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Old 28th September 2020, 18:28   #4  |  Link
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Originally Posted by benwaggoner View Post
Yes, x265 absolutely supports encoding Dolby Vision, but only the single-layer Profiles 5, 8.1, and 8.2. So not the dual layer profiles. Profile 5 encodes the same quality at about 20% lower bitrate than dual layer, so that's what everyone is using today for offline playback unless they NEED the SDR backwards compatibility for some reason. Profile 8.x is targeted for live and not supported by all older Dolby Vision players. Profile 8.1 is an HDR-10 base layer plus metadata, ala HDR10+, so has good backwards compatibility.
I'm confused...

According to the MediaInfo report I posted above, the 'dual-layer' element of the Dolby Vision file was encoded using x265 3.2+20-a4e060a44839:[Windows][GCC 6.3.0][64 bit] 10bit.


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