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What do ITU-R BT.2408 and BT.2390 say about HDR-to-SDR down-mapping, do they cover dynamic metadata, and where is the BT.2390 EETF now?

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BT.2408-8 section 5.2 says display-light down-mapping is usually preferred, that the monitoring down-mapper must match the one used to make the SDR transmission, and that a plain 0.5 linear scale does not preserve the look on a 100 cd/m2 display. Neither BT.2408-8 nor BT.2390-12 mentions dynamic metadata or trims (keyword counts of 0 for 'dynamic metadata' and '2094'); they are static, display-mapping guidance. The hermite-spline EETF that tools label 'BT.2390' appears in BT.2390 editions -5, -7 and -8 but in this extraction not in -9 to -12; BT.2408-8 Annex 5 carries it. This extends C2-B05-B-08 (BT.2100/2408/2446 reference-white and BT.2446 methods) without repeating it.

BT.2408-8 section 5.2 says display-light down-mapping is usually preferred, that the monitoring down-mapper must match the one used to make the SDR transmission, and that a plain 0.5 linear scale does not preserve the look on a 100 cd/m2 display. Neither BT.2408-8 nor BT.2390-12 mentions dynamic metadata or trims (keyword counts of 0 for 'dynamic metadata' and '2094'); they are static, display-mapping guidance. The hermite-spline EETF that tools label 'BT.2390' appears in BT.2390 editions -5, -7 and -8 but in this extraction not in -9 to -12; BT.2408-8 Annex 5 carries it. This extends C2-B05-B-08 (BT.2100/2408/2446 reference-white and BT.2446 methods) without repeating it. Curator qualifications: Excerpted evidence located (one excerpt-less row); BT.2408-8 down-mapping guidance; no dynamic-metadata coverage stated. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  • [sourced_fact] BT.2408-8 section 5.2 says display-light down-mapping is usually preferred, that the monitoring down-mapper must match the one used to make the SDR transmission, and that a plain 0.5 linear scale does not preserve the look on a 100 cd/m2 display. Neither BT.2408-8 nor BT.2390-12 mentions dynamic metadata or trims (keyword counts of 0 for 'dynamic metadata' and '2094'); they are static, display-mapping guidance. The hermite-spline EETF that tools label 'BT.2390' appears in BT.2390 editions -5, -7 and -8 but in this extraction not in -9 to -12; BT.2408-8 Annex 5 carries it. This extends C2-B05-B-08 (BT.2100/2408/2446 reference-white and BT.2446 methods) without repeating it. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts source

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