ←[Kplugin does not contain dlb_plugin_file_io_init_v1
09/02/2024/01:41:29.363000000 cm_analyze: ←[31;1mERROR←[0m ←[KUnable Open Sequence 'file:///D:/DoviScripts/temp.folder77/Avengers Assemble_prores.422.mov'. Check file permissions are/or existence
Parsing XML metadata...
Error: The system cannot find the file specified. (os error 2)
File not found - Avengers Assemble_DV.xml
The system cannot find the file specified.
Error: The system cannot find the file specified. (os error 2)
Error: expected value at line 3 column 15
Error: expected value at line 21 column 35
Error: The system cannot find the file specified. (os error 2)
Parsing RPU file...
Error: The system cannot find the file specified. (os error 2)

[RESET_9999]

it fails when it tries to convert to prores. I don't know why it does that for you sorry.

[DylanValenti]

For the Star Wars films, should we use the p5 to p8 RPUs or should we do the newer generated RPUs

[RESET_9999]

The ones done in cmv2.9 without trims, yes I always generate new/better cmv4.0 metadata.

[pitrako]

Can someone please tell me how to convert truehd atmos to eac joc with atmos?

[Gatorman]

AFAIK that isn't possible yet. The Atmos/Object metadata is always lost.

[pitrako]

Ah ok thanks for answering.

[Donpoku]

The ones done in cmv2.9 without trims, yes I always generate new/better cmv4.0 metadata.

The world of encodes is fascinating indeed. According to this guy W4nk3r has little credibility.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/ ... Q/htmlview#
Btw I agree with you and would welcome a list of current top ones apart from your 3 of course.

[RESET_9999]

Yeah, I only list the ones that bake FEL or not and as far as I can tell, the w4nker release I checked looked like decent quality but I don't really care about encoders. I only care about releases that say REMUX.

According to this guy...
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/ ... Q/htmlview#

Anyway, I'm not sure about this guy's credibility. I do agree with some of his claims but there are no screenshot comparisons and he sounds like he's 12 years old.

[morbius]

it fails when it tries to convert to prores. I don't know why it does that for you sorry.

turned out the issue was me relying on the there being an AviSynth folder in the tools.7z package, once I installed avisynthplus the HDR10 conversion to DV completed successfully, albeit it took a very long time on my Intel NUC8i7. At one point I noticed a warning about no CUDA device being available, I guess the conversion had to run without much in the way of hardware acceleration? Is there anything I can do with settings to improve that, or is it a limitation of my not running a full PC rig with an nVidia GPU?

[RESET_9999]

Yeah, it's already very slow with a GPU, so I can't imagine how long it must be on a CPU. Your only other option is Resolve.

[morbius]

while it takes a while to convert an HDR10 source via the 3-1 workflow, the results from my first test seem well worth it. One point in this workflow that does not have an automatic option is the prompt for the Mastering Display choice. I'm using the values provided by MediaInfo, is that correct?

[RESET_9999]

I'm using the values provided by MediaInfo, is that correct?

yes

One point in this workflow that does not have an automatic option is the prompt for the Mastering Display choice

it's because I prefer selecting MDL based on the content's actual brightness.