Results with Dune 2 4K

[jldebert]

Hello all,

after applying the MK firmware to my drive (Asus BW-16D1HT), I managed succesfully to access this disc (Dune 2 4K, produced in 2024) using MakeMKV 1.17.7 (the latest).
The results are as follow:
- the main track (discounting bonuses) is perfect, only you have better have a lot of disc space for storage as it is duplicated (2 files of 69.5G each, with different track names but apparently identical as seen in codec info in VLC, and during viewing).
I guess that you might ignore one at track selection time in MakeMKV, but I'm not sure that the track names (something like "Dune- Part Two_t something") make this very easy, at ripping time that is...
- the two main tracks are encoded H265 HEVC video (which I didn't manage to read with VLC) and various audio codecs in different languages (readable by VLC).
- I managed to view the main tracks using MPV, and in 4K at that (my PC has a 4K setup, with HDR). VLC opens the files but only manages to play the audio on my PC (probably because of the H265 HEVC video).
- the bonuses are there too as separate tracks each. None is 4K, which I guess may be as present on the disc. Also they are encoded H264 with only English audio, which I guess may be as present on the disc.

So, this first try was a complete success. Awesome work, many thanks.

[d00zah]

Make sure to download the latest/greatest VLC version. SHOULD handle most anything current.

[MrPenguin]

Make sure to download the latest/greatest VLC version. SHOULD handle most anything current.

VLC 3.0.21 (which is the latest stable version) supports HEVC but does not support HDR. VLC 4 is the development branch and will support HDR, but I have no idea when VLC 4 will be released.

To make matters worse, VLC 3.0.21 also requires an obsolete version of ffmpeg. With Fedora 40, this effectively means that VLC 3.0.21 cannot play UHD rips because not only do all the HDR colors appear "washed out", but the only video hardware acceleration available is VDPAU.

[jldebert]

VLC 3.0.21 (which is the latest stable version) supports HEVC but does not support HDR. VLC 4 is the development branch and will support HDR, but I have no idea when VLC 4 will be released.

Exactly what I noticed on Windows: after a bit of tweaking, I managed to view the HEVC video in VLC, but the resulting display shows clearly (especially the colors) that HDR is not yet supported.
Whereas, with MPV (also on Windows) it works out of the box with the default settings as installed .

Thanks for the tip about HDR anyway.