[DanielSB]

Another HDR question, though I've actually read about a hundred pages back, so hopefully I'm not just repeating someone else's question

I'm holding off on purchasing a 4k HDR capable graphics card until its HDR support is confirmed with the Linux kernel and Kodi. I'm guessing it'll be a GT 1030 or an RX 550, though I read somewhere that GeForce cards actually only output 8-bit even if they decode 10- and 12-bit HDR (though I'm hesitant to believe this; it just doesn't sound right).

Anyway, since there seems to be some support for 10 bpp output just without the "HDR" monicker, I'm wondering if one couldn't "just" get the same result by not sending HDR per se, but instead switching to 30-bit RGB? This would also allow for image slideshows to display in a wide colour palette when available. Or maybe that question just reveals how little I understand how hardware-assisted video decoding actually works? Or maybe HDR10 is more than just 10 bpp

I have an LG OLED which does HDR, and it works great with DLNA using its native player, and HDR looks amazing. It just doesn't support, e.g. TrueHD audio or FLAC in MKVs, and besides I really really love Kodi and its plugins and library and picture support as well