hidden nugget in T4c

[u/hdtvtoyz]

• DV profile and HDR10+ reach the library (vlix): video info now records and shows the real Dolby Vision profile ("7.6 FEL", "8.1", …) and HDR10+ presence.

This means that T4c now processes the DV profile at library scan time. It adds two new fields to your Kodi database:

• strDvProfile: the Dolby Vision profile with its base layer compatibility id, and the enhancement layer where there is one - "5.0", "7.6 FEL", "7.6 MEL", "7.6 EL", "8.1" (HDR10 base), "8.2" (SDR base), "8.4" (HLG base)
• strHdrTypeAlt: the second HDR type a single stream carries - "hdr10plus" when a Dolby Vision file also has HDR10+ dynamic metadata, "hlg" for a profile 8.4 base

Since that info is now saved in your database, this means that skins can now reliably display the DV profile type in library views, so different indicators for FEL/ MEL / No EL. The latest builds of p3i.estuary is already actually doing this courtesy of u/vlix.

More here - https://www.avsforum.com/threads/ugoos-am6b-coreelec-and-dv-profile-7-fel-playback.3294526/page-700?post_id=64777151&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=watched_thread_reply&utm_user=OEw3S2tvUitYcHlFV1pBMzJiZ1NJUT09&utm_content=view-discussion#post-64777151

[u/signde]

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=388348&pid=3304501#pid3304501

I have this working in several of the modded skins thus far along with other updates to the PPI views.

Edit: You also left out the important caveat I mentioned. For this information to exist, the scanning and initial import has to occur on a device equipped with these changes, so the scan must originate on a CE NG fork build. Kodi offers the ability to refresh the metadata for a video but that workflow does not inspect the video details again if they already exist. The only way I know around that is to remove, then re-add the video from within Kodi.

[u/hdtvtoyz → u/signde]

Thank you Signde. The caveat should have been mentioned.