Dolby Vision & Dolby TrueHD Atmos works well on shield tv 2019 with Plex!

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The guys in makemkv forum have find out a way to make a dolby vision & dolby truehd atmos video from the original UHD Blu-ray rip.

  1. ffmpeg to decode the BL + EL layer
ffmpeg -i bluray: D:\your_uhd_bluray_foler\ -map 0:0 -c copy D:\output\BL.hevc -map 0:1 -c copy D:\output\EL.hevc
  1. yusesope’s script to merge the layers (all counters to 100%)
python src\bl_el_rpu_builder.py -bl D:\output\BL.hevc -el D:\output\EL.hevc -of D:\output\Full.hevc

The output hevc file is a SINGLE track with DUAL layer, Dolby Vision Profile 4.

  1. USE the latest tsMuxer(MUST the nightly build for now) to remux the new hevc + truehd atmos to TS or M2TS, you can use the tsMuxerGUI.

  2. Finally, Play the video using Plex on shield tv 2019, you will get Dolby Vison and Dolby Atmos. I have tried some movies with Enhanced Layer in MEL or FEL format, all of them can be played without any issue. Some one confirms with nvidia staff that shield tv 2019 only support DV Profile 4 MEL, now FEL also works, maybe it’s a surprise.

At last, sorry for my English.

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Is this working only with TrueHD or with all other audio formats?

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I have tested Dolby Truehd and DTS-X，both worked.

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Cool, thanks!

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Refresh rate switching not working with Dolby Vision contents. Why? The Nvidia resolved the crash bug in the latest firmware.

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Works fine with the old player.

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no Audio out of sync? Im experience audio issue with the Plex client 7.30.2.16712 and Plex server /synology 1819+ and a GbE

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Not from my side, all fine so far.

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which config are you using? thanks!

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this issue start with the last nvidia update 8.1

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Sync issue appears only with Shield? Did you try to open the file with MPC or similar to verify is the issue persist?

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guys i m new to both Nvidia Shield 2019 and Plex . My Plex app on my OLED plays Dolby Vision movies and shows dolby vision on TV but when i m playing same move on my Nvidia Shield 2019 Plex app it shows HDR.

Please help me to resolve this. Is it a issue with Plex App in Nvidia or its Nvidia issue

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Are they dual layer movies?
The LG plays them but the Shield doesn’t.

That said it seems we now have a realease of Harley Quinn with single layer and Atmos in a .ts file (and a few others)
Works great on my Shield 2019.

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I am GETTING AN ERROR WHEN TRYING TO USE PYTHON. MODULENOTFOUND : NO MODULE NAMED ‘BITSTRING’.

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consider that is not trueHD “lossless”, but DDP (lossy). At the moment TSMuxer is not able to manage trueHD, so you need to use eac3to to convert to DDP.

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My LGOLED55C8 is not playing the dual layer DV. Are your files MKV or something else?

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The compatible files for LG’s are currently dual layer in an mp4 container.
On the Shield currently single layer files work and they are currently .ts files.

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Ok thanks. I read mp4 files are not able to do dolby atmos, is this correct? Didn’t know about ts files

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Correct mp4 wont carry Atmos.
.ts can
Dolby Vision isn’t possible in mkv but is extremely close.

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got it. thank you