Dolby Vision now possible through MP4 Mux.

[MastaG]

EDIT:

does the Plex app for Shield support DV from MKV containers?
If yes, which profiles?

all of them as long as the file are remuxed into a single track format.

Thanks !
Single video track it is then!

I'm looking to store my videos in a container which can also carry lossless audio, but is capable of triggering DV on both LG TVs and the Shield using Plex.

I know LG only supports AC3, but that's no problem because I can just store the TrueHD track as the second one.

tsmuxer it is then...
they will play in DV+lossless audio on the shield and in DV on your TV.

I have the latest TSMuxer compiled from git.
The problem I have with .ts containers is that FEL movies (John Wick 3, 1917, Gemini Man etc), always stutter when played back from TS file.
I have to ditch the enhancement layer and basically convert them to profile 8.

My procedure would be:
1. Use tsmuxer to demux BL + EL + audio from the bluray disc
2. Use yusesope's tool to merge them into a single profile 8 track using: -mux -mode 2
3. Use tsmuxer again, to store the single track from yusesope's tool into a .ts file together with the audio which I've extracted at step 1

The other downside of this, is that stripping the EL from FEL movies will cause weird tints, especially in John Wick 3.

I wonder if anybody else has gotten FEL videos to play without stuttering on the LG C8 (not in mp4 containers).

In other news, somebody on Reddit told me that LG WebOS should be able to play DV from MKV as long it's profile 5.
So I gave it a try.
I basically attempted steps 1 and 2.
But then I use dolby labs mp4muxer with "--dv-profile 5" using the file created by yusesope's tool (--mux --mode 2).
The resulting mp4 looks like:

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General
Complete name                            : pass1_mp4.mp4
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID                                 : mp42 (mp42/dby1/isom)
File size                                : 66.3 GiB
Duration                                 : 1 h 57 min
Overall bit rate                         : 81.1 Mb/s
Encoded date                             : UTC 2021-08-31 13:11:27
Tagged date                              : UTC 2021-08-31 13:11:27

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : HEVC
Format/Info                              : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile                           : Main 10@L5.1@High
HDR format                               : Dolby Vision, Version 1.0, dvhe.05.09, BL+RPU / SMPTE ST 2086, HDR10 compatible
Codec ID                                 : dvhe
Codec ID/Info                            : High Efficiency Video Coding with Dolby Vision
Duration                                 : 1 h 57 min
Bit rate                                 : 81.1 Mb/s
Width                                    : 3 840 pixels
Height                                   : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 59.940 (60000/1001) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0 (Type 2)
Bit depth                                : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.163
Stream size                              : 66.3 GiB (100%)
Default                                  : Yes
Alternate group                          : 1
Encoded date                             : UTC 2021-08-31 13:11:27
Tagged date                              : UTC 2021-08-31 13:11:27
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics                 : PQ
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries        : Display P3
Mastering display luminance              : min: 0.0010 cd/m2, max: 1000 cd/m2
Maximum Content Light Level              : 5180 cd/m2
Maximum Frame-Average Light Level        : 1577 cd/m2
Codec configuration box                  : hvcC+dvcC

This mp4 triggers DV on my C8.

Then I mux the mp4 together with the ac3 audio track in MKV container using mkvtoolnix.
Which then looks like:

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General
Unique ID                                : 205500851021793728348607499931435955511 (0x9A9A0635C597D1C2BF072F0232407537)
Complete name                            : pass2_mkvtoolnix.mkv
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 4
File size                                : 70.3 GiB
Duration                                 : 1 h 57 min
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 86.0 Mb/s
Encoded date                             : UTC 2021-08-31 15:17:16
Writing application                      : mkvmerge v61.0.0 ('So') 64-bit
Writing library                          : libebml v1.4.2 + libmatroska v1.6.3

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : HEVC
Format/Info                              : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile                           : Main 10@L5.1@High
HDR format                               : Dolby Vision, Version 1.0, dvhe.05.09, BL+RPU / SMPTE ST 2086, HDR10 compatible
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration                                 : 1 h 57 min
Bit rate                                 : 81.1 Mb/s
Width                                    : 3 840 pixels
Height                                   : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 59.940 (60000/1001) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0 (Type 2)
Bit depth                                : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.163
Stream size                              : 66.3 GiB (94%)
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics                 : PQ
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries        : Display P3
Mastering display luminance              : min: 0.0010 cd/m2, max: 1000 cd/m2
Maximum Content Light Level              : 5180 cd/m2
Maximum Frame-Average Light Level        : 1577 cd/m2

Audio #1
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AC-3
Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3
Commercial name                          : Dolby Digital
Format settings                          : Dolby Surround EX
Codec ID                                 : A_AC3
Duration                                 : 1 h 57 min
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 640 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel layout                           : L R C LFE Ls Rs
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 536 MiB (1%)
Language                                 : English
Service kind                             : Complete Main
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Audio #2
ID                                       : 3
Format                                   : MLP FBA 16-ch
Format/Info                              : Meridian Lossless Packing FBA with 16-channel presentation
Commercial name                          : Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos
Codec ID                                 : A_TRUEHD
Duration                                 : 1 h 57 min
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 4 204 kb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 7 944 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 8 channels
Channel layout                           : L R C LFE Ls Rs Lb Rb
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 1 200.000 FPS (40 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossless
Stream size                              : 3.44 GiB (5%)
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Number of dynamic objects                : 11
Bed channel count                        : 1 channel
Bed channel configuration                : LFE

Et voila!
MKV with profile 5 DV.

Still it doesn't trigger DV playback on my C8

So it seems there's no way to make MKV trigger DV at all?

[andyy]

So I'm now even more convinced that 1, the dynamic metadata are working properly and 2 , the slight color difference with HDR10 is caused by the LLDV bug (because we can't capture tv-led)
*** appleTV files color issues is not related to this though

1- one of these sample RPU is synced properly and the other is out of sync.
you can see the brightness jump at the 4-5second mark.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19xODV3 ... sp=sharing,
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PepCc6 ... sp=sharing

2- Remember HDTVTEST Vincent video about tv-led vs player-led ??
well we captured the LLDV signal in PQ of the SM clip, and compared it to the HDR10 BL tonemapped in SDR. The difference is literally the same as in Vincent's video.
https://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/16173

Sadly I can confirm that the latest AppleTV. (5th gen.) indeed seems to ignore the RPU in P8.. First I tested with my LG CX WebOS Plex, and I can clearly see the brightness jump in the "out of sync" -file. On AppleTV Plex, nothing. Although, it looks like Plex has broken Dolby Vision Playback on ATV and iOS devices, all DV content has some serious stuttering issues when played right now.. So I'll have to test again properly when it is fixed. I couldn't see the brightness jump even after remuxing these as P5, and played using Infuse. But I'm sure this is because the RPU has been converted to P8, surely actual P5 content would work.. right?

Apple does state on their website that ATV only supports P5, so I guess I can't blame them, but I'm definitely selling this and buying another playback device. I wan't a device capable of handling Dolby Vision content in .mkv container anyways.

Recommendations are welcome, I'd like to be able to play P5/P8 DV MKV, and possibly P7 MEL DV MKV. Shield Pro seems like a good option..?

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In other news, somebody on Reddit told me that LG WebOS should be able to play DV from MKV as long it's profile 5.


Still it doesn't trigger DV playback on my C8

So it seems there's no way to make MKV trigger DV at all?

I don't think any TVs or bluray players will ever support any DV profile in MKV container but I could be wrong.

Sadly I can confirm that the latest AppleTV. (5th gen.) indeed seems to ignore the RPU in P8.. First I tested with my LG CX WebOS Plex, and I can clearly see the brightness jump in the "out of sync" -file. On AppleTV Plex, nothing. Although, it looks like Plex has broken Dolby Vision Playback on ATV and iOS devices, all DV content has some serious stuttering issues when played right now.. So I'll have to test again properly when it is fixed. I couldn't see the brightness jump even after remuxing these as P5, and played using Infuse. But I'm sure this is because the RPU has been converted to P8, surely actual P5 content would work.. right?

Apple does state on their website that ATV only supports P5, so I guess I can't blame them, but I'm definitely selling this and buying another playback device. I wan't a device capable of handling Dolby Vision content in .mkv container anyways.

Recommendations are welcome, I'd like to be able to play P5/P8 DV MKV, and possibly P7 MEL DV MKV. Shield Pro seems like a good option..?

try this, I delayed the rpu metadata 2 seconds (48frames) of a genuine profile 5. (I'm not home so I didn't test the file myself)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18ZxhjS ... sp=sharing,
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zjh-sZ ... sp=sharing

Shield has color issues with p8-p7 rip but some are not bothered or can't even see the issue. But regardless of that(and lack of fel decoding), the shield is a great device for DV MKV.
I recently bought a Zidoo(also lack FEL decoder) and it seems to be working very well with DV MKV and lossless audio but I only watched 1h of content (p8) yet, so I dont really know about its stability yet.
The Ugoos AM6 can decode FEL DV MKV and atmos without color issues but this device is garbage, not stable at all.
The chromecast with GoogleTV can also decode fel DV mkv without color issues but with no lossless audio support.

[andyy]

In other news, somebody on Reddit told me that LG WebOS should be able to play DV from MKV as long it's profile 5.


Still it doesn't trigger DV playback on my C8

So it seems there's no way to make MKV trigger DV at all?

I don't think any TVs or bluray players will ever support any DV profile in MKV container but I could be wrong.

Sadly I can confirm that the latest AppleTV. (5th gen.) indeed seems to ignore the RPU in P8.. First I tested with my LG CX WebOS Plex, and I can clearly see the brightness jump in the "out of sync" -file. On AppleTV Plex, nothing. Although, it looks like Plex has broken Dolby Vision Playback on ATV and iOS devices, all DV content has some serious stuttering issues when played right now.. So I'll have to test again properly when it is fixed. I couldn't see the brightness jump even after remuxing these as P5, and played using Infuse. But I'm sure this is because the RPU has been converted to P8, surely actual P5 content would work.. right?

Apple does state on their website that ATV only supports P5, so I guess I can't blame them, but I'm definitely selling this and buying another playback device. I wan't a device capable of handling Dolby Vision content in .mkv container anyways.

Recommendations are welcome, I'd like to be able to play P5/P8 DV MKV, and possibly P7 MEL DV MKV. Shield Pro seems like a good option..?

try this, I delayed the rpu metadata 2 seconds (48frames) of a genuine profile 5. (I'm not home so I didn't test the file myself)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18ZxhjS ... sp=sharing,
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zjh-sZ ... sp=sharing

Shield has color issues with p8-p7 rip but some are not bothered or can't even see the issue. But regardless of that(and lack of fel decoding), the shield is a great device for DV MKV.
I recently bought a Zidoo(also lack FEL decoder) and it seems to be working very well with DV MKV and lossless audio but I only watched 1h of content (p8) yet, so I dont really know about its stability yet.
The Ugoos AM6 can decode FEL DV MKV and atmos without color issues but this device is garbage, not stable at all.
The chromecast with GoogleTV can also decode fel DV mkv without color issues but with no lossless audio support.

Hmm, I can't see any difference even with WebOS Plex here.. Have a look when you have time, could be my tired eyes.

Thank you so much for the summary! Too bad it seems there isn't a single device on the market capable of handling everything. I read your posts about the Zidoo, seems promising, I'll be following that. The Ugoos seemed promising at first, but yeah from what I understood it's really not that good..

The Chromecast with GoogleTV (4th gen, right?) seems like a steal for that price. Decodes even FEL.. Holy cow! So basically it plays any DV profile, even in MKV? Do you know if all that works with Plex too on that device? Lack of lossless audio support is not a deal-breaker for me currently, my AV Receiver doesn't even support all the fancy tech like Atmos. I was kind of leaning towards Shield Pro but I just might go for the Chromecast, crazy that it's also the cheapest option here.
Edit: Does the CCwGTV support frame rate matching?

[quietvoid]

@quietvoid
Matching the dynamic meta using the analysis tool compared to a real decoded p5 rpu
If we split/scene @ different points when using the doblyvision analysis tool (resolve)
Xml dynamic meta should be different compared to an original master bc the scene
Selected is diff from the original I’m I correct in this theory?
So far I have changes in my l1 for scene
In other words knowing where the colorist desided to split the clip for analysis bc that’s where the scene changes take place

I'm not following.
The metadata from analysis on the master and encoded video are going to be different, because the encode could introduce errors.

You can get scene cuts by find frames where the RPU has scene_refresh_flag=1, by exporting to JSON and doing a grep or something.
Usually, the L1 metadata is the same for a shot (or scene), but it can possibly be adjusted by frame as well.

Does that answer anything?

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Hmm, I can't see any difference even with WebOS Plex here.. Have a look when you have time, could be my tired eyes.

yeah, it could be that there's actually no brightness variation in the whole 1 minute. I'll try to make a better sample and test it on my end first.

Edit: Does the CCwGTV support frame rate matching?

unfortunately no frame rate matching. But DV mkv works on plex. dont know which generation but i got the latest one

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@quietvoid
Matching the dynamic meta using the analysis tool compared to a real decoded p5 rpu
If we split/scene @ different points when using the doblyvision analysis tool (resolve)
Xml dynamic meta should be different compared to an original master bc the scene
Selected is diff from the original I’m I correct in this theory?
So far I have changes in my l1 for scene
In other words knowing where the colorist desided to split the clip for analysis bc that’s where the scene changes take place

I'm not following.
The metadata from analysis on the master and encoded video are going to be different, because the encode could introduce errors.

You can get scene cuts by find frames where the RPU has scene_refresh_flag=1, by exporting to JSON and doing a grep or something.
Usually, the L1 metadata is the same for a shot (or scene), but it can possibly be adjusted by frame as well.

Does that answer anything?

Ment in the creation of the master before the xml is created
Hdr10 plus/ Dolby Vision anchor points for each scene creation,
We determined where the tool should analyze

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[quietvoid]

Ment in the creation of the master before the xml is created
Hdr10 plus/ Dolby Vision anchor points for each scene creation,
We determined where the tool should analyze

Ok, I'm not sure how Resolve does the analysis.
Either it calculates a maximum per shot and uses that, or something else.

So if you want to match L1 closest to the original RPU, you should set the shots in Resolve the same.

[deadchip12]

Hmm... Any workaround?

nop. thats why i bought the zidoo device.

Does lower the brightness or contrast setting by 1 fix the raised black bars? It may crush black a little but I think it's more sensible than buying another device just to play a few titles on appletv and amazon (at least for me)

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Does lower the brightness or contrast setting by 1 fix the raised black bars? It may crush black a little but I think it's more sensible than buying another device just to play a few titles on appletv and amazon (at least for me)

nop, nothing can be done to fix it.
I just noticed that the zidoo behaves the same SMH. Guess I'll have to return it

[MastaG]

Quick question.
For remuxing both layers into a single track we can use yusesope's python tool to create a single hevc file.

However it seems makemkv will also create a single track (pid) when remuxing BluRay discs.

But when I try to remux one of these single track dual layer mkv's to TS using txmuxer, it will not trigger DV on my C8.

Here's the MKV created from the John Wick disc using makemkv 1.64:

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mediainfo John\ Wick\ 3-\ Parabellum_t00.mkv
General
Unique ID                                : 198507216450823093206721411531790351333 (0x9557196765944C6A9785693E42D3FBE5)
Complete name                            : John Wick 3- Parabellum_t00.mkv
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 2
File size                                : 68.9 GiB
Duration                                 : 2 h 10 min
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 75.4 Mb/s
Movie name                               : John Wick 3: Parabellum
Encoded date                             : UTC 2021-08-31 18:56:09
Writing application                      : MakeMKV v1.16.4 linux(x64-release)
Writing library                          : libmakemkv v1.16.4 (1.3.10/1.5.2) x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

Video
ID                                       : 1
ID in the original source medium         : 4113 (0x1011)
Format                                   : HEVC
Format/Info                              : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile                           : Main 10@L5.1@High
HDR format                               : Dolby Vision, Version 1.0, dvhe.07.06, BL+EL+RPU, Blu-ray compatible / SMPTE ST 2086, HDR10 compatible
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration                                 : 2 h 10 min
Bit rate                                 : 70.8 Mb/s
Width                                    : 3 840 pixels
Height                                   : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0 (Type 2)
Bit depth                                : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.356
Stream size                              : 64.7 GiB (94%)
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics                 : PQ
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries        : Display P3
Mastering display luminance              : min: 0.0010 cd/m2, max: 1000 cd/m2
Maximum Content Light Level              : 1000 cd/m2
Maximum Frame-Average Light Level        : 358 cd/m2
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Audio #1
ID                                       : 2
ID in the original source medium         : 4352 (0x1100)
Format                                   : AC-3
Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3
Commercial name                          : Dolby Digital
Format settings                          : Dolby Surround EX
Codec ID                                 : A_AC3
Duration                                 : 2 h 10 min
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 640 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel layout                           : L R C LFE Ls Rs
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 599 MiB (1%)
Title                                    : Surround 5.1
Language                                 : English
Service kind                             : Complete Main
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Audio #2
ID                                       : 3
ID in the original source medium         : 4352 (0x1100)
Format                                   : MLP FBA 16-ch
Format/Info                              : Meridian Lossless Packing FBA with 16-channel presentation
Commercial name                          : Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos
Codec ID                                 : A_TRUEHD
Duration                                 : 2 h 10 min
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 4 012 kb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 6 327 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 8 channels
Channel layout                           : L R C LFE Ls Rs Lb Rb
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 1 200.000 FPS (40 SPF)
Bit depth                                : 24 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossless
Stream size                              : 3.66 GiB (5%)
Title                                    : Surround 7.1
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray
Number of dynamic objects                : 15
Bed channel count                        : 1 channel
Bed channel configuration                : LFE

Menu
00:00:00.000                             : en:Chapter 01
00:08:46.776                             : en:Chapter 02
00:14:06.637                             : en:Chapter 03
00:22:40.067                             : en:Chapter 04
00:31:26.301                             : en:Chapter 05
00:37:51.310                             : en:Chapter 06
00:47:43.318                             : en:Chapter 07
00:57:08.842                             : en:Chapter 08
01:02:56.439                             : en:Chapter 09
01:14:27.588                             : en:Chapter 10
01:20:36.623                             : en:Chapter 11
01:28:48.323                             : en:Chapter 12
01:33:51.792                             : en:Chapter 13
01:41:31.794                             : en:Chapter 14
01:53:44.651                             : en:Chapter 15
01:59:51.434                             : en:Chapter 16

And here's the resulting TS file when remuxing the above MKV using tsmuxer.

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mediainfo John\ Wick\ 3-\ Parabellum_t00.ts
General
ID                                       : 1 (0x1)
Complete name                            : John Wick 3- Parabellum_t00.ts
Format                                   : MPEG-TS
File size                                : 66.7 GiB
Duration                                 : 2 h 10 min
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 73.0 Mb/s
Maximum Overall bit rate                 : 35.5 Mb/s

Video
ID                                       : 4117 (0x1015)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : HEVC
Format/Info                              : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile                           : Main 10@L5.1@High
HDR format                               : Dolby Vision, Version 1.0, dvhe.07.06, BL+EL+RPU, Blu-ray compatible / SMPTE ST 2086, HDR10 compatible
Codec ID                                 : 36
Duration                                 : 2 h 10 min
Bit rate                                 : 68.8 Mb/s
Width                                    : 3 840 pixels
Height                                   : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0 (Type 2)
Bit depth                                : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.346
Stream size                              : 62.8 GiB (94%)
Language                                 : English
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics                 : PQ
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries        : Display P3
Mastering display luminance              : min: 0.0010 cd/m2, max: 1000 cd/m2
Maximum Content Light Level              : 1000 cd/m2
Maximum Frame-Average Light Level        : 358 cd/m2

Audio
ID                                       : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : AC-3
Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3
Commercial name                          : Dolby Digital
Format settings                          : Dolby Surround EX
Codec ID                                 : 129
Duration                                 : 2 h 10 min
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 640 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel layout                           : L R C LFE Ls Rs
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 599 MiB (1%)
Language                                 : English
Service kind                             : Complete Main

How come the TS file fails to trigger DV?
Is there a difference between yusesope's tool and makemkv when merging both layers into a single video track?

Reason I'd rather use makemkv, is because it's much faster.. however it needs to be TS, not mkv.

Any other tools capable of merging both layers?

EDIT:
@quietvoid, will you be adding support for muxing to your tool in the future?

[andyy]

Hmm, I can't see any difference even with WebOS Plex here.. Have a look when you have time, could be my tired eyes.

yeah, it could be that there's actually no brightness variation in the whole 1 minute. I'll try to make a better sample and test it on my end first.

Edit: Does the CCwGTV support frame rate matching?

unfortunately no frame rate matching. But DV mkv works on plex. dont know which generation but i got the latest one

Could be. Alright, thanks!

So how does that work then, I'd have to manually switch the frame rate according to the source? 4th gen is the latest. Do you need an ethernet adapter to play 4k remux files without buffering?

EDIT: Looks like we're getting frame rate matching in Android 12 for Android TV: https://www.xda-developers.com/android- ... resh-rate/

[PlatypusW]

Does lower the brightness or contrast setting by 1 fix the raised black bars? It may crush black a little but I think it's more sensible than buying another device just to play a few titles on appletv and amazon (at least for me)

nop, nothing can be done to fix it.
I just noticed that the zidoo behaves the same SMH. Guess I'll have to return it

I think I experienced this on a file with the x700, had grey black bars which I found odd at the time.
I tried the same file via the cx internal player and it played fine, same settings iirc.
Not sure if it was just this specific file or if the tv might handle cropped files better? I’ll have to try with an Amazon/atv file at some point - at the time I didn’t know about this issue but checking now the file is 3836 x 1600 so would explain what I saw when I tried the x700.

Have you tried the C8 player? I know it can’t do lossless audio but then these streaming files most likely won’t have that anyway.

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Have you tried the C8 player? I know it can’t do lossless audio but then these streaming files most likely won’t have that anyway.

yep I did. the c8 and the shield have no problem with cropped DV content. Quietvoid confirmed the firestick as well.

[glc650]

Do you need an ethernet adapter to play 4k remux files without buffering?

I assume you mean at least Fast Ethernet or GigE? Fast Ethernet may not be enough with UHD discs spec'd for peaks well above 100mbps. GigE would be the safe bet or at least solid 5g WiFi (which is what I'm using with my Sony X800M2 since it only has Fast Ethernet).