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deadchip12 wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2024 12:58 pm

RESET_9999 wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2024 12:10 pm

deadchip12 wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2024 11:27 am Thanks for the reply. My tv is Sony A95L. How can I find out whether it is CMV4.0 or 2.9?

Try this in your TV internal player:
1000nits rpu: https://drive.google.com/file/d/172cFIm ... drive_link
4000nits rpu: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V4glXo ... sp=sharing
if you see brightness adjustments, it supports cmv4.0. If it was made after 2019, it most likely support it.

more test files: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/fold ... V0E3VVkhiC

Also, do you have a video that shows the difference in image quality between CMV4.0 on the Ugoos vs CMV2.9 on the X700?

The black clipping pattern is crushed in cmv2.9 but not in cmv4.0:
cmv4.0: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ev16KY ... drive_link
cmv2.9: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cINlFZ ... drive_link

Since i dont have super uber fast internet, is there any issue with playback via usb?

I read your spreadsheet and watched the video where you mentioned most bluray releases are cmv2.9. Since i dont plan to do the "transfer cmv4.0 bloc to a cmv2.9 FEL rpu" (seems quite complicated and time consuming), is getting the ugoos just for cmv4.0 still worth it?

i've sold my ugoos. yeah, it plays P7 FEL but all other things was a nightmare for me.

-lyp-sync problems
-plex (composite) doesn't see sometimes your external SRT's
-you get sometimes a black screen after rewinding-forwarding
-randomly a black screen for a few seconds (hdmi handshake problems)
-sound drop sometimes
-BDMV/ISO playback is buggy. no rewinding or forwarding. even no pause option (if i'm remember)

you get lot of updates with the nightly build but these problems are not solving. i have a C9 and luckily my tv support all DV profiles except in MKV format. The plex app of my tv is much better in performance. i'm very happy with the doviscript of reset_9999.

i'm gonna wait for a better device in the future like a new shield or chromecast with P7 FEL support. but if you not have an LG tv before 2019, you need the ugoos.

Clearly theres something wrong with your setup. I have none of those issues....

I would guess the source of your problems is the TS container...

RESET_9999 wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2024 5:52 pm Clearly theres something wrong with your setup. I have none of those issues....

I would guess the source of your problems is the TS container...

other users having the same problems on the ugoos forum. what do you mean with TS? i've always played with MKV, that was the whole purpose of the ugoos. you are a better developer in my eyes than the CE-team

my best kodi experience was vero 4k+ osmc. the rest of all other systems where lacking.

kazuma wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2024 5:54 pm 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

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.

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?

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.

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RESET_9999 wrote: Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:22 pm 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?

yes

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

no

RESET_9999 wrote: Sat Jun 15, 2024 2:53 pmyes

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?

deadchip12 wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2024 3:43 am 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.

RESET_9999 wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2024 12:12 pm

deadchip12 wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2024 3:43 am 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?