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2016-01-08, 18:55
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If the beamer can do Limited correctly. There is no need to upscale content. All blurays are Limited Range anyways, you just need to take care that it gets the content in a proper way:
This makes sense:
A) Kodi full range, GPU full range, Beamer Full range, Dithering 8 bit (content is scaled from 16:235 to 0:255)
B) Kodi limited range, GPU full range OR Video ColorRange 16:235 (*), Dithering 8 bit (yes, there is content that is colored quite bad)
(*) Video ColorRange 16:235 is not to be confused with Limited 16:235 which would do an own clamp step which is unwanted.
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It's not a kodi thing - it's a driver thing. As you said you found howto set to Full range with xrandr ... then you are also able to set it to this video mode.
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There is no mistake - everything is fine.
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and the Coulour Range Setting 16-235 in Kodi should be set to OFF and Dithering Enabled and set to 8 bits ?
One more question.
Usually when using an Oppo or so the Colour Range is YbYcYr4:4:4. Is there a difference used to the RGB range now ? or would it be a noticable difference if i used it with windows and changed it to YbYcYr4:4:4 (Just wondering)
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It all depends. What is the Beamer setting?
If it's limited range, kodi needs to be set to limited range (Dithering does not harm)
If it's full range, kodi needs to be set to Use Limited Range disabled + Dithering 8 bit
Linux outputs RGB.
Hint: For all reading this. That is only that simple when you are running a kernel with the Video Mode patches, else it's a nightmare.
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ok , the Beamer CAN do Full Range. I set it to Limited Range now.
What do you recommend setting the Beamer too ? Beamer Full or Limited Range ?