Dolby Vision now possible through MP4 Mux.
Re: Dolby Vision now possible through MP4 Mux.
Question for the guys who own LG OLEDs and Shield 2019. Do this new mkv Dolby Vision movies played with the shield looks as good as a dual layer DV mp4 remuxes played with the LGs internal TV app, are they equally bright and the lumination of highlights the same?
And what are the color problems with the Shield on DV movies?
Im frustrated that my recently bought M9702 Oppo clone its not as bright and good as my TVs internal player.
Changing the settings from Auto/Player led to TV led makes a big difference and some movies are as good as the playback from the internal players but there is still a difference in brightness for some movies and scenes and this pisses me off.
I ran BDMV full Blu Ray directory from the Oppo clone and mp4 remuxes from the internal player, run the same movies and changing from source to source and compare the same scenes.
Even HDR 10 movies looks better on the internal player of the TV, i own a B9.
P.S. do you have to install some patches to run this new Dolby Vision mkv files with Kodi on the Shield?
Thanks!
And what are the color problems with the Shield on DV movies?
Im frustrated that my recently bought M9702 Oppo clone its not as bright and good as my TVs internal player.
Changing the settings from Auto/Player led to TV led makes a big difference and some movies are as good as the playback from the internal players but there is still a difference in brightness for some movies and scenes and this pisses me off.
I ran BDMV full Blu Ray directory from the Oppo clone and mp4 remuxes from the internal player, run the same movies and changing from source to source and compare the same scenes.
Even HDR 10 movies looks better on the internal player of the TV, i own a B9.
P.S. do you have to install some patches to run this new Dolby Vision mkv files with Kodi on the Shield?
Thanks!
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I would go back and double check what picture mode your internal player is on when playing DV and then do the same for your oppo clone. Make sure they are both on the same mode before doing comparisons.Exovitae wrote: ↑Fri Dec 04, 2020 4:31 amI ran BDMV full Blu Ray directory from the Oppo clone and mp4 remuxes from the internal player, run the same movies and changing from source to source and compare the same scenes.
Even HDR 10 movies looks better on the internal player of the TV, i own a B9.
P.S. do you have to install some patches to run this new Dolby Vision mkv files with Kodi on the Shield?
Thanks!
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A man picky as me who is pissed of that his new expensive player isn't as good his TVs internal player wouldn't do a mistake like that, picture modes and settings are for both sources exactly the same!shawnc22 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 04, 2020 4:49 amI would go back and double check what picture mode your internal player is on when playing DV and then do the same for your oppo clone. Make sure they are both on the same mode before doing comparisons.Exovitae wrote: ↑Fri Dec 04, 2020 4:31 amI ran BDMV full Blu Ray directory from the Oppo clone and mp4 remuxes from the internal player, run the same movies and changing from source to source and compare the same scenes.
Even HDR 10 movies looks better on the internal player of the TV, i own a B9.
P.S. do you have to install some patches to run this new Dolby Vision mkv files with Kodi on the Shield?
Thanks!
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DaMacFunkin
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Re: Dolby Vision now possible through MP4 Mux.
Hi, I got this from guy called Mark Swift on the AVS / Zidoo forum who has a HD fury device and during bug testing on behalf of Zidoo he has loaded my LG C9 edid and found this to be the case with the Zidoo Z9X and the shield that unless the player specifically asks for TV led processing the LG defaults to player led, I don’t totally understand why but it does he says it is higher in the table??? I always thought this not to be the case, if I leave my Oppo on auto it defaults to player led with the C9 (but defaults to tv led with my C7, you can notice the slightly darker curve).shawnc22 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:22 pmNot sure where you're getting this from, but LG's do not force the Shield to default to LLDV. At least on my B9, RGB tunneling is the default DV mode. Unless this changed in the new X-generation of TV's, you can only get LLDV from the Shield into an LG Oled via HDFury EDID spoofing.DaMacFunkin wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:01 pmive been thinking this over and it makes sense...
Your CX is internally processing HDR via its app correctly, correct colours, correct tone map and as such it looks good.
Dolby Vision from the shield is being processed by the shield (player led LLDV) and as such looks a little darker, you also have the incorrect color to deal with.
For some reason the LG’s even though they can do TV led processing of Dolby Vision, request player led by default.
If you have an Oppo or Oppo clone you can force TV led processing (RGB 8 bit tunnelling) and it looks brighter than selecting player led ( 12 bit LLDV).
It would be great if someone else with one of these devices could also verify this.
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the spears and munsil people said this months ago, if your tv doesn't need player led, default your oppo to tv led. Especially on the LGsDaMacFunkin wrote: ↑Fri Dec 04, 2020 6:07 amHi, I got this from guy called Mark Swift on the AVS / Zidoo forum who has a HD fury device and during bug testing on behalf of Zidoo he has loaded my LG C9 edid and found this to be the case with the Zidoo Z9X and the shield that unless the player specifically asks for TV led processing the LG defaults to player led, I don’t totally understand why but it does he says it is higher in the table??? I always thought this not to be the case, if I leave my Oppo on auto it defaults to player led with the C9 (but defaults to tv led with my C7, you can notice the slightly darker curve).shawnc22 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:22 pmNot sure where you're getting this from, but LG's do not force the Shield to default to LLDV. At least on my B9, RGB tunneling is the default DV mode. Unless this changed in the new X-generation of TV's, you can only get LLDV from the Shield into an LG Oled via HDFury EDID spoofing.DaMacFunkin wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:01 pmive been thinking this over and it makes sense...
Your CX is internally processing HDR via its app correctly, correct colours, correct tone map and as such it looks good.
Dolby Vision from the shield is being processed by the shield (player led LLDV) and as such looks a little darker, you also have the incorrect color to deal with.
For some reason the LG’s even though they can do TV led processing of Dolby Vision, request player led by default.
If you have an Oppo or Oppo clone you can force TV led processing (RGB 8 bit tunnelling) and it looks brighter than selecting player led ( 12 bit LLDV).
It would be great if someone else with one of these devices could also verify this.
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I don't know about the methods that was used in that HDFury test, but I think I'd trust the results of what my TV is saying over anything else. If you look at the HDMI diagnostics menu of an LG Oled during DV playback from the Shield, you can see that it's being sent an RGB 8Bit signal. Many users here have done that and confirmed it. I can further confirm it through checking the menus on my Denon AVR. In fact, this was how it was discovered here that the Shield was tacking on BT2020 to the RGB signal that was causing some of the red push issues. Removing it in the latest Shield firmware didn't solve it completely, but I believe it did help with streaming DV content.DaMacFunkin wrote: ↑Fri Dec 04, 2020 6:07 amHi, I got this from guy called Mark Swift on the AVS / Zidoo forum who has a HD fury device and during bug testing on behalf of Zidoo he has loaded my LG C9 edid and found this to be the case with the Zidoo Z9X and the shield that unless the player specifically asks for TV led processing the LG defaults to player led, I don’t totally understand why but it does he says it is higher in the table??? I always thought this not to be the case, if I leave my Oppo on auto it defaults to player led with the C9 (but defaults to tv led with my C7, you can notice the slightly darker curve).
It would be great if someone else with one of these devices could also verify this.
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Yes. And I've confirmed that on my c8 with my integral 2. It's definitely sending rgb dv from the shield.
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I think it’s ultimately going to come down to the ts container. It’s seeking capabilities are different to other containers. I don’t know much about it (yet) but by the looks of it a few different players have had trouble with ts files over the years.RESET_9999 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:35 pm
I'm not sure of that anymore ...
The Lord of the rings trilogy all failed to FF/RW.
same for the first 2 Hobbit.
but somehow the Hobbit 3 has no issue with FF/RW even though it's a 2h40 movie. I'm sure I had issues with title shorter than that.
My guess, at least until I can get my hands on a player to try, is that it isn’t to do with file length but actually to do with bit rate or possibly max file size?
At least in the hobbit/Lotr case, the last hobbit is the smallest file size / bit rate of the 6 titles / 9 disks.
If that is the problem that will be a shame as it won’t be anything we can do about it, was hoping it would be something ‘fixable’ with the file at least
I guess bitrate vs file size could be easy to try as it might be possible to find a section of a title that can’t be seeked even if it’s only a minute or so long file. Probably where I’ll start when I encounter it at least.
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Manixx2020beyound
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There was an update a few days ago to LGCX
The shield is sending LLDV only to the CX10
When u try & get default DV RGB8 no GO
U only get it to playback in 12bit 709 DV
Pink colors but only on the CX I also have a doblyvision vizo & tlc 6 doblyvision connected all at the same time & ONLY the CX can’t read the dv 422 709 dv being outputed from the shield.
This could be the vertex2 fault.
So I did the same with the sony X700
I use LLDV so much I had to force my Sony to play back to regular dv by selecting rgb in settings.
Vertex says dv rgb8 on lg/CX
So something is wrong with the shield & CX
Not communicating properly.
Could also be that I don’t have the latest firmware on the vertex2 for the cx-edid
There is b9 & c8 edid but none for the CX on my firmware.
So I’m going to try my atmos player & see what it reads the shield tv directly to tv
Yep something is wrong with the shield no dv8 bit rgb
Can someone ellse try c8 & 9
My onkyo receiver won’t connect to my shield as well or pass the signal true
Don’t know if it’s 2.1 doing this
Now I’m going to take the CX out from the tv equation completely.
See if I get dv-rgb 8 latest shield firmware.
The shield is sending LLDV only to the CX10
When u try & get default DV RGB8 no GO
U only get it to playback in 12bit 709 DV
Pink colors but only on the CX I also have a doblyvision vizo & tlc 6 doblyvision connected all at the same time & ONLY the CX can’t read the dv 422 709 dv being outputed from the shield.
This could be the vertex2 fault.
So I did the same with the sony X700
I use LLDV so much I had to force my Sony to play back to regular dv by selecting rgb in settings.
Vertex says dv rgb8 on lg/CX
So something is wrong with the shield & CX
Not communicating properly.
Could also be that I don’t have the latest firmware on the vertex2 for the cx-edid
There is b9 & c8 edid but none for the CX on my firmware.
So I’m going to try my atmos player & see what it reads the shield tv directly to tv
Yep something is wrong with the shield no dv8 bit rgb
Can someone ellse try c8 & 9
My onkyo receiver won’t connect to my shield as well or pass the signal true
Don’t know if it’s 2.1 doing this
Now I’m going to take the CX out from the tv equation completely.
See if I get dv-rgb 8 latest shield firmware.
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Manixx2020beyound
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Re: Dolby Vision now possible through MP4 Mux.
It almost feels like the shield is missing BT2020-DV that they removed 2 software versions back is rearing its head.
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Still RGB 8bit here on my B9. Latest 5.0 firmware on the TV and 8.2.1 on the Shield experience. Tested with both UHD disk backup DV and Netflix DV.
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Manixx2020beyound
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Sony /cx
Has to be CX/shield hdmi hand shake
On the CX shield behaves like the new Xbox that’s weird makes it own adjustments & CX sees it as a gaming machine, deep colors prompt u to turn off ect
This never happened to me before CX is only 3 weeks old taking the CX out off the equation & directly connected the shield is still not gaving me rgb8 dv from the shield
Even on my other doblyvision TVs.
Lol maybe my shield is broken lol
LLDV on shield is still good.
I’ll wait for other CX/shield owners to respond.
On the CX shield behaves like the new Xbox that’s weird makes it own adjustments & CX sees it as a gaming machine, deep colors prompt u to turn off ect
This never happened to me before CX is only 3 weeks old taking the CX out off the equation & directly connected the shield is still not gaving me rgb8 dv from the shield
Even on my other doblyvision TVs.
Lol maybe my shield is broken lol
LLDV on shield is still good.
I’ll wait for other CX/shield owners to respond.
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RESET_9999
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Still getting RGB DV on both my Vizio TV and OLED C8... latest Shield firmware.
Since you're getting RGB from the x700, it sounds like the Shield has an issue with the CX. I would blame the Shield though, what a terrible device for DV, so many issues...

Since you're getting RGB from the x700, it sounds like the Shield has an issue with the CX. I would blame the Shield though, what a terrible device for DV, so many issues...

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Like I said, the guy who tested my C9 edid said the LG was requesting LLDV from the Zidoo / Shield, don't know why it is different on the B9, the B9 and C9 don't have the same processor so might have different firmware.
Anybody want a try?
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Manixx2020beyound
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Got it to work very strange behavior indeed
I think it was my vertex2 it replaces the edid so a lot of times when switching back & forth between settings edid gets locked
in, powering down everything un plug still works lol.
Only difference this time my other 3 screens are gettingshield CX rgb8 doblyvision perfect shield second screen tlc black screen like the CX was getting 3rd
Screen vizo what the CX was getting before
12bit 709
But all this started happening recently well today ,it’s probably 2.1 hdmi in the loop
I think it was my vertex2 it replaces the edid so a lot of times when switching back & forth between settings edid gets locked
Only difference this time my other 3 screens are gettingshield CX rgb8 doblyvision perfect shield second screen tlc black screen like the CX was getting 3rd
Screen vizo what the CX was getting before
12bit 709
But all this started happening recently well today ,it’s probably 2.1 hdmi in the loop
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