Dolby Vision now possible through MP4 Mux.

[RESET_9999]

other users having the same problems on the ugoos forum.

I've seen 2-3 users with problems but it works very well for the majority.
I never update mine though, I have no reason to. Everything works like a charm. I,m using CE-21 nightly, the first version that allowed DT-DL MKV support.

what do you mean with TS? i've always played with MKV, that was the whole purpose of the ugoos.

Well I knew you used TS and external srt for your TV plex internal app and FF/RW with that container has always been horrible.
I get bored easily so I often FF/RW/skip in movies and I never had the issue you said so that's why I thought you were using TS rip instead of MKV

[SamuriHL]

Mine's working fine for me, as well. I'm using PM4K as my Plex interface on it, and it's running nightlies. No audio sync issues. No ff/rw issues. Everything just works as it should. Nice little device.

[deadchip12]

Welp. Just ordered one off shopee here in asia. Cost around 137 usd (much cheaper than aliexpress and has 12mth warranty as well). I have some doubts but my curiosity got the better of me. Anything to note when I first boot the device?

[texwatson]

I've been running two AM6B+ for almost three months now, everything perfect. Sold my two chinoppos and two zidoos z9x pro and the Ugoos are now my only media players.

[deadchip12]

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[deadchip12]

You'll love it!! I can't believe we had this device this whole time and it only needed proper coding... Big props to @cpm00 for figuring out the fake tv-led bug.
This shows how implementation in devices is important. Just look how poorly the AppleTV and Shield perform with the colorspace conversion pattern: https://slow.pics/c/NBQVuXQw
Btw the C2 internal player also has colorspace and YCBCR clipping problems.

People who are upgrading from a Nvidia Shield will notice a HUGE difference, especially for FEL movies that expand brightness but also with playback. No more dropped frame or stuttering and no more red push.
https://slow.pics/c/SSTMrjTw

The only downside is that we have hundreds of DT-DL TS rip to remux to ST-DL MKV. Thankfully mkvtoolnix now supports the conversion.

I have many films under Bluray folder format. Do I just drag the main mpls file to mkvtoolnix and press "Start Multiplexing" to convert it to ST-DL MKV?

[RESET_9999]

yes

[kazuma]

is it possible to make a pause button on doviscripts while muxing reset_9999?

[RESET_9999]

no

[deadchip12]

yes

Thanks. A few more questions:
-When I first receive the Ugoos, should I boot it normally one time first or I just plug in the usb and install CoreELEC right away (using the recovery button method)?
-After the CoreELEC screen shows up, when can I unplug the usb?
-I saw this in the recommended setting page:
Optional, Remove ‘Restart to eMMC option…’ option from boot menu

To prevent accidentally restarting into Android you will need to modify the available boot options to suppress that option from even showing. Navigate to the COREELEC folder via folder browser on your computer, then go to /Addons/[the skin folder you’re using]/xml/DialogButtonMenu.xml. Edit the file and set reboot to eMMC to ‘False’ or remove the option altogether.
Where is this COREELEC folder? How come I can access this on the computer?

[RESET_9999]

Thanks. A few more questions:
-When I first receive the Ugoos, should I boot it normally one time first or I just plug in the usb and install CoreELEC right away (using the recovery button method)?
-After the CoreELEC screen shows up, when can I unplug the usb?
-I saw this in the recommended setting page:
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first boot to the ugoos firmware and update it if necessary and then plug the USB drive and reboot with the recovery button.
With that method, you must keep the USB drive plugged all the time.

Optional, Remove ‘Restart to eMMC option…’ option from boot menu

To prevent accidentally restarting into Android you will need to modify the available boot options to suppress that option from even showing. Navigate to the COREELEC folder via folder browser on your computer, then go to /Addons/[the skin folder you’re using]/xml/DialogButtonMenu.xml. Edit the file and set reboot to eMMC to ‘False’ or remove the option altogether.
Where is this COREELEC folder? How come I can access this on the computer

You don't need to do that if you install it on an external USB drive. This is for when you install it to the internal ugoos drive in dual boot mode which is faster.
I'm using a fast usb-3 flash drive and I haven't bothered trying that yet.

[deadchip12]

Thanks. A few more questions:
-When I first receive the Ugoos, should I boot it normally one time first or I just plug in the usb and install CoreELEC right away (using the recovery button method)?
-After the CoreELEC screen shows up, when can I unplug the usb?
-I saw this in the recommended setting page:
?

first boot to the ugoos firmware and update it if necessary and then plug the USB drive and reboot with the recovery button.
With that method, you must keep the USB drive plugged all the time.

Wait so the usb must stay there forever, even during movie watching? So if the usb somehow malfunctions we need to redo all the installation steps again with a new usb?

[SamuriHL]

If you're not wanting to keep it on an external USB device or memory card, then move it to the internal memory and enable the fast memory mode. That's what I did with mine and it works fine.

[RESET_9999]

yes, I dont use a cheap USB flash drive so I never have issues myself.
Otherwise, if you don't want to use an external drive, as @SamuriHL and I said you can install it to the ugoos internal drive in dual boot mode.
See the last point(9) in the installation instruction here:
https://discourse.coreelec.org/t/guide- ... tion/51231

[deadchip12]

I just received the Ugoos AM6B+ and finished setting up CoreELEC. So far so good. Tested a few minutes of an mkv movie file and there seemed to be no playback problem. Will watch a full movie later this week.

Some questions/early impressions:
-from the recommended setting page:

Settings->Services->Caching

Buffer mode - cache settings to all methods: smb, local, remote, etc (default ignores local playback)
Read factor - Set 'Adaptive’ readfactor (default is 4x). This is a multiplier for the bandwidth allocation based on video bitrate. Eg if video bitrate is 50Mbps and multiplier is set to 4x, then Kodi allocates 200Mbps of bandwidth to fill the cache faster. Adaptive is recommended

@RESET_9999 Do I need to follow this? I don't see you mention this in your own guide.

-The remote sucks. Its air mouse is pretty bad, and the remote itself is bare-bones. There's no play/pause/stop button, so it takes a few presses to navigate to the on-screen buttons. Any workaround?

-I'm using CoreELEC 21.0, which I believe is the first version in which DV works properly, downloaded from @RESET_9999's link. When should I update this to a later version? Is there a way to do this directly on the Ugoos (in the Update section) or do I have to reinstall the new CoreELEC version on the usb and repeat the Recovery Button installation method with the Ugoos?