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Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by SSLy on Saturday August 17, 2024 @07:02PM (#41278744)
That's a Dolby Vision Profile 5 file. A format that's very very proprietary. The only PC apps that can play them at all are https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p9zh5fl1bfk?hl=en-ms&gl=M... and https://firecore.com/infuse
Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by talliedthoughts on Sunday August 18, 2024 @05:42AM (#41281286)
Is there a way to use Infuse on PC? The only links I see are to the App Store
Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by SSLy on Sunday August 18, 2024 @06:10AM (#41281389)
Macs are PC's, you can also make a hackintosh.

EDIT2: if you consider an ARM board that you can install custom OS on as a PC – admittedly, bit of a stretch – then you can grab UGOOS AM6B plus / AM6 plus / Minix u22x-j max

install CoreELEC on it and enjoy DV.

https://github.com/CoreELEC/CoreELEC/releases https://discourse.coreelec.org/t/dolby-vision-for-minix-u22x... Recommended settings: https://justpaste.it/divn9 Installation instructions 1: https://discourse.coreelec.org/t/guide-s922x-j-ugoos-am6b-co... Installation instructions 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/1ajszn9/remux_lovers_...

EDIT: I forgot that for Windows playback, you also need the HEVC and DoVi codec packages.

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9P9ZH5FL1BFK https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9PLTG1LWPHLF https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nmzlz57r3t7

Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by literallycancer on Sunday August 18, 2024 @10:03AM (#41282448)
You can play it with mpv, it depends on the hardware/drivers. It worked fine on a random Ryzen Lenovo laptop with Linux even though MacOS version of mpv couldn't play it correctly on M2 (even though Apple claims that M2 is compatible with the format).
Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by daneel_w on Sunday August 18, 2024 @12:06PM (#41283179)
It depends on what format/decoder support went into your particular build of mpv. It offloads almost all of its capabilities onto ffmpeg and its supporting libraries, which in turn won't necessarily be built with exactly everything enabled.
Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by SSLy on Sunday August 18, 2024 @11:15AM (#41282858)
And you're sure it was a Profile 5, not 7/8 file?
Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by FabHK on Sunday August 18, 2024 @10:12AM (#41282505)
Infuse is great. I use it to play stuff (in basically any format) from the NAS through the Apple TV on a dumb TV.
Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by adrian_b on Sunday August 18, 2024 @12:10PM (#41283205)
Nowadays mpv is able to decode it correctly, but it usually requires for that the command-line option "--vo=gpu-next".

A couple of years ago, mpv was unable to handle it.