How do I get 4K UHD HDR to work with Emby?

[vdatanet 1617]

6 hours ago, ShoutingMan said:

“Native Player” means don’t use MPV in Emby on AppleTV?

Yes, In the current beta it is clearer, the options are Auto, Native and MPV.

[vdatanet 1617]

6 hours ago, ShoutingMan said:

Maybe I have to turn off MPV? That’s on by default and might still be on.

Yes, but if the container is MKV it will be transcoded. You can only direct play MP4s.

[ShoutingMan 101]

On 11/26/2022 at 4:29 AM, vdatanet said:

Yes, In the current beta it is clearer, the options are Auto, Native and MPV.

 

On 11/26/2022 at 4:30 AM, vdatanet said:

Yes, but if the container is MKV it will be transcoded. You can only direct play MP4s.

Ok, that makes sense now. All my files are MKV. And I also had stuttering / problems playing with MPV turned off.

 

So I probably can’t play 4K HDR on my AppleTV with Emby at all. 

That’s a bit of a bummer, but if that’s the case I can stop trying to do the impossible.

[ShoutingMan 101]

I can’t get HDR from the AppleTV 4K MPV or native player. And with native player, most 4K doesn’t play all; I presume because I use MKV and not MP4. I can get 4K playback if I choose a supported audio track (that is, not Dolby Atmos). 

 

But using the Emby App on my Sony TV (Android app, I think), I get HDR.

 

And I’m getting 4K HDR on my Shield + Projector combo.

 

So it’s definitely an AppleTV 4K set of issues that I can’t solve.

[ebr 16169]

13 hours ago, ShoutingMan said:

I presume because I use MKV and not MP4

Yes, Apple's format is MP4. That is what they deliver all their content in and that's all they care about.