Dolby Vision now possible through MP4 Mux.

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FubbAyH
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Re: Dolby Vision now possible through MP4 Mux.

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nekno wrote:
Sat Feb 12, 2022 1:37 am
Encoding DTS-HD takes in a lossless LPCM stream, encodes a lossy DTS core, and saves the rest of the discarded audio as lossless extensions. When decoding, the extensions are recombined with the lossy DTS core and decoded to arrive at the original lossless stream.

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A TrueHD+AC3 track has audio frames alternating between TrueHD and AC3. It's just two completely separate streams interleaved into a single track, kind of how STDL puts two distinct video streams into separate NALUs of a single track.
Thank you for the superb explanation. I guess I had a vague memory about how DTS-HD works and assumed that TrueHD worked the same way.
nekno wrote:
Sat Feb 12, 2022 1:37 am
The mlp tool for accurately/losslessly editing THD streams has an open issue requesting support, but there's no activity on it.
I hadn't heard of that tool, and didn't know about the old MakeMKV bug that it was made to address, so now I have even more re-ripping to do :lol:
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FubbAyH wrote:
Sun Feb 13, 2022 11:12 pm
I didn't investigate which audio formats would be supported.
only dd+ without a core doesn't work. And strangely DD+ Atmos (without a core too) works.
and yep ripping from a disc is the way to go, thankfully 95% of my movie library was done from untouched bluray folders
did you convert to DT-DL ?
FubbAyH wrote:
Sun Feb 13, 2022 11:12 pm
I had the FEL_test_for_AVS.mp4 file handy so I tried that on a whim and it surprised me by playing fine with RPU and FEL both visibly working. Obviously that's not a full movie so I don't know if it MP4 FEL playback would be completely reliable, and I didn't investigate which audio formats would be supported.
I checked a movie. Power Rangers ending credit is bright white in FEL and dark grey in MEL/HDR10
FubbAyH wrote:
Sun Feb 13, 2022 11:16 pm
I hadn't heard of that tool, and didn't know about the old MakeMKV bug that it was made to address, so now I have even more re-ripping to do :lol:
Tsmuxer also handles seamless disc perfectly. No poping in Atmos track
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RESET_9999 wrote:
Sun Feb 13, 2022 11:29 pm
and yep ripping from a disc is the way to go, thankfully 95% of my movie library was done from untouched bluray folders
did you convert to DT-DL ?
Yep, all my test movies were DT-DL converted from ST-DL MKVs.
RESET_9999 wrote:
Sun Feb 13, 2022 11:29 pm
Tsmuxer also handles seamless disc perfectly. No poping in Atmos track
I'm very glad to hear that, I was just about to look it up! :D
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you can test this high bitrate file and rule out your network: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j0mILN ... sp=sharing
*audio is DD+ and doesn't work.

and which movie did you try ? i can try too
FubbAyH wrote:
Mon Feb 14, 2022 12:03 am
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FubbAyH wrote:
Sun Feb 13, 2022 11:12 pm
I had a chance to play with my X800M2 today and my experience wasn't quite as good, but I've still got more investigating to do.
I'm having a similar experience, may just be my wifi and or my DLNA messing up at times.
Also I can't seem to CEC control the player with my LG remote.. only the menus.
I'm going to compare with an M9203 oppo clone (1gbps lan etc).
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guys please list the movies that don't work so I can test them too. Sounds like your files or your wifi is the problem. What's your wifi speed test on your cell phone?
I watched one more FEL DT-DL movie last night: Mission impossible 1996. Played from start to end without any issue. This one was converted from ST-DL MKV to DT-DL TS.

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RESET_9999 wrote:
Mon Feb 14, 2022 12:43 am
you can test this high bitrate file and rule out your network: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j0mILN ... sp=sharing
*audio is DD+ and doesn't work.
That played fine so I think the network part of things is okay. I have slow internet but decent local Wi-Fi. I just did a test holding my phone by the X800M2 and got about 400Mbps to my local server.
RESET_9999 wrote:
Mon Feb 14, 2022 12:43 am
and which movie did you try ? i can try too
Thank you, that's very kind. If you have the titles handy I'd be curious to know if they work for you.

The ones that aren't working for me are:
Dune (2021): fails at about 0:03:06 just after Chani says "why did the emperor choose this path, and who will our next oppressors be?". playback freezes, but the player remains responsive
Back to the Future: fails at about 0:00:28 and player skips to next file in directory
Back to the Future Part II: fails at about 0:08:06 and shortly afterwards (not immediately) the player locks up

I also tried Black Panther and The Matrix and didn't have any problems with those, but I only played a few minutes of each so can't confirm they were definitely working.

After I posted last night I decided to try converting some P8.1 hybrid rips, and those were much more successful. I played one movie (Luca) all the way through with no problems at all, and played about 30 minutes of another (Rogue One) with no problems either. So it looks like it might be the ST-DL to DT-DL conversion that is causing problems for me.

I went to re-rip my Dune disc today and discovered that my drive is now failing :x So I've ordered another and will resume experimenting in a couple of days :)
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thanks I'll try all of them tonight when I get home....
quite surprised that Dune didnt work because its a MEL movie. The MEL movie with 69kbps EL usually even works in ST-DL TS. My copy is P8 like all the MEL movies I have but I'm downloading the ISO right now and will test every workflow possible :)

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FubbAyH wrote:
Mon Feb 14, 2022 5:36 pm
The ones that aren't working for me are:
Dune (2021): fails at about 0:03:06 just after Chani says "why did the emperor choose this path, and who will our next oppressors be?". playback freezes, but the player remains responsive
Back to the Future: fails at about 0:00:28 and player skips to next file in directory
Back to the Future Part II: fails at about 0:08:06 and shortly afterwards (not immediately) the player locks up
These 3 movies work flawlessly on my end in all the possible workflow. So it's probably your failing HDD that broke some of your files if I had to guess.
Another possibility (but unlikely) is the different firmware. I bought my player ''pre-owned'' on eBay, so I probably have the old firmware.
IMO the x800m2 is the player I've been looking for since DV remuxes are possible. I'll probably vanish from this forum because my DV needs are met.

Dune ST-DL TS from makemkv ST-P7 = no issue at 3:06
Dune DT-DL TS from makemkv ST-P7 = no issue at 3:06

BTTF I DT-DL from BD = no issue at 28sec
BTTF II DT-DL from BD = no issue at 8:06

I recorded my session:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHo0wZdqXd4
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RESET_9999 wrote:
Mon Feb 14, 2022 11:32 pm
FubbAyH wrote:
Mon Feb 14, 2022 5:36 pm
The ones that aren't working for me are:
Dune (2021): fails at about 0:03:06 just after Chani says "why did the emperor choose this path, and who will our next oppressors be?". playback freezes, but the player remains responsive
Back to the Future: fails at about 0:00:28 and player skips to next file in directory
Back to the Future Part II: fails at about 0:08:06 and shortly afterwards (not immediately) the player locks up
These 3 movies work flawlessly on my end in all the possible workflow. So it's probably your failing HDD that broke some of your files if I had to guess.
Another possibility (but unlikely) is the different firmware. I bought my player ''pre-owned'' on eBay, so I probably have the old firmware.
IMO the x800m2 is the player I've been looking for since DV remuxes are possible. I'll probably vanish from this forum because my DV needs are met.

Dune ST-DL TS from makemkv ST-P7 = no issue at 3:06
Dune DT-DL TS from makemkv ST-P7 = no issue at 3:06

BTTF I DT-DL from BD = no issue at 28sec
BTTF II DT-DL from BD = no issue at 8:06

I recorded my session:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHo0wZdqXd4
So my hope of getting a x800m2 is gone. There's really no place in my country that sells it.

If I have to buy an x700, to get rid of all the green screen or fast forward bug, the correct method is using tsmuxer to mux the original bluray rip to bmdv folder and playing it from root folder of the external hard drive, right? Does this work with every movie out there or there are exceptions and there must be another workflow? Sorry I haven't been able to follow this forum often and all these talks about mel, fel, p7, p8 confuse me.
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deadchip12 wrote:
Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:20 am
If I have to buy an x700, to get rid of all the green screen or fast forward bug, the correct method is using tsmuxer to mux the original bluray rip to bmdv folder and playing it from root folder of the external hard drive, right? Does this work with every movie out there or there are exceptions and there must be another workflow? Sorry I haven't been able to follow this forum often and all these talks about mel, fel, p7, p8 confuse me.
yes, all the movies in BDMV/USB work on the x700 without the bugs.
DT-DL TS/USB all works as well but with the bug.
I never had a movie that didn't work but to be safe, I recommend always ripping from the original bluray and not from some random MKV torrent.
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RESET_9999 wrote:
Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:40 am
deadchip12 wrote:
Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:20 am
If I have to buy an x700, to get rid of all the green screen or fast forward bug, the correct method is using tsmuxer to mux the original bluray rip to bmdv folder and playing it from root folder of the external hard drive, right? Does this work with every movie out there or there are exceptions and there must be another workflow? Sorry I haven't been able to follow this forum often and all these talks about mel, fel, p7, p8 confuse me.
DT-DL TS/USB all works as well but with the bug.
You mean even muxing to bmdv folder and playing it from root folder won't fix the bugs for these DT-DL movies? Or am I misunderstanding something here...
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deadchip12 wrote:
Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:51 am
You mean even muxing to bmdv folder and playing it from root folder won't fix the bugs for these DT-DL TS movies?
BDMV playback = bugs free
TS/M2TS playback = bugs

both are DT-DL format.
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Re: Dolby Vision now possible through MP4 Mux.

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RESET_9999 wrote:
Mon Feb 14, 2022 11:32 pm
These 3 movies work flawlessly on my end in all the possible workflow. So it's probably your failing HDD that broke some of your files if I had to guess.
Thank you again for testing those. That's great news, so I'm hopeful that when I re-rip I'll get the same results. It was actually my Blu-ray drive that is failing now (not my HDD) and my old rips all verified okay so I'm still assuming a software bug somewhere in my workflow is to blame for the differences.
RESET_9999 wrote:
Mon Feb 14, 2022 11:32 pm
IMO the x800m2 is the player I've been looking for since DV remuxes are possible. I'll probably vanish from this forum because my DV needs are met.
Yes, I'm the feeling the same way, and hoping that this is the endgame. Hopefully we can just replace all 400 pages of this thread with a post that says:

How to make and watch Dolby Vision rips (every other way is a world of pain and misery):

#1 Buy a Sony UBP-X800M2
#2 Make a full-disc decrypted backup using MakeMKV
#3 Find the playlist for the version of the movie you want (it's probably 00800.mpls for the English version)
#4 Drop that into tsMuxer
#5 Set it to output M2TS, and select the audio and subtitle tracks you want
#6 Watch the movie
#7 Be free
#8 Live your life
#9 Never think about Dolby Vision ever again
deadchip12 wrote:
Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:20 am
So my hope of getting a x800m2 is gone. There's really no place in my country that sells it.
Is it particularly difficult to import things in your country? There do seem to be lots of places that sell the X800M2 and will ship internationally (but I know there are sometimes a few countries that they can't ship to).
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RESET_9999 wrote:
Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:55 am
deadchip12 wrote:
Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:51 am
You mean even muxing to bmdv folder and playing it from root folder won't fix the bugs for these DT-DL TS movies?
BDMV playback = bugs free
TS/M2TS playback = bugs

both are DT-DL format.
Is this the FF/RW bug you're mentioning? And is that bug only present on the X700 or also present on the UBP-X800M2?
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