Dolby Vision and 1.15.1
Re: Dolby Vision and 1.15.1
For anyone interested have got DV working on mkv rips through emby player/server with the modded exoplayer in earlier posts and just ticking the use external player option in emby settings
Re: Dolby Vision and 1.15.1
I was going to wait until Plex officially released a supported update, but if i can use one of my plex clients now then I may have to set this up.djbuddha wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 9:54 pmPLEX RUNNING DOLBY VISION AND ATMOS VIA KODI USING THE NEW APK FROM THIS THREAD:
It's FAR from perfect, but I made video showing the following with the 2019 Shield
Link to the video is at the very bottom:
- How to do it (after altering the playcorefactory.xml file for Kodi, it's easier than you think)
- How to fix the sync issue if you fall out of sync when the movie starts (in my testing, this quick method maintains sync throughout the playback)
- Proof that DV is triggered and not faked (bottom left corner using a Vertex 2 showing LLDV running vs running a non-LLDV file)
- Proof that Dolby Atmos is running (I hear it, but the receiver shows it as you'll see in the video).
Notes:
- This is super-alpha. You still can't resume
- This is super-awesome, it means it's possible (will post this on the Plex forum on their Dolby Vision thread for the shield).
To make this APK the default player on Kodi, it's in the thread, but here's what I did to my playercorefactory.xml file (after </players>)
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule video="true" player="dvdplayer">
<rule filename=".*mkv.*|.*HEVC.*|.*hevc.*" player="ExoPlayer"/>
</rule>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tpore7e80euwy ... 5.MOV?dl=0
Thanks for testing and confirming this works, djbuddha. Also, good idea to post this on the Plex forums, hopefully it will light a fire under the butts of the devs (as a fellow dev, I say that with the upmost respect!).
Re: Dolby Vision and 1.15.1
shawnc22 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 2:03 amAh apologies, missed that part. Not seeing 'play using' as an option.. is there something I need to do to get ExoPlayer set up?shawnc22 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:58 pmOnce yusecope's modified exoplayer apk is released and installed on your Shield, you need to make the following changes:
1) Create a playercorefactory.xml file as shown from the example here: https://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Use_exter ... on_Android
2) Add this entry to the players block:
3) Move the file over to the Shield at /Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdataCode: Select all
<player name="ExoPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true"> <filename>com.google.android.exoplayer2.demo</filename> <hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc> <playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime> </player>
4) Restart Kodi on your Shield and then browse to the mkv you're trying to play, hold down the select button and you should now see a "Play Using" option. Select that and then ExoPlayer to start playing.
Re: Dolby Vision and 1.15.1
No, if you’re not seeing it after a restart, then you’ve either put the xml in the wrong place or misspelled the name of the file.
Re: Dolby Vision and 1.15.1
That works for some of us, doesn't seem to for others. Try copying one locally as a test and see if it plays. Then you can narrow down the issue, but, my guess is it's this.
Re: Dolby Vision and 1.15.1
Ah got it. And just to confirm, this is the .xml I should try, correct? Without any edits?
https://mega.nz/file/9fZ3gCoa#bUL3DYXfc ... TMD7rccfzk
Re: Dolby Vision and 1.15.1
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Re: Dolby Vision and 1.15.1
chrisandy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 2:37 amGot it. But just to confirm I still need to use 'play using Exoplayer' right?
Yes, that's where the DV support for MKV is.
Re: Dolby Vision and 1.15.1
No worries! I mostly copied this post and put it in the feature request section on the Plex forum (there's a thread about adding DV support already going).cipher wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 2:08 amI was going to wait until Plex officially released a supported update, but if i can use one of my plex clients now then I may have to set this up.djbuddha wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 9:54 pmPLEX RUNNING DOLBY VISION AND ATMOS VIA KODI USING THE NEW APK FROM THIS THREAD:
It's FAR from perfect, but I made video showing the following with the 2019 Shield
Link to the video is at the very bottom:
- How to do it (after altering the playcorefactory.xml file for Kodi, it's easier than you think)
- How to fix the sync issue if you fall out of sync when the movie starts (in my testing, this quick method maintains sync throughout the playback)
- Proof that DV is triggered and not faked (bottom left corner using a Vertex 2 showing LLDV running vs running a non-LLDV file)
- Proof that Dolby Atmos is running (I hear it, but the receiver shows it as you'll see in the video).
Notes:
- This is super-alpha. You still can't resume
- This is super-awesome, it means it's possible (will post this on the Plex forum on their Dolby Vision thread for the shield).
To make this APK the default player on Kodi, it's in the thread, but here's what I did to my playercorefactory.xml file (after </players>)
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule video="true" player="dvdplayer">
<rule filename=".*mkv.*|.*HEVC.*|.*hevc.*" player="ExoPlayer"/>
</rule>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tpore7e80euwy ... 5.MOV?dl=0
Thanks for testing and confirming this works, djbuddha. Also, good idea to post this on the Plex forums, hopefully it will light a fire under the butts of the devs (as a fellow dev, I say that with the upmost respect!).
Let's hope they can do it, but this is definitely more than serviceable as a temporary means to enjoy the new-found support for DV!
Re: Dolby Vision and 1.15.1
Same situation as earlier - not seeing a 'play using..' icon.
https://mega.nz/file/9fZ3gCoa#bUL3DYXfc ... TMD7rccfzk
I just used that as the .xml. Was there something I was supposed to edit / change / add?
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Re: Dolby Vision and 1.15.1
And where are you putting the file?
Re: Dolby Vision and 1.15.1
I don't get any play using icon it just opens in exoplayer when I play an mkv in kodi.chrisandy wrote:Same situation as earlier - not seeing a 'play using..' icon.
https://mega.nz/file/9fZ3gCoa#bUL3DYXfc ... TMD7rccfzk
I just used that as the .xml. Was there something I was supposed to edit / change / add?
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Re: Dolby Vision and 1.15.1
That test xml I posted does not change the default player to exoplayer. If he's not seeing the play using option to begin with, then changing it to the default player won't help because he's putting the xml in the wrong place.