Playing DV/HDR combo files on a Z9x 8k

Hello I got my Zidoo Z9X 8k and am loving it. I am having one problem with it, when it comes to playing files which are DV/HDR combos.

Here is my current setup:
TV: Samsung QLED Q7 2017 (hdr10+ supported)
AVR: Onkyo 9.4 tx-nr7100 (hdr10+ and DV supported)
Streaming Device: Nvidia Shield Pro (2019)
NAS: Synology NAS

When I play my DV/HDR combo files off the Shield via Kodi, HDR displays just fine. Off the Zidoo, it won't. For a test, all my other HDR/HDR10+ content plays just fine.

Also the Shield and Zidoo are both connected to the AVR.

I mucked with the settings and nothing. Any advice will be appreciated.

Thank you in advanced.

 

I assume you mean Profile 7 DV (with HDR10 base layer).

If HDR is set to Auto and you don't use a custom EDID, there's no reason I can think of why they shouldn't play in HDR10.

 

I just tried it on some of my br rips and they work fine. Is there a way to check mkv files to see what's up?

 

Maybe post a MediaInfo report.

 

How is this?

General
Unique ID : <REDACTED>
Complete name : <REDACTED>
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 2.13 GiB
Duration : 59 min 43 s
Overall bit rate : 5 107 kb/s
Frame rate : 23.976 FPS
Writing application : mkvmerge v81.0 ('Milliontown') 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@L4@Main
HDR format : Dolby Vision, Version 1.0, Profile 8.1, dvhe.08.03, BL+RPU, no metadata compression, HDR10 compatible / SMPTE ST 2094 App 4, Version HDR10+ Profile B, HDR10+ Profile B compatible
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 59 min 43 s
Bit rate : 4 464 kb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 (Type 2)
Bit depth : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.090
Stream size : 1.86 GiB (87%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics : PQ
Matrix coefficients : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries : Display P3
Mastering display luminance : min: 0.0001 cd/m2, max: 1000 cd/m2
Maximum Content Light Level : 703 cd/m2
Maximum Frame-Average Light Level : 131 cd/m2

Audio
ID : 2
Format : E-AC-3
Format/Info : Enhanced AC-3
Commercial name : Dolby Digital Plus
Codec ID : A_EAC3
Duration : 59 min 43 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 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 : 273 MiB (13%)
Language : English
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Dialog Normalization : -31 dB
compr : -0.28 dB
dialnorm_Average : -31 dB
dialnorm_Minimum : -31 dB
dialnorm_Maximum : -31 dB

Text #1
ID : 3
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Duration : 58 min 2 s
Bit rate : 73 b/s
Frame rate : 0.288 FPS
Count of elements : 1004
Stream size : 31.3 KiB (0%)
Language : English (US)
Default : No
Forced : No

Text #2
ID : 4
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Duration : 58 min 27 s
Bit rate : 77 b/s
Frame rate : 0.304 FPS
Count of elements : 1068
Stream size : 33.4 KiB (0%)
Title : SDH
Language : English (US)
Default : No
Forced : No

​

 

Yes, that's it.

Possibly the Dolby Vision Level - dvhe.08.03 means it's Profile 8 Level 3 which is, shall we say, unusual.

Certainly there is no commercial spec DV content available with that specification.

 

Is there a way to get it running?

 

Try Dovi tools.

 

I thought Sony's high-speed (fiber) streaming service Pictures (Bravia) Core used DV profile 8. It requires a 115Mbps connection to stream at full quality and is probably the type of commercial application Dolby meant it for. Files are at 80Mbps+ so quality is on par with UHD remuxed stuff.