Dolby Vision now possible through MP4 Mux.

[deadchip12]

Bluetooth remote (x700 remote is garbage). you can also use your TV remote to control it

Wait, its remote is bluetooth? Will infrared remote still work on it? The reason why I ask is because I use an infrared hub to turn on/off bluray player as part of my smart home automation.

mkv container is more practical, you can watch makemkv p7 mkvrip without any remuxing/processing to TS.

The problem is the subtitles are usually overly bright in hdr/dolby vision, so normally I use tsmuxer to extract the subtitle tracks, then use subtitle_tonemap to reduce their brightness, and reattach the new sub tracks to the film and output to either bdmv folder or m2ts/ts. How do I do that now if I want to output to mkv instead?

All the other things you listed are cool, but I'm mainly concerned about image quality. If the improvement in that department is not substantial enough then I will have to think some more, especially since this device seems to require quite a lot of tinkering to make it work right.

Btw, I just tested the two files you gave:
1000nits rpu: https://drive.google.com/file/d/172cFIm ... drive_link
4000nits rpu: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V4glXo ... sp=sharing
For the 1st file, I didn't see any brightness changes at all. For the 2nd file, I saw the changes only with the first few but none with the rest. What does it say about my tv and cmv4.0 support?

[RESET_9999]

Wait, its remote is bluetooth? Will infrared remote still work on it? The reason why I ask is because I use an infrared hub to turn on/off bluray player as part of my smart home automation.

it's an IR remote by default.

The problem is the subtitles are usually overly bright

no such issue with SRT subtitles, you 100% control its brightness, colors, size, font etc...
You can still use tone-mapped PGS in MKV.

For the 1st file, I didn't see any brightness changes at all. For the 2nd file, I saw the changes only with the first few but none with the rest. What does it say about my tv and cmv4.0 support?

It means your TV probably has a DV config higher than 1000nits. But since it responds to the 4000nits RPU, it supports CMV4.0.

[deadchip12]

You can still use tone-mapped PGS in MKV.

How do i reattach the tone-mapped PGS to the mkv file?

[RESET_9999]

How do i reattach the tone-mapped PGS to the mkv file?

https://mkvtoolnix.download/

[deadchip12]

How do i reattach the tone-mapped PGS to the mkv file?

https://mkvtoolnix.download/

Thanks. Guess there's one more software to learn.

[kazuma]

Thanks for the reply. My tv is Sony A95L. How can I find out whether it is CMV4.0 or 2.9?

Try this in your TV internal player:
1000nits rpu: https://drive.google.com/file/d/172cFIm ... drive_link
4000nits rpu: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V4glXo ... sp=sharing
if you see brightness adjustments, it supports cmv4.0. If it was made after 2019, it most likely support it.

more test files: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/fold ... V0E3VVkhiC

Also, do you have a video that shows the difference in image quality between CMV4.0 on the Ugoos vs CMV2.9 on the X700?

The black clipping pattern is crushed in cmv2.9 but not in cmv4.0:
cmv4.0: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ev16KY ... drive_link
cmv2.9: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cINlFZ ... drive_link

Since i dont have super uber fast internet, is there any issue with playback via usb?

I read your spreadsheet and watched the video where you mentioned most bluray releases are cmv2.9. Since i dont plan to do the "transfer cmv4.0 bloc to a cmv2.9 FEL rpu" (seems quite complicated and time consuming), is getting the ugoos just for cmv4.0 still worth it?

i've sold my ugoos. yeah, it plays P7 FEL but all other things was a nightmare for me.

-lyp-sync problems
-plex (composite) doesn't see sometimes your external SRT's
-you get sometimes a black screen after rewinding-forwarding
-randomly a black screen for a few seconds (hdmi handshake problems)
-sound drop sometimes
-BDMV/ISO playback is buggy. no rewinding or forwarding. even no pause option (if i'm remember)

you get lot of updates with the nightly build but these problems are not solving. i have a C9 and luckily my tv support all DV profiles except in MKV format. The plex app of my tv is much better in performance. i'm very happy with the doviscript of reset_9999.

i'm gonna wait for a better device in the future like a new shield or chromecast with P7 FEL support. but if you not have an LG tv before 2019, you need the ugoos.

[RESET_9999]

Clearly theres something wrong with your setup. I have none of those issues....

I would guess the source of your problems is the TS container...

[kazuma]

Clearly theres something wrong with your setup. I have none of those issues....

I would guess the source of your problems is the TS container...

other users having the same problems on the ugoos forum. what do you mean with TS? i've always played with MKV, that was the whole purpose of the ugoos. you are a better developer in my eyes than the CE-team

my best kodi experience was vero 4k+ osmc. the rest of all other systems where lacking.

[RESET_9999]

other users having the same problems on the ugoos forum.

I've seen 2-3 users with problems but it works very well for the majority.
I never update mine though, I have no reason to. Everything works like a charm. I,m using CE-21 nightly, the first version that allowed DT-DL MKV support.

what do you mean with TS? i've always played with MKV, that was the whole purpose of the ugoos.

Well I knew you used TS and external srt for your TV plex internal app and FF/RW with that container has always been horrible.
I get bored easily so I often FF/RW/skip in movies and I never had the issue you said so that's why I thought you were using TS rip instead of MKV

[SamuriHL]

Mine's working fine for me, as well. I'm using PM4K as my Plex interface on it, and it's running nightlies. No audio sync issues. No ff/rw issues. Everything just works as it should. Nice little device.

[deadchip12]

Welp. Just ordered one off shopee here in asia. Cost around 137 usd (much cheaper than aliexpress and has 12mth warranty as well). I have some doubts but my curiosity got the better of me. Anything to note when I first boot the device?

[texwatson]

I've been running two AM6B+ for almost three months now, everything perfect. Sold my two chinoppos and two zidoos z9x pro and the Ugoos are now my only media players.

[deadchip12]

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[deadchip12]

You'll love it!! I can't believe we had this device this whole time and it only needed proper coding... Big props to @cpm00 for figuring out the fake tv-led bug.
This shows how implementation in devices is important. Just look how poorly the AppleTV and Shield perform with the colorspace conversion pattern: https://slow.pics/c/NBQVuXQw
Btw the C2 internal player also has colorspace and YCBCR clipping problems.

People who are upgrading from a Nvidia Shield will notice a HUGE difference, especially for FEL movies that expand brightness but also with playback. No more dropped frame or stuttering and no more red push.
https://slow.pics/c/SSTMrjTw

The only downside is that we have hundreds of DT-DL TS rip to remux to ST-DL MKV. Thankfully mkvtoolnix now supports the conversion.

I have many films under Bluray folder format. Do I just drag the main mpls file to mkvtoolnix and press "Start Multiplexing" to convert it to ST-DL MKV?

[RESET_9999]

yes