Guest Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Hi folks. I've done my searching which unfortunately has only left me a little more confused. I'm wondering how to get Dolby Vision playback working with Emby on Shield Pro 2019. I first ripped to MKV of which after my researched I learned that MKV cannot support dolby vision. Then I found a post about using the backup function in MakeMKV to rip to M2TS which I did successfully but when I try the movie in Emby it starts to load (green circle) then just returns me back to the title screen of the move in Emby app. I read that MP4 can do it but you can't have lossless audio so yeah, a bit confused as to the possibility of using Dolby Vision through Emby and what that process might be. Help appreciated. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37247 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Hi, does the device support this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14959 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Hi, does the device support this? Only single-layer which, I understand, is very rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Only single-layer which, I understand, is very rare. Hi, does the device support this? Yes, ATV4k does playback a sample M2TS DV file but not the movie I'm looking to play. Understood on the single layer thing. Thanks for letting me know. Appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBSki 1027 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 @@ebr Can you explain this a bit more? I just learned that MakeMKV now captures the Dolby Vision track. But, it appears to put it in a single layer. Are you saying the hardware device can't handle single layer? So, could Android TV play the Dolby Vision in the single layer if the hardware device supported it? I'm using a Sony TV with Android TV. Am I out of luck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37247 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Are you sure you read his response? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBSki 1027 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Are you sure you read his response Of course I read his response Luke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14959 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 @@ebr Can you explain this a bit more? I just learned that MakeMKV now captures the Dolby Vision track. But, it appears to put it in a single layer. Are you saying the hardware device can't handle single layer? So, could Android TV play the Dolby Vision in the single layer if the hardware device supported it? I'm using a Sony TV with Android TV. Am I out of luck? Hi. I said only single layer was supported. So, theoretically, this should work if your TV supports it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBSki 1027 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 @@ebr Thanks. I'm pretty sure MakeMKV puts it in a single layer. It's not working for me though. The Sony TV probably doesn't support it or there's more work to do to get the DV included. Do you need to do anything with Emby or will it work with no other changes to the Android TV app? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14959 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Exo should already support single-layer DV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBSki 1027 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Exo should already support single-layer DV. Got it, thanks. I'll keep experimenting to see if I can get it to work. Although my guess is that the Sony TV just doesn't support it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBSki 1027 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 FYI, just found this: https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/7267. Unfortunately, playback of DV in an MKV isn't in the Exoplayer yet based on this recent feature request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostByte 5060 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Some interesting information on exoplayer / android devices and their support of DV https://exoplayer.dev/supported-formats.html second link is from the one above https://source.android.com/devices/tech/display/hdr.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBSki 1027 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Thanks @@FrostByte! A lot to go through there. Based on a quick look it seems there's still some more work to be done in ExoPlayer for more containers to be supported. Is that right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37247 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 That and it also depends on what the device supports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostByte 5060 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Thanks @@FrostByte! A lot to go through there. Based on a quick look it seems there's still some more work to be done in ExoPlayer for more containers to be supported. Is that right? That's what I get from all that. It says MP4 is the only container exoplayer supports DV in just like you mentioned already. The second article it linked to goes through using the OMX decoder to process DV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xorp 47 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Apple TV 4K and Shield 2019 are the only players with official Dolby Vision support afaik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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