2024-10-22, 06:25 PM
> "Prefer fMP4-HLS Media Container" option
Don't use this on LG TV because most models supports this badly
> Is there any known limitation in the WebOS app about HDR content playback?
It seems like that file is a dolby vision file in mkv container. LG TVs won't Dolby Vision in MKV which will make the server to remux it. Your server should not transcode it and I think it is not. Still need the ffmpeg log to make sure though.
> How can I direct stream HDR content avoiding transcoding?
You remux it into mp4 manually like this:
You need -strict -2 to have the dolby vision configuration record being copied.
Don't use this on LG TV because most models supports this badly
> Is there any known limitation in the WebOS app about HDR content playback?
It seems like that file is a dolby vision file in mkv container. LG TVs won't Dolby Vision in MKV which will make the server to remux it. Your server should not transcode it and I think it is not. Still need the ffmpeg log to make sure though.
> How can I direct stream HDR content avoiding transcoding?
You remux it into mp4 manually like this:
ffmpeg -i source.mkv -strict -2 -c:v copy -c:a copy out.mp4
You need -strict -2 to have the dolby vision configuration record being copied.