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YouTube HDR content is finally available!
You will find a playlist here. However, these clips will be played as SDR on Sonys for now.
With youtube-dl you can find vp9.2 encodings for those clips:
330 webm 256x144 144p60 156k , vp9.2, 60fps, video only, 2.38MiB 331 webm 426x240 240p60 256k , vp9.2, 60fps, video only, 3.87MiB 332 webm 640x360 360p60 485k , vp9.2, 60fps, video only, 7.35MiB 333 webm 854x480 480p60 909k , vp9.2, 60fps, video only, 13.83MiB 334 webm 1280x720 720p60 1991k , vp9.2, 60fps, video only, 28.18MiB 335 webm 1920x1080 1080p60 3201k , vp9.2, 60fps, video only, 49.70MiB 336 webm 2560x1440 1440p60 11166k , vp9.2, 60fps, video only, 170.23MiB 337 webm 3840x2160 2160p60 20122k , vp9.2, 60fps, video only, 335.45MiB
Those are webm however which the native Video app won't play.
We will see whether we will get support for it soon, even for the early 2016 models with the old MediaTek SoC from last year. At least Sony promised that back at CES:
@Jecht_Sin wrote:
All right, @Anonymous. I will do.
Thanks - Im separating the bugs/issues list into two - Marshmallow and Nougat as there is potential for differences.
@Jecht_Sin wrote:. VLC hasn't been updated for more than one year either, so I didn't even bother to download it
Really? That can be a security problem as VLC was one of the programs recently afflicted by a known vulnerability.
You can get the latest development build from here:
http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/android-armv7/
(scroll to the bottom)
@hvalentim wrote:
@Jecht_Sin wrote:. VLC hasn't been updated for more than one year either, so I didn't even bother to download it
Really? That can be a security problem as VLC was one of the programs recently afflicted by a known vulnerability.
Now you've got me. To be sure I just doubled checked. It's Version 2.0.6, from 12 Aug 2016. So, a bit less than a year, not more, but still.. Regarding the nightly builds: I suppose the Android TV version is different. Or is it the same identical apk? I'm not really going to check, once Plex works fine (which is the only one I use apart from Sony's Video - which is faster via DLNA with some videos), as it always does, I am happy!!
Hi,
I found a set of videos in YouTube that *do* play in HDR in a XD80, basically all HDR titles in this channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWp0H8VEl0xzITOoqUU-DQ
Examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVRajrhGhi4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVSCWIzS6n4
I'm running Nougat, can anybody test Marshmallow?
Cheers.
EDIT: MediaInfo output:
General Complete name : E:\Temp\Samsung HDR Wonderland 1080p Sample.mp4 Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : Base Media / Version 2 Codec ID : mp42 (isom/mp42) File size : 32.8 MiB Duration : 2 min 41 s Overall bit rate mode : Variable Overall bit rate : 1 707 kb/s Encoded date : UTC 2017-01-26 02:05:00 Tagged date : UTC 2017-01-26 02:05:00 gsst : 0 gstd : 161215 Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High@L3.1 Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame Codec ID : avc1 Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding Duration : 2 min 41 s Bit rate : 1 513 kb/s Maximum bit rate : 4 094 kb/s Width : 1 280 pixels Height : 720 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 Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.068 Stream size : 29.1 MiB (89%) Tagged date : UTC 2017-01-26 02:05:01 Color range : Limited Color primaries : BT.2020 Transfer characteristics : SMPTE ST 2084 Matrix coefficients : BT.2020 non-constant Audio ID : 2 Format : AAC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Format profile : LC Codec ID : 40 Duration : 2 min 41 s Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 192 kb/s Maximum bit rate : 201 kb/s Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel positions : Front: L R Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz Frame rate : 43.066 FPS (1024 spf) Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 3.69 MiB (11%) Title : IsoMedia File Produced by Google, 5-11-2011 Encoded date : UTC 2017-01-26 02:05:01 Tagged date : UTC 2017-01-26 02:05:01
@fjcampalus Oh yeah! You're right! They do play natively as HDR!! Nice finding.
At 720p, though. Still that means that the YouTube app does support HDR (and so does the television). Not sure in which format, though. This is what I get from youtube-dl (just for one video):
$ youtube-dl -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVRajrhGhi4 [youtube] fVRajrhGhi4: Downloading webpage [youtube] fVRajrhGhi4: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] fVRajrhGhi4: Extracting video information [youtube] fVRajrhGhi4: Downloading MPD manifest [youtube] fVRajrhGhi4: Downloading MPD manifest [info] Available formats for fVRajrhGhi4: format code extension resolution note 139 m4a audio only DASH audio 49k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.5@ 48k (22050Hz) 140 m4a audio only DASH audio 129k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.2@128k (44100Hz) 160 mp4 256x144 DASH video 108k , avc1.4d400b, 30fps, video only 133 mp4 426x240 DASH video 242k , avc1.4d400c, 30fps, video only 134 mp4 640x360 DASH video 634k , avc1.4d401e, 30fps, video only 135 mp4 854x480 DASH video 1155k , avc1.4d4014, 30fps, video only 136 mp4 1280x720 DASH video 2310k , avc1.4d4016, 30fps, video only 137 mp4 1920x1080 DASH video 4353k , avc1.640028, 30fps, video only 17 3gp 176x144 small , mp4v.20.3, mp4a.40.2@ 24k 36 3gp 320x180 small , mp4v.20.3, mp4a.40.2 43 webm 640x360 medium , vp8.0, vorbis@128k 18 mp4 640x360 medium , avc1.42001E, mp4a.40.2@ 96k 22 mp4 1280x720 hd720 , avc1.64001F, mp4a.40.2@192k (best)
$ youtube-dl -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVSCWIzS6n4 [youtube] EVSCWIzS6n4: Downloading webpage [youtube] EVSCWIzS6n4: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] EVSCWIzS6n4: Extracting video information [youtube] EVSCWIzS6n4: Downloading js player vflZ_L_3c [youtube] EVSCWIzS6n4: Downloading MPD manifest [youtube] EVSCWIzS6n4: Downloading MPD manifest [info] Available formats for EVSCWIzS6n4: format code extension resolution note 139 m4a audio only DASH audio 49k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.5@ 48k (22050Hz) 140 m4a audio only DASH audio 128k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.2@128k (44100Hz) 160 mp4 256x144 DASH video 108k , avc1.4d400b, 30fps, video only 133 mp4 426x240 DASH video 242k , avc1.4d400c, 30fps, video only 134 mp4 640x360 DASH video 634k , avc1.4d401e, 30fps, video only 135 mp4 854x480 DASH video 1155k , avc1.4d4014, 30fps, video only 136 mp4 1280x720 DASH video 2310k , avc1.4d4016, 30fps, video only 137 mp4 1920x1080 DASH video 4748k , avc1.640028, 30fps, video only 17 3gp 176x144 small , mp4v.20.3, mp4a.40.2@ 24k 36 3gp 320x180 small , mp4v.20.3, mp4a.40.2 43 webm 640x360 medium , vp8.0, vorbis@128k 18 mp4 640x360 medium , avc1.42001E, mp4a.40.2@ 96k 22 mp4 1280x720 hd720 , avc1.64001F, mp4a.40.2@192k (best)
No vp9.2 is present, though. The last one in both should be the one we're playing, I suppose (and that's 720p indeed).
There is finally a YouTube app update rolling out, see here.
[EDIT]
Installation from APK failed for me. Need to wait until it is available on the Play Store.
[EDIT2]
Ou, I got the x86 package...
Cool - But..... There is nothing in the article to suggest that it includes HDR?
Quinnicus wrote:Cool - But..... There is nothing in the article to suggest that it includes HDR?
It must! I have watched just yesterday a video about the YouTube uodate for LG finally supporting HDR. I wanted to write a post moaning (as usual) about it. Actually I am going to see if it's available right now (I checked yesterday but there were not updates). No, it still isn't available in Italy for my tv. Should I sideload it?
EDIT: Annnd it failed the installation for me too! Which is a commo issue I've got since 7.0 when I try to update any app via sideloading. This one even said "app not compatible with your device".
PS: Sure it doesn't install... I downloaded the (Itntel) x86 version!!! I'll check if I find the ARM release, and in case I'll post the results (Oh. @Kuschelmonschter I didn;t see the EDIT2 either. Ok, then).
You will find more information about the update here.
Unfortunately there is still no ARM APK. There is also no mention about HDR support indeed...
Yeah, there isn't anything about HDR in the update description either. My hope is that's because it is for x86. No devices may support HDR on that. I mean, what the heck is running Android TV on x86?? The old Nexus Player?