Hi everybody, surprisingly last february update of Chromecast with Google TV has open full compatibility of this device to every Dolby Vision single track dual layer profiles, before it can only decode Profile 5 and some Profile 4 files (not everyone)
It also plays every HDR format:
- HDR
- HDR10
- HDR10+
- Dolby Vision
- HLG
I have tested with Makemkv and other test files and the Chromecast plays every of them fine and my Panasonic HZ1000 shows the Dolby Vision logo.
Playing with latest Plex beta for Android TV these are the results:
- Dolby Vision profile P4 - OK
- Dolby Vision profile P5 - some files play fine others fail
- Dolby Vision profile P7 MEL - OK
- Dolby Vision profile P7 FEL - OK , but it can’t fast forward or rewind, it can only play and pause.
- Dolby Vision profile P8 over HDR - fails
- Dolby Vision profile P8 over HLG (iPhone 12) - fails
It’s mandatory that the reproduction goes direct without any transcoding on subtitle or audio (included changing transfer to optical, it must be over HDMI only), it would be nice that in some future it wasn’t necessary.
Sometimes, normally when fast forward, rewind, jump on time or if there is any issue with the network bandwith, the Dolby Vision processing shutoff and Emby continue playing without it, if you stop and continue de reproduction it continues in Dolby Vision. But you cant’t continue with FEL files, you can only start from the begining…
On other Android server/player it plays all formats fine, but Plex fails with some of them, as reported.
Nevertheless it’s a huge improvement, I’m sure in a future Plex will play every profile without issues.
Hope this helps.
sorry , I have confused the terms. Post edited.