update Dolby Vision support status

Moritz Bunkus 2023-11-29 20:37:29 +01:00
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# Status of the support for Dolby Vision
This page details the status of the support for Dolby Vision in the upcoming MKVToolNix v81.0 as of 2023-11-20.
This page details the status of the support for Dolby Vision in the upcoming MKVToolNix v81.0 as of 2023-11-29.
**Dolby Vision support is considered to be complete as of v81.** This means that all features that were targeted initially have been implemented (potential bugs notwithstanding; those will be fixed, of course). Further work might extend Dolby Vision to other codecs.
## Codecs
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| ↓ Type \ Source → | Matroska | MP4 | MPEG Transport Stream | Annex B bitstream |
|------------------------------------------------------------|----------|-------|-----------------------|-------------------|
| Single layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓[^6] | ✓[^1] |
| Dual layer (Base & Enhancement Layers in same track) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓[^2] | ✓[^2] |
| Dual layer (Base & Enhancement Layers in different tracks) | —[^4] | —[^4] | ✗[^3] | —[^5] |
| Single layer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓[^1] | ✓[^2] |
| Dual layer (Base & Enhancement Layers in same track) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓[^3] | ✓[^3] |
| Dual layer (Base & Enhancement Layers in different tracks) | —[^5] | —[^5] | ✓[^4] | —[^6] |
[^1]: implemented after release 57.0.0 in revision 0b5bd84b10823ec5dbf5cc23686b6b5d7fe55181 ; see !2232 and #3113 for details
[^2]: implemented after release 80.0 in revision dfa159213ebb2a84f4db5f1e94935c4d55fc4d41; see #3126 for details
[^3]: support might be coming in the future; see #3127
[^4]: neither Matroska nor MP4 store both layers in different tracks (see "Dolby Vision Streams Within the ISO Base Media File Format Version 2.2"), or rather: MP4 only does so in older files, and I won't support those
[^5]: unsupported & won't be supported in the future either
[^6]: implemented after release 80.0 in revision 35f0ca6b08cab2d6ed794da2b05535b6abe6196e; see #3113 for details
[^1]: implemented after release 80.0 in revision 35f0ca6b08cab2d6ed794da2b05535b6abe6196e; see #3113 for details
[^2]: implemented after release 57.0.0 in revision 0b5bd84b10823ec5dbf5cc23686b6b5d7fe55181 ; see !2232 and #3113 for details
[^3]: implemented after release 80.0 in revision dfa159213ebb2a84f4db5f1e94935c4d55fc4d41; see #3126 for details
[^4]: implemented after release 80.0 in revision 473081e2e88aaf7411343866d667133e68f86fa9; see #3127 for details
[^5]: neither Matroska nor MP4 store both layers in different tracks (see "Dolby Vision Streams Within the ISO Base Media File Format Version 2.2"), or rather: MP4 only does so in older files, and I won't support those
[^6]: unsupported & won't be supported in the future either
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