ZIDOO Z9X

Hi ICU2018 been using Kodi or ZDMC 18.8 a lot lately with an add on as been pretty stable for my useage
Cant comment on LG screens but there is a thread on what is causing issues .

 

I upload a video. (24sec)
Profile 7 mel file. I think shutter is like this.
Will zidoo team able to solve this problem?

Robin.Hood.2018.UHD.BluRay.2160p.TrueHD.Atmos.7.1.DV.HEVC.REMUX-.mkv

 

Correct zdmc 18.8 is the one i use
Not tested the other later official kodi versions .
But possible Zidoo may support later ones .

 

Question:

Are you able to share what are the benefits of using zdmc vs the default media center? Sorry for the noob q...

 

According to Kodi they share the same :

• Download apk Kodi v19.0 Beta 1 for Android 64bit ARM V8A, only for NVidia Shield TV, Realtek and some Rockchip SoC’s.

 

Do you mean HT or Media Player?
If you mean media player then in ZDMC you can get almost full Kodi functionality, add ons, FTP access, Plex add on, superior scraping with Universal Movie Scraper etc.

 

Its user preference
H.T.v4 is eye candy for your Movie poster collection
Media player is sort of like windows Explorer
Zdmc is Zidoo working version of Kodi .

 

Yup, same issue here. Happen regularly. I think there is a thread on this though..but I have issue with DTS mkv too

 

only with Atmos truehd....when the sound is other everything is ok to me

 

Why zidoo cant set 4k 23-30hz yuv 4.2.0
It just set on 4k 50-60hz

 

I don't like untouched ISO's. Can't live with the "look & feel" of the subtitles, if I want to watch them. I always edit subtitles for movies (I do this for 2D too, btw).
Additionally, it saves harddrive space if you save movie only, deleting audio-, substreams and extra's I don't want.

 

Because 4k 23-30hz yuv 4.2.0 isn't a legal HDMI mode. You can only have 4:2:0 at 4K50~60Hz.

 

Ok but I share 2 pictures from Z9S (not z9x)
which one is good? What dou you think?

Because It shows very good 4:2:0 but it has microsutter when I set 60hz.
When I set 24hz this time I cant set 4:2:0

 

Use these settings and all will be good:

Zidoo Z9S
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Playback/Automatic frame rate/Frame rate mode: Switch frame rate and resolution

Display/HDMI Mode: 3840x2160p 23Hz
Display/HDR: Auto
Display/Advanced settings/Deep Color Mode: 10-bit
Display/Advanced settings/Color Space Mode: YCbCr 444
Display/Advanced settings/HDMI Range Mode: 16-235*


Audio/HDMI Audio: RAW
Audio/Downmix HD Audio output: OFF


* Auto works fine too, but I prefer to set discretely

 

I was tried before. But I try again
When I set zidoo 4.2.0 image has jumped next level
I write picture’s above color space mode
You can see differents

 

Yes - I can see a difference but if all other settings are the same, there should be no difference.

As I said, you cannot use 4:2:0 with 23/24/25fps - it is an illegal HDMI mode - there are no devices that support it.

 

I understand you.

This is from nvidia shield. Maybe showing it wrong. I am note sure.

Thanks your asisst

 

You can choose those in the "Filter by..." options but if you try and choose YUV 420 and 24Hz together you'll see Display Modes "0" at the bottom:



Honestly, I'm not making it up - 4K23~30 4:2:0 is an illegal HDMI mode

 

True, but just weird though because blu-ray discs encode movies at 23p 4:2:0.

 

I have just ripped Disc 1 of the Extended Edition version of Fellowship of the Ring (using MakeMKV 1.15.3). As others have observed it stutters and lags after 5 minutes of playback on Zidoo. I have the same problem with The Matrix and Attack of the Clones.

I've always use ZDMC with Zidoo player, so I decided to do an experiment. I change the player to Kodi's native player. It very slightly stutters at start (very acceptable), but then stabilizes and plays on for without any issues. I don't have time to play the whole movie, but I also tested The Matrix and Attack of the Clones and it passed as well. So this is very likely just Zidoo player, which I think can be fixed with a firmware update.

Only downside for using Kodi's native player is you will not get Dolby Vision ever.

PS: Speaking of Dolby Vision (which I know very little about), I read here that Zidoo cannot decode Profile 7, is this correct? But playing Fellowship of the Ring using using Zidoo player, Dolby Vision triggers on my TV. Anyone know what profile is the Dolby Vision for this disc, or is it MEL or FEL?

The media info from my rip:

Code:

General
Unique ID                                : 197439276914594250594817951477637743889 (0x94896BEB6890ED9D24CBF175B4628511)
Complete name                            : F:\Backup Films\The Lord of the Rings- The Fellowship of the Ring (EXT.) PT. 1-SEG FPL_MainFeature_t02.mkv
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 2
File size                                : 53.8 GiB
Duration                                 : 1 h 45 min
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 72.8 Mb/s
Movie name                               : The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (EXT.) PT. 1
Encoded date                             : UTC 2020-12-02 21:56:15
Writing application                      : MakeMKV v1.15.3 win(x64-release)
Writing library                          : libmakemkv v1.15.3 (1.3.10/1.5.2) win(x64-release)

Video
ID                                       : 1
ID in the original source medium         : 4113 (0x1011)
Format                                   : HEVC
Format/Info                              : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile                           : Main 10@L5.1@High
HDR format                               : Dolby Vision, Version 1.0, dvhe.07.06, BL+EL+RPU, Blu-ray compatible / SMPTE ST 2086, HDR10 compatible
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration                                 : 1 h 45 min
Bit rate                                 : 69.8 Mb/s
Width                                    : 3 840 pixels
Height                                   : 2 160 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)                       : 0.351
Stream size                              : 51.5 GiB (96%)
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : No
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: 0.0050 cd/m2, max: 4000 cd/m2
Maximum Content Light Level              : 602 cd/m2
Maximum Frame-Average Light Level        : 184 cd/m2
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Audio
ID                                       : 2
ID in the original source medium         : 4352 (0x1100)
Format                                   : MLP FBA 16-ch
Format/Info                              : Meridian Lossless Packing FBA with 16-channel presentation
Commercial name                          : Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos
Codec ID                                 : A_TRUEHD
Duration                                 : 1 h 45 min
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 3 000 kb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 4 992 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 8 channels
Channel layout                           : L R C LFE Ls Rs Lb Rb
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 1 200.000 FPS (40 SPF)
Bit depth                                : 24 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossless
Stream size                              : 2.22 GiB (4%)
Title                                    : Surround 7.1
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray
Number of dynamic objects                : 11
Bed channel count                        : 1 channel
Bed channel configuration                : LFE

Text
ID                                       : 3
ID in the original source medium         : 4768 (0x12A0)
Format                                   : PGS
Codec ID                                 : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info                            : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration                                 : 1 h 45 min
Bit rate                                 : 27.5 kb/s
Count of elements                        : 2190
Stream size                              : 20.6 MiB (0%)
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

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