[Warner306]

Hi there,

New to the forum and since recently entered the 4K HDR world. First thing I noticed was that is rather difficult for a n00b to setup a proper environment on a PC for playing UHD content. Now after a lot of searching I ended up trying to integrate MadVR in to a player. This is all new to me so I wanted the option with the greatest ease so I tried Kodi DSplayer.

Installation went ok, got it and MadVR installed, but if I try to play (any) content, it does nothing. Selecting the DVDplayer as player works, but I need the capabilities of MadVR. I tried different settings of the MadVr render engine, but cannot get it to play anything (not regular HD or HEVC 10bit content).

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

ps. my specs: Core i7-3770 + GTX1080

You've configured each filter?

The file is a SMB Windows share?

Use system filters (Directshow merits) is unchecked?

I have another question, which video decoder should I use for best HDR playback?
If I select CUVID the playback on a demo HDR video (sony camping demo) is extremely choppy
If I select DXVA (copy - back) it's starts a bit choppy but evens it out eventually
If I select DXVA Native it plays ok, but the colors look inverted or something and overblown (see image below)

And in none of the selected decoders I get the HDR popup my LG tv gives when HDR content is played.

DXVA copy-back is the way to go for bug free playback.

HDR passthrough isn't working at this point because there is no way for the GPU to pass this metadata to the display. Currently, only HDR to SDR is working correctly.