Z9X 8K/Z30 PRO/Z3000 PRO/UHD8000 First Impressions

Came across another video file that won't play (stops after 1-2 seconds).

easyupload.io/x9uo2e
easyupload.io/odcryp (previously reported)

At first I used the latest stable firmware version when I had this playback issue.

I then updated to beta v1.1.47 to see if it fixes the issue. It does not, I'm still unable to play these two files reliably. However, one thing seems to have changed. If I repeatedly try to play these files, it seems like the file will play one out of five attempts approximately. I don't know what causes the file to play, don't have steps to reproduce it.

I've tried enabling or disabling VS10 for SDR, it makes no difference.

Also tried enabling or disabling Match Resolution. Either way the video playback fails. However, when Match Resolution is disabled, I can briefly see the video during the 1-2 seconds that the video plays, but then playback fails anyway.

 

I agree with blenky
PQ going from my z9x pro to my z30 8k is very definitly an improvement

 

Does vc1 and avi play unlike the 4k version ?

 

Downloaded both files and can replicate the issue. No idea what is wrong with these files. Maybe it's the audio codec - Opus 2?

 

The file

the file plays on z9x 4k

 

Comparing my Z9 8k with my Z2600 the Z9 holds the edge in PQ on my LG G3.

 

im working my way thru my SG Atlantis blurays atm .....using makemkv to make each episode so say 7 8 gig an epi
Compared to watching these via my 4k pana uhd bluray palyer ,ripping and watching them via the Z30 8k is just day and night improvement in quality plus the added VS10 bonus

 

I am sorry, I meant I can’t play avi or vc1 on my z9k pro, I was hoping I can play those files since the ads say it should be able to play. I was hoping the 8k version z9x can play it.

 

if you can link to one of each i can d/l and check for you

have you tried running them thru MkvToolnix to change to an mkv container format ,to get them to work ?

 

Yes something wrong here. The files play fine using my LG TV internal media player!

 

Yes, it works when I play it first and when I go to resume the video it stutters. I tired 2 fast 2 furious vc1 codec blu ray and other blu ray with vc1. I think someone said the same about Austin powers vc1 1999 movies as well

 

Weird, these devices should be playing these codecs that were advertised to play and are not.

 

im running spy who shagged me thru makemkv now so ill test it soon ,and yes it says vc1 on makemkv
Ill edit back here once looked at

Well got 15 mins of playback before i stopped
Only issue i got was finally had the audio out of synch issues a few others have had

so for me the ONLY time ive seen this 150 odd m/s audio issue is with VC1 based movie

I just tested it on my Z9X Pro to another Pana oled and the file plays fine there as well ,with no audio synch issues

this was Austin Powers Spy who shagged me original bluray ,ripped to full movie only so say 17gig ,using Makemkv latest edition

heres info file

General
Unique ID : 50943889978731428545621846327002423512 (0x26536FB2A0291C6F345369DF6C4060D8)
Complete name : \\SHARE_SAMBA\Share\F4F0E2EAF0E2B252\title_t00.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 15.9 GiB
Duration : 1 h 35 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 24.0 Mb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2024-09-15 23:43:32
Writing application : MakeMKV v1.17.7 win(x64-release)
Writing library : libmakemkv v1.17.7 (1.3.10/1.5.2) win(x64-release)
Video
ID : 1
ID in the original source medium : 4113 (0x1011)
Format : VC-1
Format profile : Advanced@L3
Codec ID : V_MS/VFW/FOURCC / WVC1
Codec ID/Hint : Microsoft
Duration : 1 h 35 min
Bit rate : 20.7 Mb/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
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.415
Stream size : 13.7 GiB (86%)
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Original source medium : Blu-ray
Audio #1
ID : 2
ID in the original source medium : 4352 (0x1100)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Commercial name : Dolby Digital
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1 h 35 min
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 : 435 MiB (3%)
Title : Surround 5.1
Language : English
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Original source medium : Blu-ray

 

Both files play fine on the next firmware.

 

And when is it??

 

Ooo new firmware! Exciting. When pray tell?

 

Soon.

It's Chinese Mid Autumn Festival at the moment so I assume everyone's off for a couple of days.

Wouldn't it be nice if we had Festivals instead of Bank Holidays...

 

Hmm... I vote for bank holidays in addition to festivals !

 

I am a new user of zidoo Z3000Pro 8K. I also use oppo UDP203. I have 2 questions:

1. I have a problem with recognizing movies (scrapping) in AVCHD format.

In oppo the path to the movie is:
moviename\AVCHD\BDMV

In turn, zidoo correctly identifies the movie only when the directory structure is as follows:
moviename\BDMV

Do you have a solution for this?
I cannont skip the AVCHD directory, because oppo will not play the movie.

I know that I can change all movie name manually, but in my case it is over 400 movies ...

2. Do you have a way to change the size of PGS subtitles on AVCHD movies? It occurs in the zidoo menu, but when I make a change, zidoo exits the movie to the main menu. There is no problem with SRT subtitles.

 

Didn't think of that!