Are online trailers working for you or not? **NOW INCLUDES 'POSSIBLE' FIX**

I also use the Tiny Media Manger for the trailer download. However, the trailers are only played with a black screen. The sound is there, but the picture is not. When I play the trailer files on the PC with VLC, the picture and sound are fine.

 

Maybe it’s the codec that YouTube is using? Could you post a MediaInfo file report of one of those trailers ?

 

Attached you will find the infos.

 

That's not a MediaInfo file, it should look like this in layout as an example.

Code:

Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID                                 : mp42 (mp42/mp41/isom/avc1)
File size                                : 13.8 MiB
Duration                                 : 2 min 19 s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 834 kb/s
Frame rate                               : 23.976 FPS
Encoded date                             : 2017-01-06 20:19:26 UTC
Tagged date                              : 2017-01-06 20:19:26 UTC

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L3.1
Format settings                          : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 4 frames
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 2 min 19 s
Bit rate                                 : 595 kb/s
Width                                    : 640 pixels
Height                                   : 344 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 1.85:1
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.113
Stream size                              : 9.87 MiB (71%)
Writing library                          : x264 core 148 r10 b97ae06
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=11 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / stitchable=1 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=infinite / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=5 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=1650 / vbv_bufsize=1800 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date                             : 2017-01-06 20:19:26 UTC
Tagged date                              : 2017-01-06 20:19:26 UTC
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.601 NTSC
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.601
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.601
Codec configuration box                  : avcC

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC LC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID                                 : mp4a-40-2
Duration                                 : 2 min 19 s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 235 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel layout                           : L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 3.90 MiB (28%)
Encoded date                             : 2017-01-06 20:19:26 UTC
Tagged date                              : 2017-01-06 20:19:26 UTC

 

That was a Mediainfo File. It was in xml formatted not as Text.

Allgemein
Vollständiger Name : Y:\Lonely Planet - Liebe in Marokko (2024) Web-DL 2,3 Mbps EAC3 6ch_AR178-trailer.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format-Profil : Base Media
Codec-ID : isom (isom/iso2/mp41)
Dateigröße : 24,3 MiB
Dauer : 2 min 15s
Gesamte Bitrate : 1 502 kb/s
Bildwiederholungsrate : 24,000 FPS
Kodierendes Programm : Lavf60.3.100
Video
ID : 1
Format : VP9
Codec-ID : vp09
Dauer : 2 min 15s
Bitrate : 1 369 kb/s
Breite : 1 920 Pixel
Höhe : 1 080 Pixel
Bildseitenverhältnis : 16:9
Modus der Bildwiederholungsrate : variabel
Bildwiederholungsrate : 24,000 FPS
minimale Bildwiederholungsrate : 23,810 FPS
maximale Bildwiederholungsrate : 24,390 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.028
Stream-Größe : 22,1 MiB (91%)
Titel : ISO Media file produced by Google Inc. Created on: 10/13/2024.
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec-ID : mp4a-40-2
Dauer : 2 min 15s
Bitraten-Modus : konstant
Bitrate : 128 kb/s
Kanäle : 2 Kanäle
Channel layout : L R
Samplingrate : 44,1 kHz
Bildwiederholungsrate : 43,066 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream-Größe : 2,07 MiB (9%)
Titel : ISO Media file produced by Google Inc.
Sprache : Englisch
Default : Ja
Alternate group : 1

 

Possibly this, I don’t know your model


some Zidoo media players support VP9 video codecs, including the Zidoo UHD8000, Zidoo Z9X, and Zidoo Z30 PRO:

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• Zidoo UHD8000: Supports AV1, VP9, H.265, AVS3, and AVS2 video codecs
  
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• Zidoo Z9X: Supports AV1, VP9, H.265, AVS3, and AVS2 video codecs
  
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• Zidoo Z30 PRO: Supports almost all Dolby Vision HDR formats
  
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VP9 is a video compression format that supports resolutions up to 65536×65536. It's designed for video resolutions above 1080p, and can be used for low bitrate compression or high-quality ultra-HD.

 

I have a Z3000 Pro with VP9 support.

 

I’ve had a couple of problems with mp4 files encoded with VP9. In both cases I was able to play them after I put them in a MKV container using mkvtoolnix. Quite possible a different issue to VP9? I have a UHD3000. I tend to avoid mp4.

 

MP4 is fine, it's just a container - it depends on the codec inside the container.

I've had zero issues with mp4 trailers from YouTube, but you find much better quality ones elsewhere - Youtube is my last resort.

 

Going back to my Popcorn Hour days it was nearly always a mp4 that had either navigation problems or simply wouldn't play, whereas in a mkv container very few problems. That's been my practical experience over time and dozens of files. Don't trust em!

 

what's strange is that using ZDMC on my Z9X 8K the trailers work...

 

ZDMC is maintained by volunteers so changes made by YouTube etc can be dealt with a lot quicker than any commercial organisation, also payments for licence fees could be involved, whilst community groups might have a nominal fee. Large companies nearly always take longer to respond, my guess it will be fixed, unless it slips through the cracks in the next couple of firmware updates. If trailers are important then do as I do, I download my own as I rip a new title and over time I’ve populated my entire collection.
Many different sites, look for digital-digest a big collection of dv and hdr trailers. Not sure if I can post the address.

 

Sorry, but I really can't see me doing that for 1,300+ movies......but hey, each to their own.

 

Then, by all means... enjoy the sporatic and mostly non-working nature of online trailers. . I pushed back for a quite a while on downloading my own.. but I made it a running project of mine to set aside some time every few evenings to download and got it done faster than I thought I would. So nice not having to wonder if my trailers will work or not.

 

Ok.

 

Now i have deaktivated the YouTube Addon in TMM. The downloaded trailers are playing. Picture and sound is ok.
The Video format is now AVC.
VP9 ist not working for trailers. AVC is ok.

 

What's this about volunteers? I thought ZDMC was maintained by Zidoo?

 

I usually have to explain this every six months or so, and have done for years.

ZDMC was a port of Kodi that Zidoo used on boxes before they wrote HT.

When HT was released, ZDMC was deprecated and was no longer officially supported. This has been the case for years.

If the devs get 5 minutes (unusual these days!) and have the inclination, then they'll update ZDMC occasionally, but it's not part of any official support.

 

Oh okay. I thought the Z stood for Zidoo haha