Testing MrMC 3.5.1

[Tgxcorporation]

Hi Amet,

a new update is available for the Black Glass Nova skin.

Thanks

Tgx

[amet]

Hi Amet,

a new update is available for the Black Glass Nova skin.

Thanks

Tgx

Got it, thanks!

[davilla]

Where have you been ? Python has returned, and to show case it we brought in Plex for Kodi. Over time, we will be adding some popular addons.

Our user policy has not changed, user installed addons are still not permitted. "get more" is a hold over, this is TestFlight after all.

I'm aware of python returning. Just seems weird that for years it's been repeated that there are no add-ons ever and now it's back. I think it could be a problem because you're using the same wording as in Kodi but it's not just like Kodi. "Add-ons" implies that the user can add something. Maybe a different word should be used for MrMC.

Was there a reason why the default selection was changed to Media Sources? Every time the app starts up, it's now the selected section. This only started in the last week or so.

Not really weird, it's just that as we have evolved, we find the need for certain resources that are not available under c/c++ without a great deal of effort. So that's driving the return of python. Plus, as a bonus, with the return of python, we gain access to existing python based addons and more complex skins that require python script helpers. We picked Plex for Kodi as a proof of concept. It's a complex addon, with a skin and python scripts, dependent on other python script helpers. And there seemed to be a demand for it.

We could always get into the Apple Store with python. Same for Amazon. Where the actual line is drawn is user installed addons. User installed addons opens the door to the same piracy taint the Kodi suffers under. Plus, puts MrMC at risk at being removed from Apple/Amazon stores for said piracy taint. Kodi was removed from Amazon for this very reason.

As for default selection was changed to Media Sources, could be we screwed something up when adding the home 'Plex' entry. On the list.

[davilla]

(180323.2157 @20180323-8528a21)
darwin: force gles to RGBA8 on wide color devices
core: reword hdr detection and stop using magic numbers for color primaries, range, etc

No clue what any of that means, but I’ve updated and will test it out

Memory usage reduction, default CALayers (UIViews) seems to say they are RGBA8 but are really RGBA16. OpenGLES does not need to be 16 bit colors as it used 8 bit color shaders.

Changed how HDR is detected, so SDR content hiding in 10 bit HEVC is flagged as SDR instead of HDR.

[brians]

When playing a video swipe down for settings, go to video settings, then (if videotoolbox or ffmpeg is decoder) you'll have a brightness and contrast adjustment. If AVFoundation is decoder then you have no adjustment possible. That's OK because it's right on anyway.

Ok thanks, that explains why I could not see because I had VTB disabled.
Turns out it is HDR being enabled on AppleTV 4K is what seems to cause this washed-out dithered look. Disabling HDR makes playback using VTB looks better. However, AVF plays back fine and looks the same whether the AppleTV is set to HDR or SDR. I do notice that the MrMC menu looks a bit more dithered when I have HDR enabled on my AppleTV though.

Sounds like you don't have match content on. So you're playing SDR content on an HDR output. Using AVF is probably converting gamuts to suit your HDMI output. That's why it looks OK either way.

Wouldn't it be best to default tvOS to SDR but have match content on for dynamic range and frame rate? When HDR plays in MrMC, tvOS will switch output to HDR. Right?

Yes, I have made those settings now and it all works as expected.
Plex add-on has good performance now.

[wesk05]

(180323.2157 @20180323-8528a21)
darwin: force gles to RGBA8 on wide color devices
core: reword hdr detection and stop using magic numbers for color primaries, range, etc

Tested this new build. The clip in question does play in SDR mode now, but it looks like BT.2020 color space is tied to HDR mode on tvOS.

nVIDIA Shield seems to be the only device that can play 10-bit HEVC BT.2020 SDR content correctly! The latest versions of Amlogic LE is now injecting fake HDR10 metadata when it detects BT.2020 SDR content.

[davilla]

(180323.2157 @20180323-8528a21)
darwin: force gles to RGBA8 on wide color devices
core: reword hdr detection and stop using magic numbers for color primaries, range, etc

Tested this new build. The clip in question does play in SDR mode now, but it looks like BT.2020 color space is tied to HDR mode on tvOS.

Maybe fixed in 11.3 betas, they have been fitzing about with SDR/HDR quite a bit. I would not install 11.3 beta yet, too many things are still broke and once installed on AppleTV 4K, there is no way but forward (can't go back to 11.2.6 release)

[davilla]

getting close now

[cosmoxl]

(180323.2157 @20180323-8528a21)
darwin: force gles to RGBA8 on wide color devices
core: reword hdr detection and stop using magic numbers for color primaries, range, etc

Tested this new build. The clip in question does play in SDR mode now, but it looks like BT.2020 color space is tied to HDR mode on tvOS.

Maybe fixed in 11.3 betas, they have been fitzing about with SDR/HDR quite a bit. I would not install 11.3 beta yet, too many things are still broke and once installed on AppleTV 4K, there is no way but forward (can't go back to 11.2.6 release)

Sure is frustrating to not be able to revert. I guess you can with a mac and xcode? Apple seem completely lost with this beta series.

[davilla]

(180324.2130 @20180324-4dfa7ce)
fixed GUIinfomanager reporting of TVOS platform
darwin: force gles to RGBA8 on wide color devices
plex addon: allow script.plex to go directly to TVOS Home

By popular demand, see plex settings, advanced