(2016-10-03, 16:21)wrxtasy Wrote: (2016-10-03, 14:41)D3rdevil Wrote: And what about Dolby Vision is that still a possibility or not working on this machine for good?
For true DolbyVision output - You need DolbyVision material, played on a DolbyVison capable media Player feed to a DolbyVision capable display.
Both the media Player and display have to have actual DolbyVision hardware chips in them.
No Kodi media player has the required DolbyVision Hardware chip.
See here:
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/tvs-enter...difference
You can say the same for HDR10:
For true HDR10 output - You need HDR10 material, played on a HDR10 capable media Player feed to a HDR10 capable display.
Both the media Player and display have to have actual HDR10 hardware chips in them.
A HDR10 / Dolby Vision hardware chip in a HDR10 / Dolby Vision capable media player / display is just a SoC (i.e. a
computer system) which should be compatible with HDR10 / Dolby Vision.
About SoC:
"A system on a chip or system on chip (SoC or SOC) is an integrated circuit (IC) that integrates all components of a computer or other electronic system into a single chip."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_on_a_chip
Dolby patent about Dolby Vision features:
"... Embodiments of the present invention may be implemented with a computer system, systems configured in electronic circuitry and components, an integrated circuit (IC) device such as a microcontroller, a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or another configurable or programmable logic device (PLD), a discrete time or digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific IC (ASIC), and/or apparatus that includes one or more of such systems, devices or components..."
http://www.google.ch/patents/US20140050271
According to the CTO of Vizio, there is no specific Dolby Vision hardware chip, Dolby Vision is software (i.e. a SoC is a hardware & software computer system, and the SoC hardware is not specifically designed for Dolby Vision as well as for HDR10):
""There is no DV chip... DolbyVision is a format + processing/mapping SW."
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/166-lcd-fl...st43311322
A Dolby Vision demo game running on a standard PC with a standard graphics card without any specific Dolby Vision hardware chip (i.e. Dolby Vision is only software):
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/166-lcd-fl...st47051217
Dolby Vision compatible SoC:
http://armdevices.net/?s=dolby+vision+
http://www.cnx-software.com/tag/dolby-vision/
https://twitter.com/DanielBa78/status/77...8752881668
Apparently Dolby Vision capable media players / displays should have a Dolby Vision certification from Dolby.
Also there are Dolby Vision licensing fees:
"You may hear about one other difference between Dolby Vision and HDR10. Some people will point out that TV manufacturers pay to have Dolby Vision in their displays, while HDR10 is free. While that’s true, the difference isn’t significant. The royalty cost to add Dolby Vision ranges from less than $3 per TV to lower than $2 per TV. Manufacturers are making some very affordable Dolby Vision enabled TVs – Vizio’s M series of Dolby Vision enabled displays includes some that retail for as low as $750. Dolby Vision enables these TVs to achieve a level of performance that would otherwise require more expensive hardware."
[Giles Baker, SVP of Dolby]
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dolby-vis...iles-baker