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dictType metadata entry: Mastering Display Color Volume

Owner: Apple Inc

Contact: Nicolas Bonnier ([email protected]), Luke Wallis ([email protected])

Change date: 04-06-2025

Category: HDR Image

Name: MDCV

Meaning of name: MDCV i.e. Mastering Display Color Volume entry describes color volume of the display which was used or targeted for viewing when authoring the HDR content.

Usage restriction: Optional

Display name element: Mastering Display Color Volume

Value Meaning Display element
Floating point number, floating point number, 8-bit number Floating point numbers describe luminance range (maximum and minimum) of the mastering display. Value of 0.0 means that the respective value is unknown.
8-bit number defines color primaries as per ITU-T H.273.
Primaries value of 0 is reserved for future use.
Mastering Display Color Volume