Dolby Vision now possible through MP4 Mux.

[Sgt Hartman]

You have to turn off PGS subtitles in plex and then it should play fine

Hi Shawn, thanks for the tip, it actually worked. No more stops and now I'm able to move back and forward the movie.

However, I'm still noticing some small imperfection in the playback, it isn't smooth as it appears with its mkv version (but of course no DV).

Is there any operation to be reviewed in my procedure or this is so far the best we can get? Thanks.

[RESET_9999]

Thank you! I ran the command below but the muxer seems to read the whole hevc file in and writes nothing. I end up with a 0 kb output file. Any clues as to what I am doing wrong? I used tsmuxer to extract the hevc files from the original m2ts.

mp4muxer_64bits.exe --dv-profile 7 --input-file BL.hevc --input-file EL.hevc --output-file mp4_dv.mp4

I think you have to wait a bit more. your cmd-line seems right.

The muxer works this way:
1- read the whole file
2- does some unknown work for a couple of minutes ( 10-20 min depending on the length of the movie)
3- then start writing the mp4

[deadchip12]

how did you do that with a mkv file without stutters? i have a C9 to, but i'm doing something wrong i think. can you tell me the steps? with m2ts i don't have any issues with the tool of grencola.

Here you go.
https://youtu.be/VifZNt5N6yU

wow, thnx man it worked finally. the video helped a lot! this is a dual layer DV file i suppose? how dou you insert the sound file? i don't have a audio track at the moment.

Yes dual layer. I don’t insert sound because I use dolby atmos for headphone on pc with my headphone. So everytime I have to sync the video played on my c9’s internal player with the audio played on my pc. It’s a pain
until we have a media player on pc that can play Dolby Vision but I doubt that day will ever come.

[DaMacFunkin]

ah...I see, so these mkv remuxes that still have both bl and el tracks intact are scene releases

uhd disc -> dvdfab bdmv folder -> mkvtoolnix mkv remux

Or just use Mkv passthrough in Fab.

[kazuma]

Here you go.
https://youtu.be/VifZNt5N6yU

wow, thnx man it worked finally. the video helped a lot! this is a dual layer DV file i suppose? how dou you insert the sound file? i don't have a audio track at the moment.

Yes dual layer. I don’t insert sound because I use dolby atmos for headphone on pc with my headphone. So everytime I have to sync the video played on my c9’s internal player with the audio played on my pc. It’s a pain
until we have a media player on pc that can play Dolby Vision but I doubt that day will ever come.

nevermind, already solved.

[sureshm3]

Thank you! I ran the command below but the muxer seems to read the whole hevc file in and writes nothing. I end up with a 0 kb output file. Any clues as to what I am doing wrong? I used tsmuxer to extract the hevc files from the original m2ts.

mp4muxer_64bits.exe --dv-profile 7 --input-file BL.hevc --input-file EL.hevc --output-file mp4_dv.mp4

I think you have to wait a bit more. your cmd-line seems right.

The muxer works this way:
1- read the whole file
2- does some unknown work for a couple of minutes ( 10-20 min depending on the length of the movie)
3- then start writing the mp4

Thanks, I let it run for longer and got 1917 and Joker working on my C9. So happy with the results.

[badrobot]

with the latest nightly build of tsmuxer, single track BL+EL+RPU hevc + audio track = Dovi Profile 6 Video

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 HDR format   : Dolby Vision, Version 1.0, dvhe.06.06, BL+EL+RPU / SMPTE ST 2086, HDR10 compatible

that’s not good for me, because shield tv pro 2019 does not support DoVi Profile 6.

Dovi Profile 6 has been deprecated by dolby.

[Grencola]

that’s not good for me, because shield tv pro 2019 does not support DoVi Profile 6.

have you tried it?

Can also confirm the 2019 shield and LG C8 plays the Profile 6 files just fine. I did not watch an entire movie but testing 2 movies worked just fine.

Edit: 1917 studders on the LG C8 but plays fine on the shield. (profile 6)

[kazuma]

what's the difference between all profiles? (5,6,7?)

[Sgt Hartman]

Edit: 1917 studders on the LG C8 but plays fine on the shield. (profile 6)

Now if we can just get Nvidia to fix the color issues on the shield playing back Dolby Vision we might get somewhere

Hi, yesterday I also tried 1917 on my Shield and IMHO playback still isn't smooth as I was expecting, I notice this in particular in horizontal movements (e.g. initial scene with Dreamworks logo). I used Plex for the playback. Did you notice anything similar?

Just for my curiosity, what's the issue with color while playing DV? Thanks.

[badrobot]

that’s not good for me, because shield tv pro 2019 does not support DoVi Profile 6.

have you tried it?

Can also confirm the 2019 shield and LG C8 plays the Profile 6 files just fine. I did not watch an entire movie but testing 2 movies worked just fine.

Edit: 1917 studders on the LG C8 but plays fine on the shield. (profile 6)

yes , I have tried it today.

It is because this pull request has been merged to the tsmuxer master branch.
https://github.com/justdan96/tsMuxer/pull/269

[4knewbie]

Just received my C9, can confirm that any profile 7 file created with the new version 1.0.1 doesn’t work on it (didn’t try other profiles). Tried again with the first version (also in p7) and so far every movie has worked, thanks so much to the person who posted the google drive link
I tried: knives out, 1917, casino royale, spider-man homecoming, 2001.
Some movies had dts tracks tho, I had to convert them to ac3 with eac3to but I’d like to keep the native dts if possible, is there a way ?

[Sgt Hartman]

yes , I have tried it today.

I also tried 1917 with profile 6 on Shield (using Plex) and seemed to work more or less fine (even if my eye still notice some lack of fluidity in the playback). What did you use?

[badrobot]

yes , I have tried it today.

I also tried 1917 with profile 6 on Shield (using Plex) and seemed to work more or less fine (even if my eye still notice some lack of fluidity in the playback). What did you use?

Same, shield tv pro with plex app.

profile 6 is out of official guarantee.
shield supports profile 4,5,8

[shawnc22]

yes , I have tried it today.

I also tried 1917 with profile 6 on Shield (using Plex) and seemed to work more or less fine (even if my eye still notice some lack of fluidity in the playback). What did you use?

did you turn on frame rate matching in the plex settings? I've also noticed that frame rate matching sometimes doesnt work with the new exoplayer, and I eventually had to revert back to the old plex player to get it working.