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When converting to DV8 BL+RPU from DV7 BL+EL+RPU, i understand why polynomial/MMR mappings must be removed, but why remove CMv4 data and only keep CMv2.9? What's the rationale? |
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I'm also curious about this. I'm just learning about all of this stuff, so there may be things I don't understand, but is there an advantage to removing CMv4 data? |
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Hi @joaoserra and @Brandonshire — sorry I missed this discussion in December. The short answer is that CMv4.0 data is stripped to make the files playable with DV on Apple TV. The Apple TV is a CMv4.0 device, but up until tvOS 17, that only applied to DV5 (ITP BL) and DV8.4 (HLG BL) content. In tvOS 17, Apple added support for native DV8.1 (HDR10 BL) playback, but currently, the only app that seems to use Apple's native AV player is the 1st-party Computers app, which can play back mp4 or mov files with DV8.1 content when shared from your computer's iTunes library with Home Sharing. This DV7 to DV8 app was created to accommodate the limitations of the Apple TV and tvOS 16, to get DV Profile 8.1 working in the Infuse app made by Firecore. Currently, Infuse is the only 3rd-party app that will play files with proper DV8.1 support, using their own proprietary approach, but it's limited to CMv2.9 metadata, even on tvOS 17. Plex can play DV5 files by switching over to Apple's native player, but it doesn't yet do so for DV8 files. A DV8 file will play back using their own player and trigger the DV mode on your TV, but it won't actually render/send the DV dynamic metadata (RPU) — you'll just be watching content in HDR10 with your TV in DV mode. This is known as "fake DV". Firecore is currently working on support for DV8 with CMv4.0, presumably by switching to Apple's native AV player for those files, but their approach is TBD. Perhaps they can alternatively support CMv4.0 using their own player on tvOS 17. Firecore just released Infuse 7.7. The next update, 7.7.1, is planned to include support for DV8.1 with CMv4.0 or at least native playback support. So, if everything goes to plan, this app can be changed to stop removing CMv4.0 metadata, and we should go back and re-convert our files. |
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Hi @joaoserra and @Brandonshire — sorry I missed this discussion in December.
The short answer is that CMv4.0 data is stripped to make the files playable with DV on Apple TV.
The Apple TV is a CMv4.0 device, but up until tvOS 17, that only applied to DV5 (ITP BL) and DV8.4 (HLG BL) content.
In tvOS 17, Apple added support for native DV8.1 (HDR10 BL) playback, but currently, the only app that seems to use Apple's native AV player is the 1st-party Computers app, which can play back mp4 or mov files with DV8.1 content when shared from your computer's iTunes library with Home Sharing.
This DV7 to DV8 app was created to accommodate the limitations of the Apple TV and tvOS 16, to get DV Profile…