I just buy an Apple TV 4K and I have some issue with playing HDR content.
My TV Samsung QLED 2018 (QN55Q9FN) doesn’t show HDR logo when I play a MKV HEVC 4K HDR file.
When I set Apple TV setting (video output) to 4K HDR, I see I’m in HDR (HDR logo on my TV), in Infuse menu also but when starting playback, infuse go in SDR (no HDR logo).
When I set video output to 4K SDR, all my files are playng in SDR, Infuse player don’t switch to HDR for files are in HDR.
I’m seeing exactly the same issue with a Sony TV. The TV used to switch into HDR mode correctly when a video is being played, but not anymore. It looks like a bug in Infuse.
I use Infuse for a long time on the iPad Pro and I have never had problems but there with Apple TV 4K is something else…
All my files are Bluray rip and remuxed in MKV container (without encoding) and I noticed something strange, some MKV are working in HDR when I play them through my SMB share but in SDR with my Plex share.
Some HDR files never played in HDR whether via SMB share or Plex share.
All my files are working in HDR when I use another media player like Zidoo X20, so my files are good.
This is an example of my files :
General
Unique ID : 203366594484658133003564400911591448665 (0x98FEFB3D11F2B1A78FB314FE179CA059)
Complete name : Ant-Man et la Guêpe (2018) - Bluray - HDR.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 37.1 GiB
Duration : 1 h 58 min
Overall bit rate : 44.9 Mb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2018-10-14 10:34:43
Writing application : mkvmerge v27.0.0 ('Metropolis') 64-bit
Writing library : libebml v1.3.6 + libmatroska v1.4.9
Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Commercial name : HDR10
Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 1 h 58 min
Bit rate : 43.9 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 (Type 2)
Bit depth : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.221
Stream size : 36.2 GiB (98%)
Title : Vidéo
Writing library : ATEME Titan File 3.8.16 (4.8.16.0)
Language : French
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics : PQ
Matrix coefficients : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries : Display P3
Mastering display luminance : min: 0.0001 cd/m2, max: 1000 cd/m2
Audio
ID : 2
Format : E-AC-3
Format/Info : Enhanced AC-3
Commercial name : Dolby Digital Plus
Format profile : Blu-ray Disc
Codec ID : A_EAC3
Duration : 1 h 58 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 024 kb/s
Channel(s) : 8 channels
Channel layout : L R C LFE Ls Rs Lb Rb
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 865 MiB (2%)
Title : Audio
Language : French
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Text
ID : 3
Format : PGS
Muxing mode : zlib
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration : 1 h 53 min
Bit rate : 374 b/s
Count of elements : 52
Stream size : 312 KiB (0%)
Title : Sous-Titres Forcés
Language : French
Default : Yes
Forced : Yes
This video have this info, like my others mkv remux :
General
ID : 0 (0x0)
Complete name : /Volumes/Disque dur/Vidéos/Samsung Chasing The Light Demo.ts
Format : MPEG-TS
File size : 762 MiB
Duration : 1 min 35 s
Overall bit rate mode : Constant
Overall bit rate : 66.9 Mb/s
Video
ID : 257 (0x101)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Commercial name : HDR10
Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High
Codec ID : 36
Duration : 1 min 34 s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 59.940 (60000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Writing library : ATEME Titan File 3.7.3 (4.7.3.1002)
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics : PQ
Matrix coefficients : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries : Display P3
Mastering display luminance : min: 0.0500 cd/m2, max: 1000 cd/m2
Audio
ID : 258 (0x102)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Format version : Version 4
Muxing mode : ADTS
Codec ID : 15-2
Duration : 1 min 34 s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy