Dolby Vision streams

within the HTTP Live

Streaming format v1.1
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Contents
1.1 Copyright 3

1.2 Trademarks 4

1 Introduction to Dolby Vision streams within the HTTP Live Streaming format
5
1.1 Dolby Vision encoding 5
1.2 HTTP Live Streaming 6
1.3 Dolby Vision stream multiplexing in HTTP Live Streaming 6
1.4 Standards and Dolby documents 6
1.5 Contacting Dolby 7

2 Dolby Vision profiles and levels 8

2.1 Dolby Vision profiles 8
2.2 Dolby Vision levels 9

3 Signaling Dolby Vision in an HTTP Live Streaming playlist file 10

3.1 HTTP Live Streaming playlist files 10
3.2 HTTP Live Streaming playlist files with Dolby Vision 10
3.3 HTTP Live Streaming playlist examples 12
3.3.1 Dual-layer AVC 8-bit backward-compatible Dolby Vision
stream 12
3.3.2 Dual-layer HEVC 10-bit backward-compatible Dolby Vision
stream 13
3.3.3 Single-layer HEVC 10-bit non-backward-compatible Dolby
Vision stream 13

Glossary 15

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 Copyright
© 2016 Dolby Laboratories. All rights reserved. Unauthorized use, sale, or duplication is
prohibited. This document is provided solely for informational purposes, and Dolby makes no
representations or warranties as to the contents herein. Nothing in this document
constitutes a license to practice Dolby Vision, or any particular standard, such as HEVC or
AVC, and licenses from Dolby and/or third parties may be required to make or sell products
described in the document.
For information, contact:

Dolby Laboratories, Inc.

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Telephone 415-558-0200
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http://www.dolby.com

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 Trademarks
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 1.1 Dolby Vision encoding

1 Introduction to Dolby Vision streams

within the HTTP Live Streaming
format
This document specifies the required data formatting and signaling between a server and its
clients to enable Dolby Vision to be transported within MPEG-2 transport streams under
HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) protocol.

• Dolby Vision encoding

• HTTP Live Streaming
• Dolby Vision stream multiplexing in HTTP Live Streaming
• Standards and Dolby documents
• Contacting Dolby

1.1 Dolby Vision encoding

Dolby Vision video content can be encoded in one single layer or two separate layers along
with Dolby Vision metadata. Both schemes allow the format to deliver more dynamic range
and a wider color gamut, while providing backward compatibility with standard dynamic
range (SDR) playback devices in some of the dual-layer cases.
When encoded using the dual-layer scheme, the Dolby Vision stream consists of a base layer,
an enhancement layer, and a reference picture unit.

• The base layer may or may not be SDR compliant (that is, compliant with ITU-R
Recommendation BT.709 [Rec. 709] standards). When compliant with Rec. 709 standards,
the base layer offers backward compatibility, allowing playback of Dolby Vision streams
from SDR-compliant devices that do not support Dolby Vision.
• The enhancement layer carries the color and brightness differences between the graded
source (that is, source that is graded to Dolby Vision standards) and base layer version of
the source.
• The reference picture unit is a aspecial Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) unit that contains
the Dolby Vision metadata. It is also a complete Dolby Vision metadata access unit for the
current picture.

For a dual-layer Dolby Vision stream, these layers are encoded in either one or two video
elementary streams. The video elementary stream codec is either Advanced Video Coding
(AVC) or High-Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), as defined in ISO/IEC 14496-10, ISO/IEC
14496-15, and ISO/IEC 23008-2.
When encoded using the single-layer scheme, the Dolby Vision stream consists of the base
layer and reference picture unit only (without the enhancement layer) and is encoded in one
10-bit HEVC elementary stream. Because the base layer in this case is not SDR compliant, the
single-layer scheme does not offer backward compatibility.
For detailed information, refer to the Dolby Vision VES multiplexing specification.

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1.2 HTTP Live Streaming

HTTP Live Streaming is a protocol developed by Apple for transferring streams of media data.
HTTP Live Streaming supports both live broadcasts and prerecorded content (video on
demand).
HTTP Live Streaming uses segmented MPEG-2 transport streams for streaming the video-
only content of a multimedia presentation, and uses segmented audio elementary streams
for streaming audio-only content. These segmented streams are created from unbounded
MPEG-2 transport streams or audio-only elementary streams by using a segmentation tool.
Information about the contained multimedia presentation is signalled with the MPEG-2
transport stream metadata and HTTP Live Streaming playlist file.

1.3 Dolby Vision stream multiplexing in HTTP Live

Streaming
A Dolby Vision stream is transported in a single program transport stream (SPTS) under HTTP
Live Streaming protocol.
For transmission using HTTP Live Streaming, the base-layer, enhancement-layer if available,
and reference-picture-unit substreams are combined into a single Dolby Vision stream. This
Dolby Vision stream is used as input for encoding a regular AVC or HEVC elementary stream.
The resulting elementary stream can be multiplexed into a single program transport stream.
There are two types of Dolby Vision stream configuration: a dual-layer Dolby Vision stream
and a single-layer Dolby Vision stream. A dual-layer Dolby Vision stream is composed of both
the base-layer and enhancement-layer substreams (and a reference-picture-unit substream).
A single-layer Dolby Vision stream is composed of the base-layer and reference-picture-unit
substreams only, without the enhancement layer.
In either stream configuration, the base-layer substream is compliant with ISO/IEC 14496-10,
ISO/IEC 14496-15, and ISO/IEC 23008-2 and decodable by an AVC or HEVC–compliant decoder.
Depending on whether or not the output of the decoder is an SDR signal, a Dolby Vision
stream can be defined as an SDR or non-SDR-compliant stream, respectively.
For detailed information about the multiplexing process, refer to the Dolby Vision VES
multiplexing specification.

1.4 Standards and Dolby documents

Standards and Dolby documents provide additional information to assist you in designing
your product.

Standards
• HTTP Live Streaming—draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-19, available from https://
datatracker.ietf.org. (Search for "pantos".)
• ISO/IEC 13818-1:201X/PDAM 3, Information technology—Generic coding of moving
pictures and associated audio information: Systems amendment 3, available from http://
www.iso.org.
• ISO/IEC 14496-10:2014, Information technology—Coding of audio-visual objects, part 10:
Advanced video coding, available from http://www.iso.org.

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• ISO/IEC 14496-12:2012, Information technology—Coding of audio-visual objects, part 12:

ISO base media file format, available from http://www.iso.org. This document is Part 12 of
the MPEG-4 specification and describes storage of content in a media file.
• ISO/IEC 14496-15:2014, Information technology—Coding of audio-visual objects, part 15:
Carriage of network abstraction layer (NAL) unit structured video in ISO base media file
format, available from http://www.iso.org.
• ISO/IEC 23008-2:2013, Information technology—High efficiency coding and media
delivery in heterogeneous environments, part 2: High efficiency video coding, available
from http://www.iso.org.
• RFC 6381, The 'codecs' and 'profiles' parameters for "bucket" media types, August 2011,
available from http://tools.ietf.org/html.

Dolby documents
• Dolby Vision Video Elementary Stream multiplexing specification
(dovi_proenc_ves_muxing_spec.pdf), located in the documentation package of the kit.
• Dolby Vision bitstreams within the MPEG‑2 transport stream format, located in the
documentation package of the kit.

1.5 Contacting Dolby

Support services are available to address any questions and to provide advice about
integrating Dolby technology into your product.
For product design or testing, contact Dolby at [email protected]. By utilizing Dolby
expertise, especially during the design process, many problems that might require design
revisions before a product is approved can be prevented.
Dolby is also available to review product plans, including preliminary design information,
markings, displays, and control and menu layouts, with the goal of preventing problems
early in the product development cycle.
If you have comments or feedback about this document, send us an email at
[email protected].

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2 Dolby Vision profiles and levels

The Dolby Vision format provides many features, not all of which apply to every application.
Subsets of Dolby Vision features are stipulated in profiles and levels. Develop your
application to support one or more of these profiles and levels as needed.

• Dolby Vision profiles

• Dolby Vision levels

2.1 Dolby Vision profiles

A Dolby Vision profile is a subset of Dolby Vision feature configurations predefined by Dolby.
This table only lists profiles that are supported in online streaming formats. There are more
profiles applicable to other use cases. For details, refer to Dolby Vision profiles and levels.

Table 1: Dolby Vision profiles

Profile Profile BL codec EL codec BL:EL BL BL/EL BL EL codec
ID name backward layer full codec profile
compatibili alignmen profile
ty t
0 dvav.per AVC AVC 1:¼ SDR Yes H.264 H.264
High High
4 dvhe.dtr HEVC10 HEVC10 1:¼ SDR No H.265 H.265
main1 main10
0
5 dvhe.stn HEVC10 N/A N/A None N/A H.265 N/A
main1
0

In this table,

• Profile name is a string composed by following a common naming convention. This string
contains all information about the associated profile. For details, see the Dolby Vision
profile string section.
• BL:EL indicates the resolution ratio of base layer to enhancement layer.
• BL/EL full alignment indicates whether the enhancement-layer group of picture (GOP)
and sub-GOP structures are fully aligned with the base layer. When fully aligned in
decoding order, the base-layer and enhancement-layer instantaneous decoder refresh
(IDR) frames are aligned, and the base-layer and enhancement-layer access units that
belong to the same picture have identical picture order count (POC). In this situation,
skipping and seeking operations can be performed anywhere in a stream and are not
limited to IDR frames. We recommend encoders that produce dual-layer Dolby Vision
streams generate base layer and enhancement layer with full GOP/sub-GOP structure
alignment for all the profiles listed in the table.
• Base-layer backward compatibility indicates whether the base-layer substream can be
decoded to an SDR-compliant signal. Dolby Vision encoders must only use the baseline
profile composer for non-backward compatible profiles (with a backward compatibility
value of None).

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2.2 Dolby Vision levels

A Dolby Vision level specifies the maximum frame rate, bit rate, and resolution supported by
a product within a given profile.
Typically, there is a limit on the maximum number of pixels a product can process per second
within a given profile; the levels defined here generally correspond to the product processing
capability.

Table 2: Dolby Vision levels

Level ID Level name Example maximum Maximum bit rates (base layer and
resolution × frame enhancement layer combined)
rate (fps)
Main tier (Mbps) High tier (Mbps)
1 hd24 1280 × 720 × 24 20 50
2 hd30 1280 × 720 × 30 20 50
3 fhd24 1920 × 1080 × 24 20 70
4 fhd30 1920 × 1080 × 30 20 70
5 fhd60 1920 × 1080 × 60 20 70
6 uhd24 3840 × 2160 × 24 25 130
7 uhd30 3840 × 2160 × 30 25 130
8 uhd48 3840 × 2160 × 48 40 130
9 uhd60 3840 × 2160 × 60 40 130

The columns in this table include:

• Level name: These are strings composed by following a common naming convention.
These strings contain all information about the associated level. For details, see Dolby
Vision level string.
• Example max resolution × frame rate (fps): This column lists imposed limits on arithmetic
combinations of resolution and frame rate (resolution multiplied by frame rate). The
maximum pixels per second is a constant for a given level. The resolution is inversely
proportional to the frame rate, meaning that the resolution can be reduced for obtaining
higher frame rate, and vice versa.

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3 Signaling Dolby Vision in an HTTP

Live Streaming playlist file
Information about the Dolby Vision streams encapsulated in an HTTP Live Streaming stream
can be signaled within a playlist file.

• HTTP Live Streaming playlist files

• HTTP Live Streaming playlist files with Dolby Vision
• HTTP Live Streaming playlist examples

3.1 HTTP Live Streaming playlist files

An HLS playlist file provides information for a playback device about the available content for
a multimedia presentation.
Specifically, HLS playlist files provide information about:

• The media segments that comprise the multimedia presentation

• Available content variants in the content selection process (for example, different
languages)
• Available content renditions (for example, content rendered for different bandwidths)
HLS playlist files are regular M3U playlists, extended by the addition of information specific
to HTTP Live Streaming. This extended information is contained in lines that start with an
#EXT prefix inside the playlist. A playlist contains URIs that point to media files or to other
playlists.
The HLS protocol defines a specific type of playlist, known as a variant playlist, to allow a
client device to select from different versions of the same piece of content. For example,
these versions can be encoded at different bit rates to enable the client to switch to a lower
data rate when the available delivery bandwidth is reduced, or to switch to a higher data rate
to improve audio and video quality. A variant playlist may also point to alternative content
for a presentation, such as an alternative language version of the content.

3.2 HTTP Live Streaming playlist files with Dolby

Vision
In HTTP Live Streaming, the main way of signaling the type of video to be streamed is by
using the EXT-X-STREAM-INF or EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM-INF tag and its associated CODECS
attribute as defined in RFC 6381.
The CODEC attribute of the EXT-X-STREAM-INF parameter (or EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM-INF) must
include a dot-separated, three-part value to signal the codec, profile, and level information
of the referenced Dolby Vision stream.
For a non-backward-compatible Dolby Vision stream, the video codec value is composed in
this format:

[Dolby_Vision_fourCC].[Dovi_Profile_ID].[Dovi_Level_ID]

In this string,

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• The [Dolby_Vision_fourCC] is a four-character value as listed in the Sample description

entry code table. This value indicates the codec type.
• The [Dovi_Profile_ID] is a two-digit value representing the Dolby Vision profile ID as
listed in the Dolby Vision profiles section. This value can be obtained from the
DOVI_video_stream_descriptor, as described in the Dolby Vision bitstreams within the
MPEG‑2 transport stream format specification.
• The [Dovi_Level_ID] is a two-digit value representing the Dolby Vision level ID as listed in
the Dolby Vision levels section. This value can be obtained from the
DOVI_video_stream_descriptor, as described in the Dolby Vision bitstreams within the
MPEG‑2 transport stream format specification.
For a non-backward-compatible Dolby Vision stream, only Dolby Vision fourCC code is
referenced in the playlist; for a backward-compatible Dolby Vision stream, the correlated SDR
fourCC code and Dolby Vision fourCC code must be used in pairs as shown in this table.

Table 3: Sample description entry code

Codec Codec variant SDR fourCC code Dolby Vision fourCC
code
AVC Parameter sets (PPS or SPS) are stored avc3 dvav
either in the sample entries or as part
of the samples, or in both.
Parameter sets (PPS or SPS) are stored avc1 dva1
either in the sample entries of the
video stream or in the parameter set
stream, but never in both.
HEVC Parameter sets (VPS, PPS, or SPS) are hev1 dvhe
stored either in the sample entries or
as part of the samples, or in both.
Parameter sets (VPS, PPS, or SPS) are hvc1 dvh1
stored in the sample entries only.

For example:

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=2560000,CODECS="dvhe.05.07,ec-3", AUDIO="ddp" low/

video.m3u8

In this example, the highlighted string indicates that the video element is signaled as a
single-layer, non-backward-compatible Dolby Vision stream encoded as 10-bit HEVC video
with a maximum resolution of 3840 × 2160 at 30 fps. This corresponds to Dolby Vision
profile ID 5 and level ID 7.
For a backward-compatible Dolby Vision stream, the CODECS attribute must include the codec
values for both the base layer and enhancement layer as a comma-separated list.

[BL_compatible_codec],[Dolby_Vision_fourCC].[Dovi_Profile_ID].[Dovi_Level_ID]

Note: The base-layer and enhancement-layer codec strings must be separated by a

comma.
In the string, the [BL_compatible_codec] takes a standard SDR codec value format that
begins with the SDR fourCC code and may optionally be followed by profile and level
information; for details, refer to RFC 6381. The [Dolby_Vision_fourCC] takes a value of the
Dolby Vision fourCC code, which indicates the codec type of the Dolby Vision enhancement
layer, as listed in the Sample description entry code table.

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For example:

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=2560000,CODECS="hvc1.1.0.L120.00,dvh1.04.09,ec-3",
AUDIO="ddp" low/video.m3u8

In this example, the highlighted string indicates that the video element is a dual-layer Dolby
Vision stream encoded as 10-bit HEVC video in each layer with a max resolution of 3840 ×
2160 at 60 fps, where the base layer is a backward-compatible, SDR Rec.709–compliant
signal.
For another example:

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=2560000,CODECS="avc1.4D4028,dva1.00.04,ec-3", AUDIO="ddp"
low/video.m3u8

In this example, the highlighted string indicates that the video element is a dual-layer Dolby
Vision stream encoded as 8-bit AVC video in each layer, where the base layer is a backward-
compatible, SDR Rec.709–compliant signal.

Related information
Dolby Vision profiles on page 8
Dolby Vision levels on page 9

3.3 HTTP Live Streaming playlist examples

Examples of HTTP Live Streaming playlist files that contain Dolby Vision video elements, as
well as Dolby Digital Plus audio media elements, are provided in this section.
In addition to the Dolby Vision programs (single or dual layer), Dolby recommends including a
separate program for delivering a pure SDR version of the same content as the Dolby Vision
version. This alternate rendition ensures that the multimedia presentation can be decoded
and played back by a device that does not support Dolby Vision.

3.3.1 Dual-layer AVC 8-bit backward-compatible Dolby Vision stream

This example shows a master playlist listing three Dolby Vision programs and one audio-only
program. The bit rate is the only major parameter that differs across the Dolby Vision
programs. Each Dolby Vision program is packetized in a single .ts file and contains a
combination Dolby Vision stream that consists of both the base-layer and enhancement-
layer substreams. The essence of each Dolby Vision program is a dual-layer signal encoded as
8-bit AVC video with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 at 30 fps in each layer, where the base layer
is a backward-compatible, SDR Rec.709–compliant signal.

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-MEDIA:TYPE=AUDIO,GROUP-ID="aac",NAME="aac",
DEFAULT=YES,AUTOSELECT=YES,LANGUAGE="en", URI="main/english-aac.m3u8"
#EXT-X-MEDIA:TYPE=AUDIO,GROUP-ID="ddp",NAME="ddp",
DEFAULT=YES,AUTOSELECT=YES,LANGUAGE="en", URI="main/english-ddp.m3u8"
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=2560000,CODECS="avc1.4D4028,dva1.00.04,ec-3", AUDIO="ddp"
low/video.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=7680000,CODECS="avc1.4D4028,dva1.00.04,ec-3", AUDIO="ddp"
mid/video.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=14156144,CODECS="avc1.4D4028,dva1.00.04,ec-3", AUDIO="ddp"

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hi/video.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=65000,CODECS="mp4a.40.5",AUDIO="aac" main/english-aac.m3u8

In this playlist example, the SDR fourCC code for the base layer is avc1, which determines the
Dolby Vision fourCC code must be set to dva1. In case the SDR fourCC code for the base layer
is avc3, the Dolby Vision fourCC code must be set to dvav, as indicated in the HTTP Live
Streaming playlist files with Dolby Vision section; consequently the video codec string in the
CODECS value would be avc3.4D4028,dvav.00.04.

Related information
HTTP Live Streaming playlist files with Dolby Vision on page 10

3.3.2 Dual-layer HEVC 10-bit backward-compatible Dolby Vision

stream
This example shows a master playlist listing three Dolby Vision programs and one audio-only
program. The bit rate is the only major parameter that differs across the Dolby Vision
programs. Each Dolby Vision program is packetized in a single .ts file and contains a
combination Dolby Vision stream that consists of both the base-layer and enhancement-
layer substreams. The essence of each Dolby Vision program is a dual-layer signal encoded as
10-bit HEVC video with a resolution of 3840 × 2160 at 30 fps in each layer, where the base
layer is a backward-compatible, SDR Rec.709–compliant signal.

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-MEDIA:TYPE=AUDIO,GROUP-ID="aac",NAME="aac",
DEFAULT=YES,AUTOSELECT=YES,LANGUAGE="en", URI="main/english-aac.m3u8"
#EXT-X-MEDIA:TYPE=AUDIO,GROUP-ID="ddp",NAME="ddp",
DEFAULT=YES,AUTOSELECT=YES,LANGUAGE="en", URI="main/english-ddp.m3u8"
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=2560000,CODECS="hvc1.2.1.L150.B0,dvh1.04.07,ec-3",
AUDIO="ddp" low/video.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=7680000,CODECS="hvc1.2.1.L150.B0,dvh1.04.07,ec-3",
AUDIO="ddp" mid/video.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=14156144,CODECS="hvc1.2.1.L150.B0,dvh1.04.07,ec-3",
AUDIO="ddp" hi/video.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=65000,CODECS="mp4a.40.5",AUDIO="aac" main/english-aac.m3u8

In this playlist example, the SDR fourCC code for the base layer is hvc1, which determines the
Dolby Vision fourCC code must be set to dvh1. In case the SDR fourCC code for the base layer
is hev1, the Dolby Vision fourCC code must be set to dvhe, as indicated in the HTTP Live
Streaming playlist files with Dolby Vision section; consequently the video codec string in the
CODECS value would be hev1.1.0.L120.00,dvhe.04.07.

Related information
HTTP Live Streaming playlist files with Dolby Vision on page 10

3.3.3 Single-layer HEVC 10-bit non-backward-compatible Dolby

Vision stream
This example shows a master playlist listing three Dolby Vision programs and one audio-only
program. The bit rate is the only major parameter that differs across the Dolby Vision
programs. Each Dolby Vision program is packetized in a single .ts file and contains the Dolby
Vision base-layer and reference-picture-unit substreams only. The essence of each Dolby

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Vision program is a single-layer signal encoded as 10-bit HEVC video with a resolution of
3840 × 2160 at 30 fps, where the base layer is not backward compatible.

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-MEDIA:TYPE=AUDIO,GROUP-ID="aac",NAME="aac",
DEFAULT=YES,AUTOSELECT=YES,LANGUAGE="en", URI="main/english-aac.m3u8"
#EXT-X-MEDIA:TYPE=AUDIO,GROUP-ID="ddp",NAME="ddp",
DEFAULT=YES,AUTOSELECT=YES,LANGUAGE="en", URI="main/english-ddp.m3u8"

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=2560000,CODECS="dvhe.05.07,ec-3"; AUDIO="ddp" low/

video.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=7680000,CODECS="dvhe.05.07,ec-3"; AUDIO="ddp" mid/
video.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=14156144,CODECS="dvhe.05.07,ec-3"; AUDIO="ddp" hi/
video.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=65000,CODECS="mp4a.40.5",AUDIO="aac" main/english-aac.m3u8

In this playlist example, the base layer is non-backward-compatible, and the Dolby Vision
fourCC code is dvhe. In case the Dolby Vision fourCC code is dvh1, the video codec string in the
CODECS value must be set to dvh1.05.07.

Related information
HTTP Live Streaming playlist files with Dolby Vision on page 10

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 Glossary
AVC
Advanced Video Coding. See H.264.

HEVC
High-Efficiency Video Coding. See H.265.

HLS
HTTP Live Streaming. An adaptive streaming protocol for delivery of media content
developed by Apple. The format uses the MPEG‑2 transport streams to contain and
deliver the content.

SDR
Standard dynamic range. A Rec. 709 signal with peak luminance of 100 cd/m².

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