Had that happen with my Philips player some how bc u have dual decoders it still uses the fel along with the hdr10.yossSP wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 3:12 amHello, finally I also have tested the Total Recall escene in my Chromecast with Google TV.
Test equipment:
- Chromecast with Google TV updated with february firmware
- Panasonic HZ1000 OLED TV updated with last firmware
- Plex server and Plex for Android TV app beta, updated to last beta version
- Emby server beta and Emby for Android TV app beta, updated to last beta version
As I reported before, none of the samples provided by RESET_9999 activate Dolby Vision in my case, except de P8 MEL test, that shows clearly the compression artifacts.
At the end I have been able to get a copy of the DV version of Total Recall (1990) and I proceeded to test it in the scene at 43 minutes, the spaceship landing.
I created a single track double layer Dolby Vision FEL profile 7 mkv file with MakeMKV.
I have made 3 playback tests and the results are curiously the following:
- Normal playback in Dolby Vision: No artifacts shown!, so it's processing the FEL layer, isn't it?
- Playback disabling the Dolby Vision compatibility in my TV: my TV reports it plays as HDR10 and... don't show artifacts!
- I created a HDR10 version with MakeMKV selecting only de HDR10 layer (NO the EL layer): it shows the artifacts clearly.
The image quality of the Dolby Vision version is very good for me, with no artifacts and a punchy impact.
It's very curious for me the second case:
- Playback disabling the Dolby Vision compatibility in my TV: my TV reports it plays as HDR10 and... don't show artifacts!
Unfortunately, as known, the SDR screenshots I did are of no utility because of the wrong colour and detail.
I disabled the tone mapping and any image improvement of the TV but it seems that the Chromecast is still using the FEL layer to improve the HDR10 output, I didn't be aware of this smart behaviour![]()
In my Chromecast test plex starts the mkv as HDR10 then switches to dv don’t know if that’s normal.