MakeMKV not writing Dolby Vision

[ramicio]

On Ubuntu 20.04. Downloaded a package already built (I assume it's from the official Ubuntu repo, as I don't have any else added). First I was on 1.15.1, so I figured that I may need to update. Now I'm on 1.16.7 and still the same. Mediainfo 21.09. If I use MakeMKV for Windows, it works. I don't want to do that, as it's much slower being over ethernet instead of the Linux one IS the machine where the files are stored. Do I need to build it myself for it to work?

[ramicio]

Anyone?

[bmillham]

DV rips fine for me on Mint. I'd suggest building it yourself.

How are you verifying that the DV layer is present in the MKV?

[ramicio]

Mediainfo

[bmillham]

Mediainfo doesn't directly show DV. Here's an example from a DV file:

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Video
ID                                       : 1
ID in the original source medium         : 4113 (0x1011)
Format                                   : HEVC
Format/Info                              : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile                           : Main 10@L5.1@High
HDR format                               : SMPTE ST 2086, HDR10 compatible
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC

I use TinyMediaManager and it sees this as a DV file.

[dcoke22]

Hmm… I would say your example @bmillham, is not Dolby Vision. It looks like HDR10 only.

Here's what I'd say is DV:

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Video
ID                                       : 1
ID in the original source medium         : 4113 (0x1011)
Format                                   : HEVC
Format/Info                              : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile                           : Main 10@L5.1@High
HDR format                               : Dolby Vision, Version 1.0, dvhe.07.06, BL+EL+RPU, Blu-ray compatible / SMPTE ST 2094 App 4, Version 1, HDR10+ Profile B compatible
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC

That's from MediaInfo version 21.09.

[bmillham]

I have an old version of mediainfo: 19.09, so that explains it. Also it's probable why OP thinks DV isn't being written. The Ubuntu version is very old.

EDIT: updated to Mediainfo 22.03 and this is what the file looks like now:

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Video
ID                                       : 1
ID in the original source medium         : 4113 (0x1011)
Format                                   : HEVC
Format/Info                              : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile                           : Main 10@L5.1@High
HDR format                               : Dolby Vision, Version 1.0, dvhe.07.06, BL+EL+RPU, Blu-ray compatible / SMPTE ST 2086, HDR10 compatible
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC

So yea, OP probably has an outdated mediainfo.

[dcoke22]

So yea, OP probably has an outdated mediainfo.

OP said they're on MediaInfo 21.09 in the first post.

[bmillham]

Opps, I missed that he was on 21.09.

So I guess the question then is why when I rip on linux that I get DV and the OP does not?

[ramicio]

The Ubuntu version I have is 1.16.7. Is that not the newest version?

[bmillham]

The Ubuntu version I have is 1.16.7. Is that not the newest version?

21.09 (or in my case 22.03) is the mediainfo version. 1.16.7 is the current MakeMKV version.

[ramicio]

Yeah, so I don't know what "The Ubuntu version is very old" meant.

[dcoke22]

I don't use MakeMKV on Linux, so I'm guessing a little bit. That said, I think MakeMKV links to some libraries on your system and those libraries might be out of date.

The Linux build post (viewtopic.php?f=3&t=224) has talk about libavcodec among other things. I have no idea if a certain version of that is needed for DV support.

DV support officially landed in MakeMKV 1.15.3.

[bmillham]

I don't use MakeMKV on Linux, so I'm guessing a little bit. That said, I think MakeMKV links to some libraries on your system and those libraries might be out of date.

The Linux build post (viewtopic.php?f=3&t=224) has talk about libavcodec among other things. I have no idea if a certain version of that is needed for DV support.

DV support officially landed in MakeMKV 1.15.3.

I just do the basic build. I don't worry about libavcodec. From reading the install instructions I think it only matters if you are transcoding the audio to FLAC, etc.

[ekpen]

Hello:

I am on Ubuntu 21.10.
I rip on Linux . For DV, no problem , almost 2 years now.
Thanks.

George Omoregie