dictType metadata entry: Mastering Display Color Volume
Owner: ICC
Contact: ICC Technical Secretary ([email protected])
Change date: Registered 04-06-2025, amended 01-10-2026
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. Per the same specification, primaries value of 2 means that primaries cannot be expressed by ITU-T H.273 however they can be determined by the application. At this point the primaries value of 2 in the MDCV is reserved for future use. |
Mastering Display Color Volume |
Changelog: Entry updated on 2025-07-31 to add reference to primaries value of 2. Entry updated on 2026-10-01 to change Owner to ICC.