Hmm, it should be more capable than N150.
With RC2, HDR10+ is working perfectly. And so is 'Transformers' P7 FEL. Able to bring up OSD and playback controls. No skipped or dropped frames. These were really the only two issues with playback I had w/RC1.1. And also thanks for making the HDR formats switching toggle legible and easy to use.
Happy as a clam here, thanks CroqueMr! Anything else... icing on the cake!
CroqueMr is one guy and probably trying his best to keep up with all the reports and asks. Good to have you here and sharing what's working and not. Think having more testers surfaces more potential bugs or functionality needing to be addressed.
I have confidence in CroqueMr + hadesdevls here, and popcornmix + cinemaONE for all things 3D. Just need to allow some time. RC2 is already so good, and in a matter of mere 6 weeks or so. Crazy fast dev work!
For the OSD with the quick switching, on my N100 it's clean, I do not have any issue, do you switch with the film paused?
For the theme I will check what I am exposing to be better integrated with themes and if it's not possible to ensure a good visibility regardless of the theme I will fix my pannel and no theme will be applied
No, when it's playing. Look forward to HDR formats overlay for other skins being more like how it is with Estuary. Thanks!
As good as SmartTube. Only thing is w/it, you can set it to go to your subscriptions tab upon start. Not seeing a way to do so with VacuumTube. Having it integrated into Kodi is a huge plus vs a separate app like w/Android.
As an aside, I mentioned this in Kodi forum, but had no idea VacuumCube existed until recently, and just installed... it's fantastic! Ad-free YouTube with SmartTube-like interface from right within LE. So easy to set-up. The only online streaming service I was really using was SmartTube on Android boxes, with almost no premium streaming apps. It's really bye-bye Amlogic for now for the most part now.
Completed full suite of test files I have on both CroqueMr's and hadesdevls builds. Both are very good, with just a few things to address from what I see...
CroqueMr's RC1.1: Debug and crash logs here
hadesdevls' 1.0 RC5:
Both builds play all 3D formats well. Tested a few random actual FEL movies ('Alien Romulus', 'Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part 1', and 'Saving Private Ryan'), and both did well, including bringing up OSD and player process info. HDR10 was also fine on both. AV1 24p HDR and 60p HDR also; no issues. Even an 8K AV1 24p HDR sample played surprisingly okay-ish most times, with a few dropped frames. No dice on OSD working, but surprised this clip played at all.
Same. Pressing 'O' a second time brings up ability to toggle to different mode, but when playing HDR10, option to display as DV showed unsupported for me. Could be I'm doing something wrong.
CroqueMr, had started doing my full suite of test clips for YT video, but stopped as I've found two issues already (using AMD 5800H):
CroqueMr, thanks, the faint media icons and subs issue is fixed. As is the occasional lip synch I had w/N150 using DV Master. Couldn't replicate, but it's a non-issue now. Your build feels very stable, ready for primetime, general usage by anyone new or those coming over from Amlogic. A lot of amazing work in what feels like lightning speed; congrats!
Appreciate both your builds, but to @ CroqueMr's point, how best to guide new users on key differences? Less focusing on the very technical or how, but practically what they may see or experience.
Will be working on a new YT video shortly to draw awareness and socialize the great work here, but I'm unsure how best to position the two builds. That is, other than just saying try both and pick the one you like 😉. Maybe it's simple as that.
Tried Chat and Gemini to get key distinctions, a summary, and I could get was start with CroqueMr's for lower-end hardware and conversion flexibility, and use hadesdevls for Dolby Vision-to-SDR mapping and compatibility advantage for some older Radeon GPUs. Did AI correctly call out the key differences?
Thanks DMDreview for that video. 80% of went over my head, but yay... PC, this solution is #1 😁!
I've had success with cheapo $8-10 Fire TV clone remotes off Amazon.
Looks like a good deal (based on today's market) for a Ryzen R2544 mini-PC. $169 w/coupon P250.
Thanks CroqueMr and hadesdevls! Much appreciated.
For what it's worth, I wholeheartedly agree.
In a world with infinite developers taking care of this, why not. In this world, where there's you and a couple of other people... better concentrate on stuff that makes sense.
+2. When I first tried VS10 on Zidoo boxes and then Amlogic, I was impressed. The colors seemed punchier vs in original SDR, and PQ seemed better. But, felt it was mostly just changing the color profile, making it more saturated and leaning red, and half the time it looked off and unnatural. I've since been watching movies in their original grading, SDR or whichever HDR format.
Believe DMDreview did analyses with VS10 processing using AM6B+ before and would be best to educate us :).
Can you send me the log please? And do you use any addon?
Sorry, here it is. But, here's the interesting thing... the issue disappears when logging is enabled. No faint media icons visible at the bottom (as in the video I shared before), and no loss of forced sub after skipping around.
Oh, the only add-on I'm using is for this custom skin.
Appears so. Best way is to just try and see :).
