Zidoo is 99% perfect now

[oleksiygalas]

I'd say 60% perfect ))

I own z9x pro, denon based home cinema with lg oled, shield 2019 tv, chromecast w GTV 4K

So, Jellyfin on z9x pro.
First of all - Zidoo is Realtek based device, and all hardware features fully optimized ONLY in zidoo video player - it uses low level APIs to work with av hw decoders.
So, what is the situation.

AFR works only in zidoo player, on android api level it's not implemented. So, no AFR in Jellyfin.
ExoPlayer engine:
Works:
- Dolby Vision P5, P8, P7 single layer (that's ok, only dual chip device can process it properly) from mkv;
- Lossy audio bitstream (dd, dd+ w/ atmos, dts core)
Doesn't work:
- DTHD w/ w/o atmos, DTS-HD

LibVLC:
Video motion is laggy.
Works:
- HDR;
- dd, dd+ w/ atmos, dts, dts-hd;

Doesn't work:
- Dolby Vision;
- Dolby TrueHD w/ w/o Atmos, DTS-X

Finalising: All video features work only in zidoo optimized video player. Low chances, that exoplayer engine will fully support all realtek hw codecs.

PS:
And Jellyfin has some bitrate limit even in Direct Play mode, I can't start play such big mkv's like LOTR, that perfectly are played via smb/nfs with zidoo, shield through vimu, zidoo player, nova player. And devices are capable to play them having good network bandwidth.