fire-tv-stick-4k-problematic-video-sample
Fire TV Stick 4K Problematic Video Sample
Fire TV Stick 4K (2nd gen.) fails on some videos that play well on other Android platforms.
black-screen-no-osd.mkv
This is a video sample that does not play on Fire TV Stick 4K (2nd gen.). It results in a completely black screen, not even the OSD is displayed.
It plays well on:
- Pixel 7 Pro phone (Android 14): VLC, MX Player, Kodi
- TV LG OLED48CX3LB (WebOS updated to sept 2024): Kodi, Plex (no transcoding), Jellyfin (no transcoding), Stremio
- On Windows 10: Windows Media Player 12.0, MPC-BE 1.8.0, SMPlayer 24.5.0, Kodi 21.1.
On TIMVISION Box Sagemcom DTIW3930 there is no audio output irrespective of player.
Here is the Mediainfo report:
General
Unique ID : 51265169665455028893211215284950431723 (0x2691500260A9FBCFDA6F0B400EEE77EB)
Complete name : black-screen-no-osd.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 23.9 MiB
Duration : 8 s 188 ms
Overall bit rate : 24.5 Mb/s
Writing application : Lavf60.16.100
Writing library : Lavf60.16.100
ErrorDetectionType : Per level 1
Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L5@High
HDR format : Dolby Vision, Version 1.0, dvhe.08.06, BL+RPU, HDR10 compatible / SMPTE ST 2094 App 4, Version 1, HDR10+ Profile A compatible
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 8 s 188 ms
Bit rate : 24.5 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 1 606 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 20 909.868 FPS
Original frame rate : 24.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 (Type 2)
Bit depth : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.000
Stream size : 20.4 GiB
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics : PQ
Matrix coefficients : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries : BT.2020
Mastering display luminance : min: 0.0050 cd/m2, max: 1000 cd/m2
Maximum Content Light Level : 714 cd/m2
Maximum Frame-Average Light Level : 123 cd/m2
Possible workaround:
alias dovifix='tf() { ffmpeg -i "$1" -map 0 -c copy -bsf:v "filter_units=remove_types=39" "dovifix_$1"; }; tf'
dovifix moviefiletofix.mkv