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Here is some information in regard to this Release:
A) DV Type is now set as default to "DV as VS10 Only" to accommodate SDR-only displays. After resetting the screen to default values make sure to set the DV Type to the appropriate value for your display.
B) Fixed another blackout screen DV bug. Fixed Super Mario Bros Movie (2023) and Marty Supreme screen blackout (my previous builds had fixed the Zootopia 2 screen blackout bug). There are probably other types of blackout screen bugs but I need a sample and timestamp to be able to reproduce the issue and solve as it was the case with these previous video files.
C) Further fixed VS10 DV to SDR brightness bug for edge cases (the original long-standing bug was fixed on my previous builds).
D) Fixed video edge issues including playback of some custom videos.
E) Fixed some audio edge issues.
F) Further ported and aligned to cpm-code improvements and fixes including:
- Added adjustment for both PGS subtitle luminance and saturation - Settings/System/Display. The default setting is as before the correct standards luminance and saturation but if you prefer to change it, now there are these two options.
- Added TrueHD Atmos, E-AC-3, and AC-3 dialogue normalization defeat (0db) - Settings/System/Audio.
- Added DV CMv4.0 on the fly append - Settings/System/CoreELEC - This setting only shows if you have selected Display Led (DV-Std).
G) Fixed VS10 skin buttons - now VS10 skin buttons fully working including OSD staying in correct luminance.
H) Added "Auto" feature for DV CMv4.0 on the fly append - It will trigger the append if there is no L2 or if the assessed/defined display max lum VSVDB value is higher than the video source MDL.
I) New updated avdvplus R9 estuary "light" skin, special thanks to frodo19. This skin shows additional AV1 video info when using a S905X4 SoC device and some additional media info for all players.
J) New updated boot splash screen with rotating C to prevent screen burn-in, special thanks to frodo19.
K) Changed CoreELEC build Update to be "manual" with no Notification/Statistics by default.
L) Backported some CoreELEC/Kodi 22 fixes.
M) Ported one commit from pannal p3i T3/T3a/T3b builds - added setting to skip E-AC-3 dialnorm defeat for Atmos - Settings/System/Audio.
N) Other minor improvements and fixes.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
If you are having audio/video playback issues when using my build with PlexMod for Kodi (PM4K) please try to completely turn off/disable Alternate Seek in PM4K. If the problem still persists with PM4K then try playing the same video file directly from a smb/nfs share connection or a local usb drive (i.e., not using PM4K). If you still have problems playing the video when using a smb/nfs/local drive then please post the issue on my Builds "Issues" page, if you do not have playback issues using a smb/nfs/local drive then you can try PlexKodiConnect (PKC) that has similar Plex connection capabilities as PM4K - https://github.com/croneter/PlexKodiConnect - You can have both PKC and PM4K installed at the same time and see which one works best for you.
If you are using an AVR/Audio Processor and had adjusted the Audio Delay previously it is recommended that you check it again on your equipment since whatever you had set before could not be the same as with this new build. You can use the video files from https://photojoseph.com/tips/2021/3/30/downloadable-audiovideo-sync-tests-2398-24-25-2997-50-5994 or any other video/audio sync files you prefer to calibrate your equipment.
A reminder from R1 release notes - After you install/update my build please make sure to always go to Settings/System/CoreELEC on the bottom of the screen and press "Reset above settings to default" and confirm with "yes" so my screen changes are aligned correctly. This is the screen settings "reset" NOT the CoreELEC "soft reset" and definitely NOT the "hard reset". After resetting the screen settings you can then select the appropriate settings for your equipment.
Thanks again to all of the testers.