Dolby Vision now possible through MP4 Mux.

[mulucy]

I should have said that this device is the best android device in terms of capabilities but definitely not for stability. Especially when you are used to the stability of the x700 and an HTPC.

Once you start changing the colorspace settings, the device becomes very very buggy(i have not really tested plex).
Sometimes:
- DV gives a black screen, rebooting fixes that,
- DV just won't trigger DV: it even tonemap profile5 to HDR10
- HDR10 trigger HDR but without any metadata: just 12bits 422 bt2020, nothing more.

I don't see how someone would use this device without an hdfury device to tell if your current mode is the right one.
profile 7 is also VERY unstable (freeze, stutter, tv goes black, audio dropout), sometimes you have to start the movie 4times before it plays correctly. Profile 5 seems stable.
Hopefully, things get better with future updates but as for right now, I will still use my x700.

To be honest, I gave up looking for different players, takes too much energy, time and effort. I settled between Sony X700 and Fire TV Stick 4K. Movies with MEL, I convert to MKV and store it in my NAS so I can watch it later with Fire TV. For other titles with FEL ( the ones I deeply care about it ), I am gonna use your method with Blu-Ray folder in the root of the flash drive/HDD and enjoy it that way. Even some titles I started converting from FEL > MEL for convenience sake.

[NiCE77]

I should have said that this device is the best android device in terms of capabilities but definitely not for stability. Especially when you are used to the stability of the x700 and an HTPC.

Once you start changing the colorspace settings, the device becomes very very buggy(i have not really tested plex).
Sometimes:
- DV gives a black screen, rebooting fixes that,
- DV just won't trigger DV: it even tonemap profile5 to HDR10
- HDR10 trigger HDR but without any metadata: just 12bits 422 bt2020, nothing more.

I don't see how someone would use this device without an hdfury device to tell if your current mode is the right one.
profile 7 is also VERY unstable (freeze, stutter, tv goes black, audio dropout), sometimes you have to start the movie 4times before it plays correctly. Profile 5 seems stable.
Hopefully, things get better with future updates but as for right now, I will still use my x700.

Do not use Kodi. Plex and the factory Media Player app are stable.

[RESET_9999]

Do not use Kodi. Plex and the factory Media Player app are stable.

Plex is not an option for me because I want lossless audio.
Does the media player app support lossless audio and DV ?

[DennisTheMenace]

Do not use Kodi. Plex and the factory Media Player app are stable.

Plex is not an option for me because I want lossless audio.
Does the media player app support lossless audio and DV ?

The ugoos video player don't work with mkv for me. But mp4 and .ts (ts profile 7 also sometimes buggy) worked.I use the kodi mod for mkv
I don't had tested plex

[bedders]

Do not use Kodi. Plex and the factory Media Player app are stable.

Plex is not an option for me because I want lossless audio.
Does the media player app support lossless audio and DV ?

The ugoos video player don't work with mkv for me. But mp4 and .ts (ts profile 7 also sometimes buggy) worked.I use the kodi mod for mkv
I don't had tested plex

What is your display and what options do you have available under Dolby Vision display settings?

[DennisTheMenace]

Lg c9

Dolby vision
Lldv Dolby Vision
Always on Dolby Vision

[bedders]

Lg c9

Dolby vision
Lldv Dolby Vision
Always on Dolby Vision

And you have “Dolby vision enable” turned on correct? Not LLDV.

[DennisTheMenace]

Lg c9

Dolby vision
Lldv Dolby Vision
Always on Dolby Vision

And you have “Dolby vision enable” turned on correct? Not LLDV.

Yes

[bedders]

Lg c9

Dolby vision
Lldv Dolby Vision
Always on Dolby Vision

And you have “Dolby vision enable” turned on correct? Not LLDV.

Yes

Thanks. I also cannot play MKV with DV through the inbuilt player with LLDV. It works with modified Kodi. I wonder how others have it working on inbuilt player..
Edit: I’ve been told inbuilt player only supports DV with MP4. Not sure if this is correct, haven’t tried MP4 yet

[Big-rome]

Just ripped 1917 and after a little choppiness in the begining playback has been flawless.

[RESET_9999]

I'm not able to trigger DV with mkv container on plex/ugoos... is there a special build that I need to sideload like Kodi?
I'm also getting 2.0 audio only...

For fun, I checked LLDV vs TV-LED and they both look pretty much the same to me(no big difference as Vincent showed on the oppo). I only checked one movie, one scene, so maybe the difference is not the same from one movie to another ?
https://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/12104

[bedders]

I'm not able to trigger DV with mkv container on plex/ugoos... is there a special build that I need to sideload like Kodi?
I'm also getting 2.0 audio only...

For fun, I checked LLDV vs TV-LED and they both look pretty much the same to me(no big difference as Vincent showed on the oppo). I only checked one movie, one scene, so maybe the difference is not the same from one movie to another ?
https://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/12104

Interesting..
If you check the CPU usage between TV led and player led is there much difference?

[lexyz]

For fun, I checked LLDV vs TV-LED and they both look pretty much the same to me(no big difference as Vincent showed on the oppo). I only checked one movie, one scene, so maybe the difference is not the same from one movie to another ?
https://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/12104

Check "Eagle" scene from SM UHD HDR Benchmark (around 6:34 time mark)
Pay attention to beak color

[norrellmeister]

I'm not able to trigger DV with mkv container on plex/ugoos... is there a special build that I need to sideload like Kodi?
I'm also getting 2.0 audio only...

For fun, I checked LLDV vs TV-LED and they both look pretty much the same to me(no big difference as Vincent showed on the oppo). I only checked one movie, one scene, so maybe the difference is not the same from one movie to another ?
https://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/12104

Gives your description, I think you might be transcoding. If Plex doesn’t think your system can handle the native audio, it will direct play the video and transcode the audio, which totally breaks DV. I spent half a day on this once on my Shield because ... I connected BT headphones and this issue broke my DV.

[DaMacFunkin]

Tried a full movie last night on the Mininx/Ugoos - They live.

I did a straight rip with Makemkv and the FEL presentation and Atmos surround was a delight, really good.

Bugs... after about 10 minutes I had a screen resynch but the movie recovered, then again about 52 mins I had a resynch but after that it was slightly glitchy (frame skips) so I paused the movie and started it again and it was fine till the end of the movie.

On pressing stop it didn’t unload back to the Kodi interface (best guess Dolby decoder froze, seen this on other devices) until I long pressed the power button (idk).

Overall this is the device, if the manufacturers can officially support this project we will have a winner