Dolby Vision now possible through MP4 Mux.

[quietvoid]

he's getting a black screen on the Firestick TV, sorry because it has probably been answered a million times but can someone tell me what file does work on the firestick?

FEL files don't work (black screen), though I've had it work once after profile 7 to 8.1 conversion.
All other samples (other than profile 4) have worked for me.

[yusesope]

he's getting a black screen on the Firestick TV...

The FireStick should read my FELs -> MELs (and of course the original MELs)
@PapitaHD posted a lot of samples. The FireStick should play the "MEL STDL mkv" sample (+ my ExoP and maybe the new Plex...IDK) without any problems.

I've created a lot of samples of the so-called bathroom fight scene from MI Fallout (which is considered to be one of the best scenes for DV testing), in basically all formats for testing purposes:

FEL DTDL ISO: https://we.tl/t-ULqcqHX5UF
MEL DTDL ISO: https://we.tl/t-QCnGWO6BLg
FEL STDL TS: https://we.tl/t-ZjRQW5MvXp
MEL STDL TS: https://we.tl/t-t9Wyhoj13S
FEL STDL mkv: https://we.tl/t-m37JLz8GtM
MEL STDL mkv: https://we.tl/t-T9birvQfHC
Profile 8.1 STSL TS: https://we.tl/t-YjwVzKmar3
FEL x265 DTDL ISO: https://we.tl/t-GRs0U07umW
FEL x265 STDL mkv: https://we.tl/t-bfUqVCblJ8
FEL x265 STDL TS: https://we.tl/t-bE54zCPw2G

Would be great if others could test and compare them. I know re-encoded BL is not supposed to work, but it seems fine to me, maybe someone can point out what's wrong with it.

I hope @PapitaHD will re-upload all these samples to another cloud (pCloud, Mega, etc) as wetransfer only keeps the files for a week!
Thanks for your work @PapitaHD (when I have time I will try to explain to you why the encoded files are not good) and thanks also to @RESET_9999 (and his friend)!

I apologize to those who have asked me questions but these days I have very little time. Sorry!

When the "Plex fever" is gone, we'll start testing again .
I have some pretty good ideas that I hope to be able to put into practice

[lexyz]

here we go: https://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/6913

Thank you
It's clearly seen red's distrubution across frame is wrong - less overall but boosted in some areas
I could make a guess - some function applied during DV color transformation return wrong result.
It could be an error during data interpretation by ShieldTV DV decoder or unability to correctly use such data.
Meta for UHD disk and online streaming platforms could be different because it should contain data how to apply EL.

[PapitaHD]

I reuploaded the MI Fallout samples to Mega: https://mega.nz/folder/zIUHyYgI#IdP6COvbAQ8vNVA0MSH6Jg

[ragico]

3 films: The Shining, Doctor sleep and Jaws.
They are DV Mel and also HDR10+ compatible.
None of them plays in Firestick 4k.
Audio only with black screen.
Anyone can explain why?

[ray_007]

So i converted a Fel movie to Mel using yusesope's tool and instruction but when i try to use that file in MakeMkv, the progress gets stuck halfway through. I have tried few different FEL titles with exactly the same result. I am using latest nightly tsmuxer, along with latest Fel to Mel tool by youscope.

The interesting thing is that i didnt encounter the same problem when feeding a DV ISO to MakeMkv so there must be something happening between tsmuxwer and yusesope tool which i cannot root out.

Is anyone having similar issue lately or maybe it is a bug?

[RESET_9999]

3 films: The Shining, Doctor sleep and Jaws.
They are DV Mel and also HDR10+ compatible.
None of them plays in Firestick 4k.
Audio only with black screen.
Anyone can explain why?

same, we wanted to test the doctor sleep sample on the firestick but no go

[whiplash1]

3 films: The Shining, Doctor sleep and Jaws.
They are DV Mel and also HDR10+ compatible.
None of them plays in Firestick 4k.
Audio only with black screen.
Anyone can explain why?

My android TV has the exact same DV implementation as Firestick 4k. I've tested The Shining which I ripped using 1.15.2 and it works flawlessly. Haven't tested the other 2 titles.

[Tomas]

Please owner Zidoo z9x. How satisfied are you? I find out that perhaps no DV can be played there . It either cuts or stops completely. I think maybe I'll go back to Shield. What do you think is better Shield or Zdioo z9x?

[ghostshadow]

Please owner Zidoo z9x. How satisfied are you? I find out that perhaps no DV can be played there . It either cuts or stops completely. I think maybe I'll go back to Shield. What do you think is better Shield or Zdioo z9x?

Hello, I received my zidoo z9x yesterday.
I did some tests and no DV file passed. Even the dvtest demo files from here. I have a black screen.
For others they open only in HDR10.
The firmware is in beta, but for dolby video it is more alpha. In addition there are bugs with some televisions (LG, Panasonic)
And it comes from the zidoo because my internal player reads these dv files well.
The Shield is better, especially they are very reactive, before zidoo released products quite well finished, now they release products not usable and have served as beta tester.

[Tomas]

Please owner Zidoo z9x. How satisfied are you? I find out that perhaps no DV can be played there . It either cuts or stops completely. I think maybe I'll go back to Shield. What do you think is better Shield or Zdioo z9x?

Hello, I received my zidoo z9x yesterday.
I did some tests and no DV file passed. Even the dvtest demo files from here. I have a black screen.
For others they open only in HDR10.
The firmware is in beta, but for dolby video it is more alpha. In addition there are bugs with some televisions (LG, Panasonic)
And it comes from the zidoo because my internal player reads these dv files well.
The Shield is better, especially they are very reactive, before zidoo released products quite well finished, now they release products not usable and have served as beta tester.

Just that I've never had a problem with Shield. Zidoo will only play DV to me when the movie is mkv MEL.

[cuculain]

the mel 7 atmos audio ones seem to start desynching audio and stuttering after 4 -5 mins from ones ive tested so far

a MEL 7 hd ma 7.1 ......Casino royale ripped with makemkv .53 brought up DV on my panasonic z1000 OLED and had zero stutter or audio syncs at well past the 10 min mark and even sliding forward seemed no issues
actually off to watch full movie now,just to confirm it..........ill edit here if it does play full lenght DV ok or not
Looking like Zidoo is close to getting mel 7 working

Had a quick play with trying to use the older ffmpeg to make a MEL 7 atmos over to a MEL 5 one since 5 8 9 are supposedly supported by zidoo ans wasnt having any luck with the 8.1 bat file method last night

Casino royale MEL 7 makemkv .153 ...looked aewsome on the panasonic z1000 oled
Triggered dolby vision on tv ....played with only a very few stutters maybe one or two every 10 15 mins...onlu other issue was maybe 4 times during the movie there would be a 1/2 sec pause and dolby vision info would re trigger up on tv

so very close to perfect

[Tomas]

Hi, experts. You are my only salvation. Please I have Synology, but I updated to DSM 7 and unfortunately I can't PLEX (yes my mistake). There is a chance that I should play DV mkv via KODI. How to connect KODi with SYNOLOGY. I'm running through SHIELD. Thank you so much for your help or advice.

[ghostshadow]

Please owner Zidoo z9x. How satisfied are you? I find out that perhaps no DV can be played there . It either cuts or stops completely. I think maybe I'll go back to Shield. What do you think is better Shield or Zdioo z9x?

Hello, I received my zidoo z9x yesterday.
I did some tests and no DV file passed. Even the dvtest demo files from here. I have a black screen.
For others they open only in HDR10.
The firmware is in beta, but for dolby video it is more alpha. In addition there are bugs with some televisions (LG, Panasonic)
And it comes from the zidoo because my internal player reads these dv files well.
The Shield is better, especially they are very reactive, before zidoo released products quite well finished, now they release products not usable and have served as beta tester.

MEA CULPA
Hello, quick feedback on my Black Screen problem with DV files (any format).
In fact I solved the problem by changing the HDMI cables (which however were not at the bottom of the game).
I put the cable provided in the Z9x.
My concern also comes from my full HDFury, which I do not control. I use it for sound and video splitter because I am using Sony MDR-HW700 headphones.
Once changed the HDMI cables by putting me on the HDFury in: 'scale' -> passthrough, 'edid' -> automix,, 'hdcp' -> 2.2:
- DV videos work:
* mkv test P7 MEL -> ok
* mkv test P5 -> ok
* MP4 encodes x265 P8 (dvhe.08.06, BL + RPU) -> ok
* MKV P7 makemkv 1.15.3 (dvhe.07.06, BL + EL + RPU) -> ok
But I don't have HD sound on the headphones

By putting the HDFury in: 'scale' -> auto-scale, 'edid' -> automix,, 'hdcp' -> 2.2:
* mkv test P7 MEL -> ok
* mkv test P5 -> ok
* MP4 encodes x265 P8 (dvhe.08.06, BL + RPU) -> ok
* MKV P7 makemkv 1.15.3 (dvhe.07.06, BL + EL + RPU) -> Not ok, GREEN screen
*MKV P8 yusesope + makemkv 1.15.3 process UHD-BD TO PROFILE 8.1 -- > ok
I have sound regardless of the audio format

If anyone has any idea to fix the green screen or tell me how to set up my HDFury integral 2.
Thank you

[staknhalo]

'dv-bl-compatible-id' would be the base HDR10 HEVC stream, correct? Or is it asking to be pointed to the DV metadata stream? Or is this just a 'yes/no' flag instead?