I wanted to play UHD (4k) videos in my new LeTV (Super3 X55).
So I used youtube-dl to download 4k YouTube videos (which are humongous btw) but for some reason most of them do not play.
The TV's website specifically states:
HEVC/H.265 hardware video decoding, up to 4K@60fps
But only a few files play. I'm thinking the issue is something to do with codecs or formats.
So I compared the info of files which did play with those that didn't. But I can't figure out the difference. Here are two files which played and two that didn't.
These two files played beautifully:
File 1 :: GoPro video
C:\Users\Hackathon\Videos\HD or 4k\GoPro\NA\NA - GoPro HERO4 - The Adventure of Life in 4K.mkv
General
Unique ID : 98713554682895442793938602234209693471 (0x4A438A01ACFC3EF5104AF4D6A778EF1F)
Complete name : C:\Users\Hackathon\Videos\HD or 4k\GoPro\NA\NA - GoPro HERO4 - The Adventure of Life in 4K.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 581 MiB
Duration : 4 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 19.2 Mb/s
Movie name : GoPro HERO4: The Adventure of Life in 4K
Description : All around the world GoPro users are capturing incredible experiences, from the heart-stopping to the heartfelt. Into the caldron of an active volcano, the neon streets of Japan, a refuge for wild mustangs, scaling an iceberg, the world’s biggest dance party, or a whale rescue mission, GoPros have documented every moment. See how GoPro’s new line of our most advanced cameras ever allow you to beautifully and authentically capture and share the experiences that bring purpose, adventure, and joy to your life.
Shot 100% on the new GoPro HERO4 camera from http://GoPro.com.
The HERO4 features ultra high resolution quality of 4K at 30 frames per second + high frames rates at 1080p120. Incredible low light capabilities, including our new nightlapse setting. 2X the high fidelity sound. Faster processing. Protune settings that unlock manual control of many of your GoPro’s features, and so much more. Learn more and be inspired by the most advanced GoPro cameras yet: http://GoPro.com
It’s your life. BE A HERO.
MUSIC
"Run Boy Run" performed by Woodkid
Courtesy of Interscope Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises
FEATURED CHARACTERS
TOMORROWLAND (Boom, Belgium)
Erin Edenholm
Joanna Piotrowska
Steve Aoki
Krewella - Jahan Yousaf and Jasmine Yousaf
Dimitri Vegas
Like Mike
LAVA LAKE (Ambrym Island, Vanuatu)
Geoff Mackley
Brad Ambrose
ICEBERG CLIMB (Ilulissat, Greenland)
Klemen Premrl
Aljaz Anderle
Thierry Dubois
WILD MUSTANGS (Wells, Nevada)
Clay Nannini
JAPAN STREETS (Tokyo, Japan)
Akira Nakai
Shinichi Moroboshi
Nanami Tsukamoto
ORCA RESCUE (Whangarei, New Zealand)
Dr. Ingrid Visser
Terry Hardie
Dian and her two baby orca
SPECIAL THANKS
Tomorrowland (http://www.tomorrowland.com)
Michael Dujardin
Vanuatu Heli (http://www.vanuatuhelicopters.com)
Andy Martin
Black Diamond (http://www.blackdiamondequipment.com)
Madeline Pickens (http://mustangmonument.com) (http://savingamericasmustangs.org)
Orca Research Trust (http://orcaresearch.org)
Andy Casagrande (http://www.abc4explore.com/)
Steve Hathaway
Lily Kozman
ARTIST : GoPro
DATE : 20140929
PURL : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTcNtgA6gHs
Video #1
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 4 min
Bit rate : 18.7 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.075
Stream size : 566 MiB (97%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
DURATION : 00:04:13.887000000
HANDLER_NAME : VideoHandler
Audio #2
ID : 2
Format : Vorbis
Format settings, Floor : 1
Codec ID : A_VORBIS
Duration : 4 min
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 128 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 3.87 MiB (1%)
Writing application : Google
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
DURATION : 00:04:13.906000000
File 2 :: Wonder Woman Trailer
C:\Users\Hackathon\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Automatically Add to iTunes\WONDER WOMAN Trailer #2 [2017] (Ultra-HD 4K).mp4
General
Complete name : C:\Users\Hackathon\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Automatically Add to iTunes\WONDER WOMAN Trailer #2 [2017] (Ultra-HD 4K).mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
File size : 222 MiB
Duration : 2 min
Overall bit rate : 11.5 Mb/s
Movie name : WONDER WOMAN Trailer #2 [2017] (Ultra-HD 4K)
Writing application : Lavf57.48.103
Cover : Yes
Video #1
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 2 min
Bit rate : 11.3 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.055
Stream size : 219 MiB (99%)
Writing library : x264 core 148 r2705 3f5ed56
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=23.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Audio #2
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 2 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 129 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 spf)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 2.49 MiB (1%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Alternate group : 1
These two files did NOT play:
"In A Nutshell" video:
C:\Users\Hackathon\Videos\HD or 4k\Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell\NA\NA - A New History for Humanity – The Human Era.mkv
General
Unique ID : 151773273920022300678100154581510254877 (0x722E78240BE681AAC8163B7BB9E3F11D)
Complete name : C:\Users\Hackathon\Videos\HD or 4k\Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell\NA\NA - A New History for Humanity – The Human Era.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 130 MiB
Duration : 7 min
Overall bit rate : 2 306 kb/s
Movie name : A New History for Humanity – The Human Era
Description : It is time to reframe how we think about our past.
We need a new year 0 for humanity. But which one should we choose and why?
http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCsXVk37bltHxD1rDPwtNM8Q&tab=2
A New History for Humanity – The Human Era
Writing application : Lavf57.48.103
Writing library : Lavf57.48.103 / Lavf57.48.103
Comment : It is time to reframe how we think about our past.
We need a new year 0 for humanity. But which one should we choose and why?
THANKS A LOT TO OUR LOVELY PATRONS FOR SUPPORTING US:
Stuart Alldritt, Tasia Pele, Stan Serebryakov, Mike Janzen, Jason Heddle, August, Daniel Smith, Jonathan Herman, Rahul Rachuri, Piotr Gorzelany, Lisa Allcott, Горан Гулески, Eric Ziegast, Kean Drake, Friendly Stranger, NicoH, Adrian Rutkiewicz, Markus Klemm, Leandro Nascimento, Gary Chan, Shawhin Layeghi, Oscar Hernandez, Dale Prinsse, Vaclav Vyskocil, Sup3rW00t, Ryan Coonan, Tam Lerner, Dewi Cadat, Luis Aguirre, Andy McVey, Vexorum, Boris, Adam Wisniewski, Yannic Schreiber, Erik Lilly, Ellis, Dmitry Starostin, Akshay Joshi, Peter Tinti, kayle Clark, Mortimer Brewster, Marc Legault, Sumita Pal, Tarje Hellebust Jr., streetdragon95, Taratsamura, Sam Dickson, Bogdan Firicel, Saul Vera, Aaron Jacobs, Ben Arts, R B Dean, Kevin Beedon, Patrik Pärkinen, Duncan Graham, Johan Thomsen, Emily Tran, Adam Flanc, Adam Jermyn, Ali Uluyol
Help us caption & translate this video!
http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCsXVk37bltHxD1rDPwtNM8Q&tab=2
A New History for Humanity – The Human Era
ARTIST : Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
DATE : 20161207
PURL : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czgOWmtGVGs
Video #1
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 7 min
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 60.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
DURATION : 00:07:52.447000000
HANDLER_NAME : VideoHandler
Audio #2
ID : 2
Format : Opus
Codec ID : A_OPUS
Duration : 7 min
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -14 ms
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
DURATION : 00:07:52.461000000
Finally a puppies video:
C:\Users\Hackathon\Videos\HD or 4k\Jacob Katie Schwarz\NA\NA - PUPPIES BATH IN 4K (ULTRA HD).mkv
General
Unique ID : 172223577613529861860930485370882755628 (0x81910DF562C189096C7EE7D95D3A0C2C)
Complete name : C:\Users\Hackathon\Videos\HD or 4k\Jacob Katie Schwarz\NA\NA - PUPPIES BATH IN 4K (ULTRA HD).mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 311 MiB
Duration : 2 min
Overall bit rate : 17.4 Mb/s
Movie name : PUPPIES BATH IN 4K (ULTRA HD)
Description : To view this video in 4K select "Original" in the resolution menu. If you're having trouble with 4K playback, try using different browsers, like Internet Explorer, Firefox or Google Chrome.
Our friends just had puppies and we took the chance to film them this last weekend before they all left for new homes.
This video was filmed and edited at 4K (4096x2304) resolution, four times greater than regular 1080p HD. All 4K file are available upon request. Shot on Red Epic.
Follow us on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jakeschwarz
Tech spec:
Red Epic (M642) w/ Ti Canon Mount
16-35mm & 50mm L-Series Lens
Adobe Premiere CS6 and DaVinci Resolve
Question or business inquires:
[email protected]
Copyright © 2014 Mystery Box, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Writing application : Lavf57.48.103
Writing library : Lavf57.48.103 / Lavf57.48.103
Comment : To view this video in 4K select "Original" in the resolution menu. If you're having trouble with 4K playback, try using different browsers, like Internet Explorer, Firefox or Google Chrome.
Our friends just had puppies and we took the chance to film them this last weekend before they all left for new homes.
This video was filmed and edited at 4K (4096x2304) resolution, four times greater than regular 1080p HD. All 4K file are available upon request. Shot on Red Epic.
Follow us on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jakeschwarz
Tech spec:
Red Epic (M642) w/ Ti Canon Mount
16-35mm & 50mm L-Series Lens
Adobe Premiere CS6 and DaVinci Resolve
Question or business inquires:
[email protected]
Copyright © 2014 Mystery Box, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
ARTIST : Jacob Katie Schwarz
DATE : 20120922
PURL : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMwxZO2UjBw
Video #1
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2 min
Width : 4 096 pixels
Height : 2 304 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 24.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Default : Yes
Forced : No
DURATION : 00:02:29.651000000
HANDLER_NAME : VideoHandler
Audio #2
ID : 2
Format : Opus
Codec ID : A_OPUS
Duration : 2 min
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -7 ms
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
DURATION : 00:02:29.661000000
I thought it couldn't play .mkv so I converted File 2 to mp4 (using ffmpeg) which worked. But surprisingly, File 1 also worked without conversion so format isn't an issue. But then all the codecs look that same for me. What am I missing?
Thanks!
