Overview: Profiles and compatibility
Dolby Vision profiles constrain signal arrangements and decoding requirements, including the relationships relevant to fallback playback.
Compatibility begins with the actual profile and its carried signal. The pages here cover profile and level terminology, individual profile arrangements and the applicable fallback relationships.
Legacy entries remain useful for identifying older material. A fallback question should then be connected to the relevant profile and receiving path, rather than answered from the filename or Dolby Vision label alone.
Dolby Vision profiles and levels
Dolby Vision profiles describe stream features while levels describe limits such as decoded pixel rate and bitrate.Dolby Vision Profile 5
Dolby Vision Profile 5 is a single-layer ten-bit HEVC format whose base signal is not ordinary HDR10 or SDR.Dolby Vision Profile 7
Dolby Vision Profile 7 is a dual-layer HEVC format used for UHD Blu-ray with an HDR10-compatible base.Dolby Vision Profile 8
Dolby Vision Profile 8 combines a single ten-bit HEVC picture layer with metadata and a specified compatible base signal.Dolby Vision Profile 9
Dolby Vision Profile 9 uses a single eight-bit AVC picture layer with an SDR-compatible base and Dolby Vision metadata.Dolby Vision Profile 10
Dolby Vision Profile 10 carries a single ten-bit AV1 picture layer with Dolby Vision metadata.Dolby Vision Profile 20
Dolby Vision Profile 20 supports stereoscopic delivery using Multiview HEVC and additional Dolby Vision playback requirements.Dolby Vision Profile 3 (legacy)
Dolby Vision Profile 3 is a legacy dual-layer eight-bit HEVC format without a standard HDR10 or SDR-compatible base.Dolby Vision Profile 4 (legacy)
Dolby Vision Profile 4 is a legacy dual-layer ten-bit HEVC format with an SDR-compatible base.Dolby Vision fallback compatibility
Dolby Vision fallback uses a compatible base picture when available and otherwise requires supported Dolby Vision interpretation or conversion.