2023-03-11, 22:41
There's information scattered throughout this forum regarding Dolby Vision and Kodi.
... so I decided to create a discussion thread for it in a place where it's appropriate.
Instead of hijacked threads in support for various devices feel free to comment on dolby vision in general here, as long as it's in regards to Kodi I believe this should be acceptable.
A good article on Dolby Vision in general so that expectations can be managed - https://www.androidheadlines.com/dolby-vision
As I see it, it's using HDR10+ in a continuously variable way that it can optimize video per frame.
Samsung may or may not support it in the future as it's a competing technology but if you have an HDR10+ Samsung TV it can be utilized.
Other information regarding Samsung displays seems to indicate that Dolby Vision could be as close as a firmware update.
Personally, I can see the difference in HDR10 and Dolby Vision, there's a color tone quality in Dolby Vision not present otherwise - but this is my own eyes, you should do what looks good to yours.
More so on topic for Kodi, there's been an adjustment in master that allows Kodi to utilize a Dolby Vision hardware decoder if present despite the display's report of whether or not it supports it.
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/22950
According to this post it has been merged into master and can be tested in the latest nightly builds.
...and I encourage you to test and give feedback.
In my own testing using a FireTV Cube Gen3 it looks amazing when using the dolby-vision decoder with my older Samsung TV QN82Q6FNA
I have been testing using my own content of 4K BluRay REMUX as well as content from Disney+, Hulu and Paramount+ thanks to addons from matthuisman
Best titles to test on those platforms
Disney+ - Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness
Hulu - Run.
Paramount+ - Criminal Minds Evolution
Here's a Dolby Vision video which can be used for irrefutable results, either it's colored pink or it's working properly no middle ground - https://www.demolandia.net/downloads.html?id=43254366
quietvoid has builds to improve Dolby Vision detection which can be seen here
Regarding coreelec, it is not supported yet because of the requirement for Dolby Vision licensing and you can read more about that in the Dolby Vision FAQs
Other devices offering Dolby Vision (which I have not tested personally and cannot endorse because of that)
Homatics Box R 4K Plus forum thread here
RockTek G2
... so I decided to create a discussion thread for it in a place where it's appropriate.
Instead of hijacked threads in support for various devices feel free to comment on dolby vision in general here, as long as it's in regards to Kodi I believe this should be acceptable.
A good article on Dolby Vision in general so that expectations can be managed - https://www.androidheadlines.com/dolby-vision
As I see it, it's using HDR10+ in a continuously variable way that it can optimize video per frame.
Samsung may or may not support it in the future as it's a competing technology but if you have an HDR10+ Samsung TV it can be utilized.
Other information regarding Samsung displays seems to indicate that Dolby Vision could be as close as a firmware update.
Personally, I can see the difference in HDR10 and Dolby Vision, there's a color tone quality in Dolby Vision not present otherwise - but this is my own eyes, you should do what looks good to yours.
More so on topic for Kodi, there's been an adjustment in master that allows Kodi to utilize a Dolby Vision hardware decoder if present despite the display's report of whether or not it supports it.
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/22950
According to this post it has been merged into master and can be tested in the latest nightly builds.
...and I encourage you to test and give feedback.
In my own testing using a FireTV Cube Gen3 it looks amazing when using the dolby-vision decoder with my older Samsung TV QN82Q6FNA
I have been testing using my own content of 4K BluRay REMUX as well as content from Disney+, Hulu and Paramount+ thanks to addons from matthuisman
Best titles to test on those platforms
Disney+ - Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness
Hulu - Run.
Paramount+ - Criminal Minds Evolution
Here's a Dolby Vision video which can be used for irrefutable results, either it's colored pink or it's working properly no middle ground - https://www.demolandia.net/downloads.html?id=43254366
quietvoid has builds to improve Dolby Vision detection which can be seen here
Regarding coreelec, it is not supported yet because of the requirement for Dolby Vision licensing and you can read more about that in the Dolby Vision FAQs
Other devices offering Dolby Vision (which I have not tested personally and cannot endorse because of that)
Homatics Box R 4K Plus forum thread here
RockTek G2