Apple TV Plus content no longer plays in Dolby Vision

My TV and receiver are Dolby Vision capable, I know this for a fact because I can enable it manually through the Apple TV 4K, but I like to leave the video settings at 4K HDR. Up until a few weeks ago whenever I begin to play See, my TV used to automatically switch to Dolby Vision; however, it doesn't do this anymore and just plays the content in HDR. It seems to be an Apple TV+ plus issue, because when I when play Dolby Vision content through Netflix, my setup would automatically switch to Dolby Vision. Any thoughts?

Posted on Nov 22, 2019 8:44 PM

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Dec 19, 2019 5:30 AM in response to gqraverice

I reported this issue to Apple Support today. I have a samsung qe65q9fn which doesn’t have Dolby vision support but should okay standard HDR10, but this is only for some content. See episode 1, HDR, episode 2 SDR. Morning show all HDR, truth be told all SDR.


Folks you need to report these issues through the Apple support app, glad it’s not an issue with my TV.


cheers


mike

Dec 19, 2019 1:36 PM in response to SuoerHoff

SuoerHoff wrote:

So Dolby vision came back to my Apple TV+ plus app for tha last two weeks for the Apple TV plus shows like see etc. Now tonight boom. No HDR at all..... back to SDR only.
anyone else test please?
Strangely, all the films I bought on Apple TV still play in full Dolby vision.

apple tv plus app on 4k firestick.

If you're talking about the FireTV Stick 4K:

the Apple TV app for the FireTV currently doesn't support Dolby Vision at all. The support for this feature will be added with a later update. See here for more details.

It should support HDR10 though. But I've just tested it myself, some (not all!) ATV+ shows seem to play in HD with SDR instead - others seem to play with 4K + HDR10.


I've also tested it via AirPlay 2 and all the ATV+ shows just play fine in 4K + DV.

So it's not a general issue as it was before where you couldn't play any ATV+ content but the trailers in 4K + DV on a Apple TV 4K or via AirPlay 2.

Dec 19, 2019 11:11 PM in response to iDev1

Yes sorry I meant the shows stopped playing in HDR again. No HDR flag appears on my LG oled E8 tv and you can tell it is only being displayed in SDR.

i trues this on a few shows from Apple tv+ and none of them now play in HDR. All epsisodes.

a few weeks ago when I first used the Apple TV + app all the shows played in 4k HDR. Then they stopped playing in HDR (as reported widely) then it started to work in HDR again for last couple of weeks and then as I I said last night back to SDR only.

strange.

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