Early 4.9 testers wanted

Testing
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Yes – and we’ve also found that some displays don’t do what we expected with this data; so we will add some logic to deliver the best experience possible for individual displays after the 4.9 release.

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I agree and wrote about in my Tone Mapping post over on the Kodi forum that certainly appears to be the case:
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?pid=2897271#pid2897271

What was really surprising is the picture output results my Apple TV 4K and Panasonic OLED produced on the 10,000 nits S&M clips considering the ATV 4K does not do MaxCLL/FALL HDR metadata passthrough.

Seems Panasonic do some detailed image analysis, where as LG definitely need correct MaxCLL/FALL HDR metadata.

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Will there be any significant changes with HDR to SDR conversion / tone mapping? I have a few UHD rips that are mastered at 4,000 nits (eg. The Meg) which is a challenge for HDR to SDR conversion. Outdoor scenes are completely blown out and most detail is lost and adjusting brightness / contrast to where I can bring back details on these scenes renders the rest of the scenes too dark.

For titles like this I currently need to use my Panasonic UB420 with the HDR Optimizer enabled.

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Yes - there are a number of changes

Sam

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Hi,

When could be the public testing release?

Thanks in advance.

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Probably in a few days

Sam

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Count me in, I have 4K+.
I love OSMC. Thanks for your hard work

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Please, could you add me to this testing ? Thanks!

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Done.

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Could you pm me how to enter on testing thread? I can’t found it. Thanks

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It is a PM.

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I’m happy to test. I have a Vero 4K, and a bunch of Vero 4K+'s, and have different 4K TVs.

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Can I be added to the early testers list please?
Thanks

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Done.

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Pls. add me. Using Vero 4k. Mostly interested in 3D, but also Reinhard (if thats in the builds). Do not know what other new features i could be excited in.

Btw: Are there pins for serial port and would it make sense to solder those up / connect them to get better kernel/boot diag, in case that might be needed ?

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Is there a list of things to test for 4.9?

I’m interested in HDR tone mapping testing if it’s in the 4.9 release.

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I’d be interested in testing as well. I have 150 UHD titles ripped and stored to attached HDDs and would like to test the HDR to SDR conversion of titles mastered at 1000 and 4000 nits.

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Sam said in another thread that tone mapping is coming but kernel 4.9 has the highest priority right now.

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Could I be added to the test?

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Done.