Hi10P (wiki) As of v13 (Gotham), Kodi will automatically use multi-thread (multi-core) software video decoding for Hi10P videos, allowing for better performance on low-end processors, given hardware requirements.
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=230991
(2016-10-31, 18:33)PatK Wrote: [ -> ]Hi10P (wiki) As of v13 (Gotham), Kodi will automatically use multi-thread (multi-core) software video decoding for Hi10P videos, allowing for better performance on low-end processors, given hardware requirements. http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=230991
As you can see in this video every time I
Intel Kaby Lake Testing start HDR content on my Intel Kabylake device the video size is overscale.
I don't think there is any connection between Hi10P decoding and HDR. Two different things.
I think it's important to understand that Kodi is software, the hardware for 10 bit must be in place and atm Krypton is a work in progress, there's no doubt in my mind that the Kodi road map will lead to 4K 10bit in hardware, Patience, I just don't have the funds to buy into all this nice new technology just yet
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wesk05 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-dynam...ideo#HDR10 Watch out for marketing labels.
(2016-11-01, 02:11)PatK Wrote: [ -> ]I think it's important to understand that Kodi is software, the hardware for 10 bit must be in place and atm Krypton is a work in progress, there's no doubt in my mind that the Kodi road map will lead to 4K 10bit in hardware, Patience, I just don't have the funds to buy into all this nice new technology just yet
@wesk05 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-dynam...ideo#HDR10 Watch out for marketing labels.
What marketing labels are you referring to? HDR whether it be the HDR10 or Dolby Vision flavors are not Hi10P. And HDR is what the OP asked about.
HDR10 is supported by new Nvidia GPUs. MadVR offers some limited support.
http://www.acousticfrontiers.com/uhd-101-v2/
HDR requires a bit depth of 10-bits, the number of bits used to indicate the color of a single pixel,UHD or Ultra HD, seems like a marketing tool.
The Consumer Technology Association announced the HDR10 Media Profile, more commonly known as HDR10, which uses the Rec. 2020 color space format limited to a DCI-P3 color gamut, Perceptual Quantizer (PQ), and a bit depth of 10-bits
So for the purposes of Kodi HDR refers to 10 bit video.
what kind of screen you need to view 10bit video?
You can watch 10 bit videos on most set-ups, but you wouldn't get the extra bit planes (to appreciate the colours) unless your TV was capable and the graphic card supported it (with drivers of course). Grab one
Samples (wiki)
It's not just 10bit. Even with a 10bit monitor that is not HDR compliant, it won't show HDR content fully. Traditional videos, 8 to 10 bit videos offer 6 steps of contrast, which is why you don't get the detail in the blacks and in some other areas of bright whites, which sometimes seems to over blow details that the eye could normally see. HDR, as I understand offers 8 steps, which gives more contrast in the whites and blacks. Allowing more detail and better over all color reproduction.
There is more to it than that. but 8 bit vs 10 bit is only more colors.
... and in addition to 10-bit panels. Both HDR formats contain metatdata that has to be supported.
So any time frame when HDR will be properly supported in Windows for Kodi, I that functionality already works in Android.
Very good description of what HDR is and includes ...
http://ca.rtings.com/tv/learn/hdr10-vs-dolby-vision
So yes, as previously written HDR will need 10-bit support. But it will also need to be able pass metadata to the display. At the moment, MadVR can handle unencrypted HDR content. So if Kodi team believes HDR = 10-bit, they're wrong. HDR = suppport for both 10-bit & metadata
(2016-11-03, 12:37)JonnyVee Wrote: [ -> ]Very good description of what HDR is and includes ...
http://ca.rtings.com/tv/learn/hdr10-vs-dolby-vision
So yes, as previously written HDR will need 10-bit support. But it will also need to be able to pass metadata to the display. At the moment, MadVR can handle unencrypted HDR content. So if Kodi team believes HDR = 10-bit, they're wrong. HDR = support for both 10-bit & metadata
Agreed and the Metadata part is the most important function for HDR