Server Version#: Version 1.32.6.7468
Player Version#: 8.24(6661)
I typically don’t have issues getting files to Direct Play from my Intel Mac mini to my 4K Apple TV, but this one is hanging me up. MediaInfo reports the following - any guesses as to why it’s transcoding (or how I can get it to Direct Play!) are much appreciated:
General
Unique ID : 36241761167756005748243842447894995367 (0x1B43E8C85878F1C512E1ACB1954161A7)
Complete name : redacted.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 8.12 GiB
Duration : 47 min 10 s
Overall bit rate : 24.6 Mb/s
Writing application : mkvmerge v78.0 ('Running') 64-bit
Writing library : libebml v1.4.4 + libmatroska v1.7.1
Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L5@High
HDR format : Dolby Vision, Version 1.0, dvhe.05.06, BL+RPU
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 47 min 10 s
Bit rate : 23.9 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 1 606 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.161
Stream size : 7.86 GiB (97%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio
ID : 2
Format : E-AC-3 JOC
Format/Info : Enhanced AC-3 with Joint Object Coding
Commercial name : Dolby Digital Plus with Dolby Atmos
Codec ID : A_EAC3
Duration : 47 min 10 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 768 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel layout : L R C LFE Ls Rs
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 259 MiB (3%)
Language : English
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Complexity index : 16
Number of dynamic objects : 15
Bed channel count : 1 channel
Bed channel configuration : LFE
The Apple TV reports:
Video: Copy (HEVC)
Audio: COPY (EAC3)
Player: AVPlayer
Reason: ...no direct play video profile exists for protocol http with container mkv and video codec hevc
