Dolby Vision now possible through MP4 Mux.

[realbabilu]

Thanks.

By the way, I just connected my external hdd to the x700 but it is not recognized. The external hdd is a usb 3.0 4TB WD hard drive. I read on Sony website that the max usb storage device size that the x700 can support is 4TB (GTP). I checked the hdd and its partition style is already GTP, so I'm not sure what's the problem here. I have another external hdd which is a usb 2.0 320GB Transcend hard drive and it is recognized immediately by the x700.

Throwing a guess out maybe the drive is ntfs and it needs to be exfat?

Both drives are ntfs. On Sony website it also says all formats (ntfs, fat32, exfat) are supported.

Try format using GPT with 2gb each partition. Worked at my Hisense TV. So 4TB you will have 3 partition minimal. 1 FAT for GPT (ill say may 200mb min, mine about 100gb for TEST DV ATMOS SURROUND HDR mp4 file etc.), 2 partition NTFS around less a bit than 2GB. Free Minitool Partition software recommended.
Sorry that was for internal android tv player.
For sony X700, i dont have. it may only seek first partition. https://www.sony-asia.com/electronics/s ... s/00013721
my bad. Try reducing little bit size of partition instead full 4tb, maybe could help.

[DiscoD]

I have been lurking this thread for a while and its has been an incredible source of information for me,
I do have one question...

If i have a Remux that has already been made from 2 sources(hybrid) Bluray and WEB DV5 converted to 8.1 and synced then injected to create the 8.1 with hdr fallback remux.....

if i wanted to encode that remux do i need to re-sysnc the RPU or will the extracted RPU already be synced, im assuming once the RPU is synced once and i extract it untouched it should then sync up with my encode flawlessly since the original remux i took it from was synced....

any help is appreciated..

[rkjnsn]

If I have a profile 5 DV video with a 2.40:1 aspect ratio, is there any way to prevent the dark gray bars added by the x700 from changing brightness in response to the DV data? I don't think I'd mind the bars being dark gray by itself, but the flickering is distracting. (Short of reencoding the video to add black bars, that is. This is with TV-led DV on a C1.)

[ArArdin]

im assuming once the RPU is synced once and i extract it untouched it should then sync up with my encode flawlessly since the original remux i took it from was synced....

That's right, no need to resync RPU.

[DiscoD]

im assuming once the RPU is synced once and i extract it untouched it should then sync up with my encode flawlessly since the original remux i took it from was synced....

That's right, no need to resync RPU.

okay i only ask because on a couple of my encodes (all with the exact same encode settings) i have been getting an issue where my video file will play a little crazy (video speeds up really fast)...it only happens when the DV is activated not on HDR, so i was thinking it may be a DV sync issue...here is a video an example of it speeding up...
https://imgur.com/8LOtmsG

it will do this even if the video is the only file in the MKV container so it isn't an audio issue..
im playing my files back on a chromecast with google tv...

[staknhalo]

chromecast with google tv...

ding ding ding

that's my guess

wanted to stay with the chromecast for fel as main player but had to go back to the shield because too many qol issues with it compared to shield including dolby vision playback, for me it would skip continuously in dv mode with plex but only that device not the hisense tv or shield i have on the same files with plex, no matter if in mp4 or mkv like you

edit: i have a tivo stream 4k that can do dolby vision fel too i confirmed myself here a while ago but the device was too underpowered to even consider as my main player (has to run philips hue light entertainment zone locally on device while game streaming or watching video, which tivo couldn't do both) so i haven't tested it in a while

[ArArdin]

...because on a couple of my encodes (all with the exact same encode settings) i have been getting an issue...

Don't know if you still have the sourcefiles, but maybe it's worth to check whether a new extract & inject RPU and remux with latest versions of dovitool and mkvtoolnix solves it.

[Jose1001]

Hello colleagues, first of all I apologize for my way of expressing myself because I am Spanish, I do not speak English and I use a translator.
I've been using DoVi_Scripts 1.2.1 for a couple of months, making Bluray Disc dvhe08 profiles and dvhe05 profiles without problems, with this scpript it's very easy.
But my problem is that I don't know how to extract the dolvi vision layer from a dvhe08 profile. I open the script, hit option "6"(Reader/Extractor/Remover/Editor/Audio_Converter and more), hit option "1"(Read/extract RPU metadata from SL mkv/ts/m2ts/mp4/hevc/rpu files ), then I drag the hevc file and then it asks me: Enter which frame you want to read and press enter... and this is where I don't know how to continue.
Where do I get the frames that I have to enter?
Thank you very much and greetings.

[RESET_9999]

Where do I get the frames that I have to enter?
Thank you very much and greetings.

This is not important if all you want is to extract the RPU. Just enter any number. I'll add an option to skip that in the next version.
By the way, you should update your version of the scripts
we are now at 1.3.1

[realbabilu]

Where do I get the frames that I have to enter?
Thank you very much and greetings.

This is not important if all you want is to extract the RPU. Just enter any number. I'll add an option to skip that in the next version.
By the way, you should update your version of the scripts
we are now at 1.3.1

maybe you can add HDR10 to DV also for mp4remuxed already, split stream to have hevc DV, and mp4remuxed again or not.
I must mp4demuxed or remuxed all to mkv first to get madVR in 1.3.0. but it is ok.
anyway it;s nice script you have. thank you.

just for curiousity: what is --dv-bl-compatible-id 1 or --dv-bl-compatible-id 2 for --dv-profile 8

[RESET_9999]

maybe you can add HDR10 to DV also for mp4remuxed already,

ok will add next version. good suggestion.

just for curiousity: what is --dv-bl-compatible-id 1 or --dv-bl-compatible-id 2 for --dv-profile 8

it tells if the base layer is compatible with SDR/HDR10/HLG/BD or none
but this function doesnt work with the mp4muxer I use.

[Jose1001]

Where do I get the frames that I have to enter?
Thank you very much and greetings.

This is not important if all you want is to extract the RPU. Just enter any number. I'll add an option to skip that in the next version.
By the way, you should update your version of the scripts
we are now at 1.3.1

Thank you very much friend, with version 1.3.1 everything works perfectly, I can now extract the RPU.bin and inject it into another source.
Greetings from Valencia (Spain)

[videoh]

Thanks for bringing DGDemux to our attention. It looks promising but one gotcha is that it has an option to keep the AC3 core with the THD (which we need for X800M2 compatibility) but using that disables the seamless gap processing. So to use the gap processing we'd have to re-add the AC3 core afterwards (presumably re-encoding from the gap-fixed THD), and then remux again so we'd still be at the mercy of tsMuxer bugs

For your information, recent versions of DGDemux have fixed this issue. When demuxing TrueHD, three files are created: *.thd, *.ac3, and *.thd+ac3. All three files have proper gaps correction. Also, the distribution includes a utility called thdmerge, that can be used to combine a *.thd and a *.ac3 into a *.thd+ac3.

I recommend using the latest version 61.

[phbart]

There's a FW update for the x700. Nothing regarding HDR or DV, though.

[rkjnsn]

Is there a good way to spot check whether a DV P5 video base layer and an HDR10 video have the same (or similar enough) light levels for the metadata to be compatible for the hybrid maker functionality?