Just to clarify, during this testing phase when we talk about our test files (the final output of the various steps):
- m2ts -> Dual Track Dual Layer MEL (DTDL MEL)
- ts,mp4,mkv -> Single Track Dual Layer MEL (STDL MEL)
In case of variations it would be useful to specify it.
Are we all on the same page?
Good!
I also hope you are working with cuts and not full films... that would be crazy!
(OT: do native English speakers understand me when I say film instead of movie? Or rather, do they understand me
? By the way, I apologize for my English! I hadn't said it yet on this forum ...
)
PapitaHD wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:43 pm
I did a quick test, used v4_method2 tool's FEL to MEL mode and latest tsMuxeR nightly with Transformers 4. The resulting file plays perfectly both on M9702 and LG C8's internal player. Previously the M9702 had problems playing single track, dual layer FEL movies just as the Sony X700 (they have the same SOC afaik).
Colours seem to be all good, but I'm gonna do some much more thorough testing at the weekend.
ragico wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:11 pm
Of course mp4 files play correctly with the known limits for audio/subs.
In firestick only plex play m2ts/ts files created with the v0.0.4_BETA_method_2 correctly but no pgs subtitltles
iamTa wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:44 pm
ragico wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:11 pm
Tested using v0.0.4_BETA_method_2
Sony x700 the m2ts plays flawlessly
Firestick bad news, in kodi/exoplayer m2ts does not play (the infamous "playback failed") and ts play only as HDR.
Exactly the same for me on Nvidia Shield with modded Exoplayer.
I read a lot of good news.
At this stage I'm interested in the mp4 format (simply because we have Dolby's mp4muxer and because
Dolby itself got its hands on the ExoP code for this container).
Ergo, if ExoP correctly plays the edited MEL mp4 files and if the content of these files (transposed into m2ts DTDL) is played on the Sony X700/M9702 (devices that have only one task and cannot be modded...at least not by me) then the files we're testing aren't completely weird.
Comparison photos between FEL and MEL will definitively clarify the latter aspect (tolerating the possible differences between MEL and FEL).
TS plays correctly by Plex and not by ExoP ... well, then use Plex
!
I do not see the problem (also because for subtitles there is the immortal srt format).
But you are insatiable, hungry beasts chasing their prey in the dark and attacking in the light of Dolby Vision's nits!
So, I say to you: unleash the Kraken
!!!
Instead of creating a m2ts MEL DTDL (by adding first BL.hevc and then EL_RPU.hevc in TsMuxeR), generate an ISO and feed it to MakeMKV.
Test the MKV output file on FireStick 4K (et similia) with my ExoP.
BONUS:
The ideal would be to implement all this in ExoP. That way, FS 4K owners could play their MKV FELs (Yep, FELs) on the fly while my code takes care of converting RPU units in real time.
I do not promise anything because I do not know if I am capable of that and the time to write lines of code is short, usually Saturday morning with a nice cappuccino and a delicious slice of homemade pastiera nearby (of which I am proud ... you know what, I leave you
the recipe! You should definitely try!
)