Best setup for Jellyfin + Dolby Vision TV? (programming.dev)

submitted 7 months ago by tatterdemalion@programming.dev to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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This might not be entirely on topic, but I think someone here will know the answer.

Does anyone have a working setup for streaming from jellyfin to an OLED TV (preferably LG) that supports Dolby Vision? AFAICT every device in the chain (except the server) needs to be DV-licensed.

Apparently KODI on a linux box (my current setup) cannot output DV content over HDMI.

I'm wondering if LG's native OS has a Jellyfin client that supports DV well. It's either that or:

Apple TV + infuse client (expensive)
Google TV Streamer

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[-] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 1 points 7 months ago

Does anyone have a working setup

Any Jellyfin setup would do, as long as whatever you're watching it on supports DV.

[-] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 0 points 7 months ago

I don't think that's the case. Whatever device is running the jellyfin client needs to support DV. So in my case, a Linux box running KODI cannot decode DV (because Linux has no DV support AFAIK), even though it's connected to a TV that supports DV.

[-] kaiyo@piefed.ca 2 points 7 months ago

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/post-install/transcoding/hardware-acceleration/nvidia#tone-mapping-methods

Has nothing to do with linux and everything to do with your boxes hardware

[-] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Unfortunately I don't see any mention of Dolby Vision Profile 8 support. My KODI box has an intel GPU.

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