Dolby Vision now possible through MP4 Mux.

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quietvoid
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Tested some files on the new FireTV Stick 4K Max.
Still has trouble with HDR10+ ending up with a black screen when Dolby Vision is triggered.

I couldn't get any of the FEL test files to play correctly without the device just blanking out after a couple seconds.
For some reason actual unmodified P7 FEL files work though.

It might be because with the test files, the EL is not synced properly.
Any other untouched file maybe? I tried the ones on AVS and here: viewtopic.php?p=104113#p104113

Otherwise I guess there might be a use for me to make a proper muxer..
FubbAyH
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samlop10 wrote:
Thu Oct 07, 2021 6:00 pm
They clearly mention supporting Dolby Vision both in MEL and FEL. They also mention using the ‘latest Realtek RTD1619DR’.

Is there a chance they might actually play the full FEL layer instead of just downgrading it to MEL?
I won't get my hopes up. The RTD1619DR is the same chipset that is used in Zidoo's latest generation of devices where it provides support for everything DV except the video data in the FEL (it automatically downgrades to MEL). I guess it's possible that Zappiti have reverse engineered profile 7 to play the full FEL, but since that would be truly unique, I'd expect them to spell that out very explicitly in the marketing if they had done so. :(
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quietvoid wrote:
Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:59 pm
Tested some files on the new FireTV Stick 4K Max.
Still has trouble with HDR10+ ending up with a black screen when Dolby Vision is triggered.

I couldn't get any of the FEL test files to play correctly without the device just blanking out after a couple seconds.
For some reason actual unmodified P7 FEL files work though.

It might be because with the test files, the EL is not synced properly.
Any other untouched file maybe?
Would you be able to try one of the titles where the FEL is obvious (e.g. Power Rangers or Total Recall) to see if it is being used?
RESET_9999
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quietvoid wrote:
Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:59 pm
Tested some files on the new FireTV Stick 4K Max.
Still has trouble with HDR10+ ending up with a black screen when Dolby Vision is triggered.

I couldn't get any of the FEL test files to play correctly without the device just blanking out after a couple seconds.
For some reason actual unmodified P7 FEL files work though.

It might be because with the test files, the EL is not synced properly.
Any other untouched file maybe? I tried the ones on AVS and here: viewtopic.php?p=104113#p104113

Otherwise I guess there might be a use for me to make a proper muxer..
that's because I did those samples with tsmuxer and it breaks something in the RPU when you split the file. I didn't know about that back then.
As @FubbAyH said, the ending credits of Power Ranger is a better way to verify if FEL is processed.

PS, I don't know why you're quiet about it but you should scream out loud that you updated your DV tools to generate DV metadata for ANY HDR10 MOVIE using madVR measurements lol :D
bye bye HDR10
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RESET_9999 wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:23 am
PS, I don't know why you're quiet about it but you should scream out loud that you updated your DV tools to generate DV metadata for ANY HDR10 MOVIE using madVR measurements lol :D
bye bye HDR10
Because I haven't had the chance to test it. Some of madVR's scenes are very small and might cause flashes.
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quietvoid wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:37 am
RESET_9999 wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:23 am
PS, I don't know why you're quiet about it but you should scream out loud that you updated your DV tools to generate DV metadata for ANY HDR10 MOVIE using madVR measurements lol :D
bye bye HDR10
Because I haven't had the chance to test it. Some of madVR's scenes are very small and might cause flashes.
I guess it works the same way as the dynamic target nits algo works for HDR to SDR ? I mean both are based on madvr algo that measures pixels.
If so, I'm using 113b with my PJ (the last version before the time-limited build, I think) and there are rarely any flashes visible ( 98% of movies are fine) so it should be fine. I didn't try yet but I will this weekend.
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FubbAyH wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:16 am
Would you be able to try one of the titles where the FEL is obvious (e.g. Power Rangers or Total Recall) to see if it is being used?
RESET_9999 wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:23 am
that's because I did those samples with tsmuxer and it breaks something in the RPU when you split the file. I didn't know about that back then.
As @FubbAyH said, the ending credits of Power Ranger is a better way to verify if FEL is processed.
The credits are grey like HDR10, so nothing new.
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FubbAyH wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:11 am
samlop10 wrote:
Thu Oct 07, 2021 6:00 pm
They clearly mention supporting Dolby Vision both in MEL and FEL. They also mention using the ‘latest Realtek RTD1619DR’.

Is there a chance they might actually play the full FEL layer instead of just downgrading it to MEL?
I won't get my hopes up. The RTD1619DR is the same chipset that is used in Zidoo's latest generation of devices where it provides support for everything DV except the video data in the FEL (it automatically downgrades to MEL). I guess it's possible that Zappiti have reverse engineered profile 7 to play the full FEL, but since that would be truly unique, I'd expect them to spell that out very explicitly in the marketing if they had done so. :(
Makes sense. So is the RTD1619DR ‘limited’ or is it capable but just not ‘allowed’ by Dolby to use the full FEL data?
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samlop10 wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 1:38 am
Makes sense. So is the RTD1619DR ‘limited’ or is it capable but just not ‘allowed’ by Dolby to use the full FEL data?
That's a good question. I don't know if the hardware would be capable of simultaneously decoding the extra HEVC stream with the FEL video, but I think the main problem is that it's not allowed. My understanding is that since profile 7 is only found on UHDBD discs, Dolby will only licence the decoding code to be used in UHDBD players.
quietvoid wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 1:12 am
The credits are grey like HDR10, so nothing new.
That's a shame, but thank you very much for checking.
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Re: Dolby Vision now possible through MP4 Mux.

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FubbAyH wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 2:15 am
samlop10 wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 1:38 am
Makes sense. So is the RTD1619DR ‘limited’ or is it capable but just not ‘allowed’ by Dolby to use the full FEL data?
That's a good question. I don't know if the hardware would be capable of simultaneously decoding the extra HEVC stream with the FEL video, but I think the main problem is that it's not allowed. My understanding is that since profile 7 is only found on UHDBD discs, Dolby will only licence the decoding code to be used in UHDBD players.
quietvoid wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 1:12 am
The credits are grey like HDR10, so nothing new.
That's a shame, but thank you very much for checking.
That would make sense. Although, the players aren’t cheap at all (cheapest one of the new ones is $900 USD) so maybe there’s a small chance they were able to include it (they either payed for the license specifically for FEL or they reversed engineered it like you mentioned)?

Still, I definitely don’t disagree with what you said. And it wouldn’t surprise me if it still downgrades FEL to MEL after all. I’ll keep an eye out to see the results once they are released but I’m not getting my hopes up too much.
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samlop10 wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 3:45 am
FubbAyH wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 2:15 am
samlop10 wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 1:38 am
Makes sense. So is the RTD1619DR ‘limited’ or is it capable but just not ‘allowed’ by Dolby to use the full FEL data?
That's a good question. I don't know if the hardware would be capable of simultaneously decoding the extra HEVC stream with the FEL video, but I think the main problem is that it's not allowed. My understanding is that since profile 7 is only found on UHDBD discs, Dolby will only licence the decoding code to be used in UHDBD players.
quietvoid wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 1:12 am
The credits are grey like HDR10, so nothing new.
That's a shame, but thank you very much for checking.
That would make sense. Although, the players aren’t cheap at all (cheapest one of the new ones is $900 USD) so maybe there’s a small chance they were able to include it (they either payed for the license specifically for FEL or they reversed engineered it like you mentioned)?

Still, I definitely don’t disagree with what you said. And it wouldn’t surprise me if it still downgrades FEL to MEL after all. I’ll keep an eye out to see the results once they are released but I’m not getting my hopes up too much.
Doesn’t have the physical capability to process 2 video streams simultaneously- Confirmed by Zidoo devs, Dune players have the same chipset also and they just process RPU and disregard FEL also.
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DaMacFunkin wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 6:05 am
samlop10 wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 3:45 am
FubbAyH wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 2:15 am

That's a good question. I don't know if the hardware would be capable of simultaneously decoding the extra HEVC stream with the FEL video, but I think the main problem is that it's not allowed. My understanding is that since profile 7 is only found on UHDBD discs, Dolby will only licence the decoding code to be used in UHDBD players.

That's a shame, but thank you very much for checking.
That would make sense. Although, the players aren’t cheap at all (cheapest one of the new ones is $900 USD) so maybe there’s a small chance they were able to include it (they either payed for the license specifically for FEL or they reversed engineered it like you mentioned)?

Still, I definitely don’t disagree with what you said. And it wouldn’t surprise me if it still downgrades FEL to MEL after all. I’ll keep an eye out to see the results once they are released but I’m not getting my hopes up too much.
Doesn’t have the physical capability to process 2 video streams simultaneously- Confirmed by Zidoo devs, Dune players have the same chipset also and they just process RPU and disregard FEL also.
And you are right, even if the hardware can be hacked like the AM6+ The picture doesn’t look correct because Dolby will not modify and provide the SDK for a Media player, Dolby consider the MKV format to be the embodiment of piracy.
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By the way, since now the Firestick 4K Max allows disabling HDR.
Playing profile 5 files results in proper SDR colors.
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Re: Dolby Vision now possible through MP4 Mux.

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DaMacFunkin wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 6:05 am
samlop10 wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 3:45 am
FubbAyH wrote:
Fri Oct 08, 2021 2:15 am

That's a good question. I don't know if the hardware would be capable of simultaneously decoding the extra HEVC stream with the FEL video, but I think the main problem is that it's not allowed. My understanding is that since profile 7 is only found on UHDBD discs, Dolby will only licence the decoding code to be used in UHDBD players.

That's a shame, but thank you very much for checking.
That would make sense. Although, the players aren’t cheap at all (cheapest one of the new ones is $900 USD) so maybe there’s a small chance they were able to include it (they either payed for the license specifically for FEL or they reversed engineered it like you mentioned)?

Still, I definitely don’t disagree with what you said. And it wouldn’t surprise me if it still downgrades FEL to MEL after all. I’ll keep an eye out to see the results once they are released but I’m not getting my hopes up too much.
Doesn’t have the physical capability to process 2 video streams simultaneously- Confirmed by Zidoo devs, Dune players have the same chipset also and they just process RPU and disregard FEL also.
Damn. Thanks for the confirmation regardless.
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Trying to get Dolby Vision m2ts to play on x800m2 but running into issues. Would really appreciate some tips/help.

Here is what I have tried:
1. Use MakeMKV to get Dolby Vision MKV.
2. Use eac3to to extract Atmos track(thd+ac3) from the MKV.
3. Use tsmuxeR to mux the MKV from 1) and Atmos track from 2) together into .m2ts file.

However, when I try to play the resulting m2ts file on x800m2 via DLNA(wifi), I just get a black screen and DV is not working. If I turn off DV in the x800m2 settings, then the m2ts just play in SDR, not even falling back to HDR10.
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