Dolby Vision now possible through MP4 Mux.

[Jhoopes517]

Went ahead and tried remuxing with files from RPO and it started fine, however I kept getting a repeated error of "lost dd sync. resync" Is there any reason that you all can think of as to why or what it even means?

[dasefx]

Went ahead and tried remuxing with files from RPO and it started fine, however I kept getting a repeated error of "lost dd sync. resync" Is there any reason that you all can think of as to why or what it even means?

I don't know, but I had some issues like this in the past too
Freeing some space in my OS drive solved it

[olevelo]

heh alright then. yea for sure I can help, XMedia Recode works well. like I said the eac3 file I create from hd-audio has 1536kbps vs the196kbps ac3 file. that's a huge difference demux the hd-audio track, let's use dts-hd for example, in TSMuxer (don't select down-convert) which spits out a .dts file (you've obviously done this part already). then add the dts file into XMedia Recode, and then on the preset pull down choose custom and find e-ac3 from the big list. then on the pulldown that says stereo choose 5.1 (front left, front right, center, side left, side right (cuz rear left and rear right is for 7.1), I believe it's the 2nd from the bottom. then under bitrate pulldown choose the largest one at the end (1536kbps), then click add to queue and hit encode. it'll produce a new dts file but this time it has the original dts track, and the new dd+ eac3 track you created. add this new dts file back into tsmuxer and demux one last time. it will split them apart and you'll get an ac3 file, which when you check the media info will show dd+ eac3 1536kbps that plays great.

I finally got a chance to try this, but it's still not working. It does work for DTS just fine, but both TrueHD files I've tried it outputs a 60kb file with nothing. I tried both Justice League and Spider-Man Homecoming. Maybe I'm not demuxing them correctly, but I've tried from both eac3to and tsmuxer, and I get a 3-5GB file, but I don't have any way to test them.

[Grencola]

Try this... I set a size of 10 GB for the main 4k track and anything less for the Dolby Vision track...

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:: This bat file executes the creation of a Dolby Vision MP4 file
:: that can be played on an LG TV or other similar compliant
:: TV's or media players

:: 1 Searches for the main 4k hevc file > 10 GB and renames it as the primary 4k track_1
:: 2 Searches for the Dolby Vision hevc file < 10 GB and renames it as the Dolby Vision track_2
:: 3 Searches for any ac3 file and renames it for the MP4 muxer
:: 4 The MP4muxer creates the new DolbyVision.mp4 file

:: ***All the .bat code begins below this line; run the .bat in the file folder or include a "cd" command***

forfiles /M *.hevc /C "CMD /C if @fsize gtr 10737418240 rename @file dv.track_1.hevc"

forfiles /M *.hevc /C "CMD /C if @fsize lss 10737418240 rename @file dv.track_2.hevc"

forfiles /M *.ac3 /C "CMD /C rename @file dv.track_1.ac3"

mp4muxer_64bits.exe --dv-profile 7 -i dv.track_1.hevc -i dv.track_2.hevc -i dv.track_1.ac3 --media-lang eng -o DolbyVision.mp4

pause

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have you tested the forfiles script?

I actually started with forfiles, it kept failing, then noticed @fsize only works up to 2gb, after that it does nothing and both layers are above 2gb so I had to get creative; I made it rename all hevc files to layer1, which then starts at the largest one (seems to so far at least) and renames it, then goes on to do any others but can't cuz layer1 (obviously) already exists now. so then it renames any hevc file starting with 00 (the only other hevc left - they always start with 00something) to layer2. then it renames the ac3 file, then runs mp4muxer off all that. and you can just save it to a .cmd file, doesn't have to be .bat

[Grencola]

heh alright then. yea for sure I can help, XMedia Recode works well. like I said the eac3 file I create from hd-audio has 1536kbps vs the196kbps ac3 file. that's a huge difference demux the hd-audio track, let's use dts-hd for example, in TSMuxer (don't select down-convert) which spits out a .dts file (you've obviously done this part already). then add the dts file into XMedia Recode, and then on the preset pull down choose custom and find e-ac3 from the big list. then on the pulldown that says stereo choose 5.1 (front left, front right, center, side left, side right (cuz rear left and rear right is for 7.1), I believe it's the 2nd from the bottom. then under bitrate pulldown choose the largest one at the end (1536kbps), then click add to queue and hit encode. it'll produce a new dts file but this time it has the original dts track, and the new dd+ eac3 track you created. add this new dts file back into tsmuxer and demux one last time. it will split them apart and you'll get an ac3 file, which when you check the media info will show dd+ eac3 1536kbps that plays great.

I finally got a chance to try this, but it's still not working. It does work for DTS just fine, but both TrueHD files I've tried it outputs a 60kb file with nothing. I tried both Justice League and Spider-Man Homecoming. Maybe I'm not demuxing them correctly, but I've tried from both eac3to and tsmuxer, and I get a 3-5GB file, but I don't have any way to test them.

that is definitely strange. I've done so many, but I'll do a TrueHD track and we can compare mediainfos, I think your demuxing might be buggy..

[olevelo]

that is definitely strange. I've done so many, but I'll do a TrueHD track and we can compare mediainfos, I think your demuxing might be buggy..

Mediainfo shows TrueHD AC3 on them, but it shows something like a 19 hour run time, I think because it has a variable bit rate between 448 and 6000-8000, depending on the movie. If you have a tip on demuxing the TrueHD properly I'm all ears. I just run the standard demux and it pops out all the different files.

[Jhoopes517]

Went ahead and tried remuxing with files from RPO and it started fine, however I kept getting a repeated error of "lost dd sync. resync" Is there any reason that you all can think of as to why or what it even means?

I don't know, but I had some issues like this in the past too
Freeing some space in my OS drive solved it

It was a issue with the audio. I didn't convert it from the Atmos to ac3. Extracted the core and it worked fine.

Well, the file wasn't able to be played on my Vizio TV but I think it might of been user error.

[p90rippin]

Yikes... I thought I tested and ran that previous bat code but you're right on all counts. I'm not sure what happened... There's a hard limit of 2GB on that file size. I'll edit that post after this post gets approved and put up.

Here's a PowerShell script that I've used a few times and runs perfectly. From the Dolby Vision tracks I've seen in the really major movies the track makes up ~10 to 11% of the complete movie size. To hopefully permanently accommodate the large track size I set the rename size at 12 GB in the script.

*For people that may not know, you may have to "enable powershell scripts" in Windows 10. Do an internet search for information...

Rename the script between the lines to WhatEverYouWant.ps1
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# ***Dolby Vision Movie PowerShell Script***
# This PowerShell script locates the 4k hevc, Dolby Vision hevc
# and Dolby Digital ac3 tracks and renames them to controlled file
# names that are input into the MP4muxer for creation of a Dolby
# Vision movie. A timer was added to display the total time it
# takes to run the mux

# Get Start Time
$startDTM = (Get-Date)

# Search for the main 4k track over 12 GB in size and rename it to dv.track_1.hevc
Get-ChildItem C:\YourFileLocation -recurse -include *.hevc `
| where-object {$_.length -gt 12884901888} | Rename-Item -NewName {"dv.track_1.hevc"} -Verbose; `
`
# Search for the Dolby Vision track less than 12 GB in size and rename it to dv.track_2.hevc
Get-ChildItem C:\YourFileLocation -recurse -include *.hevc `
| where-object {$_.length -lt 12884901888} | Rename-Item -NewName {"dv.track_2.hevc"} -Verbose; `
`
# Search for any ac3 track and rename it to dv.track_1.ac3
Get-ChildItem C:\YourFileLocation -recurse -include *.ac3 `
| Rename-Item -NewName {"dv.track_1.ac3"} -Verbose; `
`
# Run the Dolby Vision muxer to create the DolbyVision.mp4 movie
.\mp4muxer_64bits.exe --dv-profile 7 -i dv.track_1.hevc -i dv.track_2.hevc -i dv.track_1.ac3 --media-lang eng -o DolbyVision.mp4

# Get End Time
$endDTM = (Get-Date)

# Echo Time elapsed
"Elapsed Time: $(($endDTM-$startDTM).totalminutes) minutes"

pause
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For a bat file to run the above script copy the code between the lines and call it WhatEverYouWant.bat

___________________________________________________________

start powershell.exe -command "& 'C:\YourFileLocation\WhatEverYouNamedTheAbove.ps1'

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This should run perfectly....

[Jhoopes517]

Has anyone had any issues with playing the files through the native video app on a Vizio TV? I have a Vizio e55-f1 from last year and I get a video not supported when trying to play off the HDD. Plex only grabs the HDR10 stream and not the Vision. Apple TV is showing green screen but TV recognizes it as Dolby Vision.

Here is the MediaInfo of the file:

Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42 (mp42/dby1/isom)
File size : 62.1 GiB
Duration : 2 h 19 min
Overall bit rate : 63.5 Mb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2019-02-06 18:53:42
Tagged date : UTC 2019-02-06 18:53:42

Video #1
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Commercial name : HDR10
Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High
Codec ID : hev1
Codec ID/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Duration : 2 h 19 min
Bit rate : 63.0 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) : 0.317
Stream size : 61.6 GiB (99%)
Default : No
Encoded date : UTC 2019-02-06 18:53:42
Tagged date : UTC 2019-02-06 18:53:42
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics : PQ
Matrix coefficients : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries : BT.2020
Mastering display luminance : min: 0.0050 cd/m2, max: 4000 cd/m2
Maximum Content Light Level : 725 cd/m2
Maximum Frame-Average Light Level : 162 cd/m2
Codec configuration box : hvcC

Video #2
ID : 2
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Commercial name : HDR10
Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High
Dolby Vision : 1.0, dvhe.07.06, EL+RPU
Codec ID : dvhe
Codec ID/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding with Dolby Vision
Duration : 2 h 19 min
Bit rate : 65.4 kb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 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) : 0.001
Stream size : 65.5 MiB (0%)
Default : No
Encoded date : UTC 2019-02-06 18:53:42
Tagged date : UTC 2019-02-06 18:53:42
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics : PQ
Matrix coefficients : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries : BT.2020
Mastering display luminance : min: 0.0050 cd/m2, max: 4000 cd/m2
Codec configuration box : hvcC+dvcC

[p90rippin]

Has anyone had any issues with playing the files through the native video app on a Vizio TV? I have a Vizio e55-f1 from last year and I get a video not supported when trying to play off the HDD. Plex only grabs the HDR10 stream and not the Vision. Apple TV is showing green screen but TV recognizes it as Dolby Vision.

Here is the MediaInfo of the file:

Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42 (mp42/dby1/isom)
File size : 62.1 GiB
Duration : 2 h 19 min
Overall bit rate : 63.5 Mb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2019-02-06 18:53:42
Tagged date : UTC 2019-02-06 18:53:42

Video #1
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Commercial name : HDR10
Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High
Codec ID : hev1
Codec ID/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Duration : 2 h 19 min
Bit rate : 63.0 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) : 0.317
Stream size : 61.6 GiB (99%)
Default : No
Encoded date : UTC 2019-02-06 18:53:42
Tagged date : UTC 2019-02-06 18:53:42
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics : PQ
Matrix coefficients : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries : BT.2020
Mastering display luminance : min: 0.0050 cd/m2, max: 4000 cd/m2
Maximum Content Light Level : 725 cd/m2
Maximum Frame-Average Light Level : 162 cd/m2
Codec configuration box : hvcC

Video #2
ID : 2
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Commercial name : HDR10
Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High
Dolby Vision : 1.0, dvhe.07.06, EL+RPU
Codec ID : dvhe
Codec ID/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding with Dolby Vision
Duration : 2 h 19 min
Bit rate : 65.4 kb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 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) : 0.001
Stream size : 65.5 MiB (0%)
Default : No
Encoded date : UTC 2019-02-06 18:53:42
Tagged date : UTC 2019-02-06 18:53:42
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics : PQ
Matrix coefficients : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries : BT.2020
Mastering display luminance : min: 0.0050 cd/m2, max: 4000 cd/m2
Codec configuration box : hvcC+dvcC

Check the firmware on the TV to make sure it's current: https://support.vizio.com/s/firmware-se ... uage=en_US

It's most likely the TV. Many of the TV's other than LG have had issues regardless of what the manufacturer has claimed. The Xbox One X is another sorrowful example of this.

[Grencola]

Yikes... I thought I tested and ran that previous bat code but you're right on all counts. I'm not sure what happened... There's a hard limit of 2GB on that file size. I'll edit that post after this post gets approved and put up.

Here's a PowerShell script that I've used a few times and runs perfectly. From the Dolby Vision tracks I've seen in the really major movies the track makes up ~10 to 11% of the complete movie size. To hopefully permanently accommodate the large track size I set the rename size at 12 GB in the script.

*For people that may not know, you may have to "enable powershell scripts" in Windows 10. Do an internet search for information...

Rename the script between the lines to WhatEverYouWant.ps1
_______________________________________________

# ***Dolby Vision Movie PowerShell Script***
# This PowerShell script locates the 4k hevc, Dolby Vision hevc
# and Dolby Digital ac3 tracks and renames them to controlled file
# names that are input into the MP4muxer for creation of a Dolby
# Vision movie. A timer was added to display the total time it
# takes to run the mux

# Get Start Time
$startDTM = (Get-Date)

# Search for the main 4k track over 12 GB in size and rename it to dv.track_1.hevc
Get-ChildItem C:\YourFileLocation -recurse -include *.hevc `
| where-object {$_.length -gt 12884901888} | Rename-Item -NewName {"dv.track_1.hevc"} -Verbose; `
`
# Search for the Dolby Vision track less than 12 GB in size and rename it to dv.track_2.hevc
Get-ChildItem C:\YourFileLocation -recurse -include *.hevc `
| where-object {$_.length -lt 12884901888} | Rename-Item -NewName {"dv.track_2.hevc"} -Verbose; `
`
# Search for any ac3 track and rename it to dv.track_1.ac3
Get-ChildItem C:\YourFileLocation -recurse -include *.ac3 `
| Rename-Item -NewName {"dv.track_1.ac3"} -Verbose; `
`
# Run the Dolby Vision muxer to create the DolbyVision.mp4 movie
.\mp4muxer_64bits.exe --dv-profile 7 -i dv.track_1.hevc -i dv.track_2.hevc -i dv.track_1.ac3 --media-lang eng -o DolbyVision.mp4

# Get End Time
$endDTM = (Get-Date)

# Echo Time elapsed
"Elapsed Time: $(($endDTM-$startDTM).totalminutes) minutes"

pause
___________________________________________________________

For a bat file to run the above script copy the code between the lines and call it WhatEverYouWant.bat

___________________________________________________________

start powershell.exe -command "& 'C:\YourFileLocation\WhatEverYouNamedTheAbove.ps1'

__________________________________________________________

This should run perfectly....

no worries yea, PowerShell is definitely the most accurate way to go. I'd probably rename the hevc's to base-layer and enhancement-layer accordingly and ac3 to audio.ac3 since we're being proper. also, if you use this to code in the .cmd batch file instead, you won't have to enable all powershells on your system:

@ECHO OFF
SET ThisScriptsDirectory=%~dp0
SET PowerShellScriptPath=%ThisScriptsDirectory%whateveryouwant.ps1
PowerShell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& '%PowerShellScriptPath%'"

[Grencola]

Has anyone had any issues with playing the files through the native video app on a Vizio TV? I have a Vizio e55-f1 from last year and I get a video not supported when trying to play off the HDD. Plex only grabs the HDR10 stream and not the Vision. Apple TV is showing green screen but TV recognizes it as Dolby Vision.

Here is the MediaInfo of the file:

Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42 (mp42/dby1/isom)
File size : 62.1 GiB
Duration : 2 h 19 min
Overall bit rate : 63.5 Mb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2019-02-06 18:53:42
Tagged date : UTC 2019-02-06 18:53:42

Video #1
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Commercial name : HDR10
Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High
Codec ID : hev1
Codec ID/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Duration : 2 h 19 min
Bit rate : 63.0 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) : 0.317
Stream size : 61.6 GiB (99%)
Default : No
Encoded date : UTC 2019-02-06 18:53:42
Tagged date : UTC 2019-02-06 18:53:42
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics : PQ
Matrix coefficients : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries : BT.2020
Mastering display luminance : min: 0.0050 cd/m2, max: 4000 cd/m2
Maximum Content Light Level : 725 cd/m2
Maximum Frame-Average Light Level : 162 cd/m2
Codec configuration box : hvcC

Video #2
ID : 2
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Commercial name : HDR10
Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High
Dolby Vision : 1.0, dvhe.07.06, EL+RPU
Codec ID : dvhe
Codec ID/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding with Dolby Vision
Duration : 2 h 19 min
Bit rate : 65.4 kb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 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) : 0.001
Stream size : 65.5 MiB (0%)
Default : No
Encoded date : UTC 2019-02-06 18:53:42
Tagged date : UTC 2019-02-06 18:53:42
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics : PQ
Matrix coefficients : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries : BT.2020
Mastering display luminance : min: 0.0050 cd/m2, max: 4000 cd/m2
Codec configuration box : hvcC+dvcC

your dv mp4 looks to have been converted properly. It seems to be a Vizio issue with certain models, particularly the f1's (latest) as the e0's work fine. the pq65-f1 doesn't trigger dv, yet the m65-e0 works perfectly. Vizio tech support is working on it, as they are able to recreate the issue now, so I'll let you know when I get an update. however, for less than $200, we hooked up a Sony x700 uhd bd player to the pq65-f1 and it played both .mp4 in DV as well as the large .m2ts file (from the bdmv/streams folder of your backed up uhd disc) in DV. The .m2ts is better for sound as you get full hd-audio + atmos (with a 2nd hdmi out port for legacy AVRs), where as the .mp4 is lossy eac3 audio at best and requires demuxing / converting / remuxing. 3 confirmed Cinavia affected movies were tested using both formats from usb and dlna, and neither of them had playback stopped either, so hopefully that's not an issue (more testing is still required)

[Jhoopes517]

your dv mp4 looks to have been converted properly. It seems to be a Vizio issue with certain models, particularly the f1's (latest) as the e0's work fine. the pq65-f1 doesn't trigger dv, yet the m65-e0 works perfectly. Vizio tech support is working on it, as they are able to recreate the issue now, so I'll let you know when I hear update. also, for less than $200, the Sony x700 uhd bd player can play both .mp4 in DV as well as the large .m2ts file (from the bdmv/streams folder of your backed up uhd disc) in DV. the .m2ts is better for sound as you get full hd-audio + atmos (with a 2nd hdmi out port for legacy AVRs), where as the .mp4 is lossy eac3 audio at best. 3 confirmed Cinavia affected movies were tested using both files from usb and dlna, and neither of them had stopped playback either

That is nice to know. I might look in to getting one as I was disappointed that my XboneS wasn't capable of playing my Dolby Vision blu's due to Vizio not pushing a update >.>

Thanks for the heads up!

EDIT: I have someone that is selling a UP970. Will that play the m2ts from bdmv streams folder?

[Grencola]

EDIT: I have someone that is selling a UP970. Will that play the m2ts from bdmv streams folder?

LG UP970 only triggers DV on single layer files (LG dv demos, etc) while dual layer m2ts files revert back to hdr10.

[Jhoopes517]

EDIT: I have someone that is selling a UP970. Will that play the m2ts from bdmv streams folder?

LG UP970 only triggers DV on single layer files (LG dv demos, etc) while dual layer m2ts files revert back to hdr10.

That's not gonna do me any good then. Glad I passed on it.