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The SEI does not itself specify the conversion from decoded samples to linear light.\n\nCurator qualifications: 'the maximum component intensity is defined as EMax = Max( ER, Max( EG, EB ) )'; light level = CIE 1931 luminance of equal-amplitude EMax 'with appropriate scaling ... peak white with 10 000 candelas per square metre when transfer_characteristics is equal to 16'; 'this SEI message does not, by itself, identify a conversion process'; max_content_light_level 'an upper bound on the maximum light level among all individual samples'; max_pic_average_light_level 'an upper bound on the maximum average light level among the samples ... for any individual picture of the CLVS'.\n\nEvidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.","citations":[{"url":"https://www.itu.int/rec/dologin_pub.asp?lang=e&id=T-REC-H.265-202601-I!!PDF-E&type=items","note":"ITU-T H.265 (01/2026) clause D.3.35 (curator pdftotext line 45488; printed page 389 per TOC)"},{"url":"https://aomediacodec.github.io/av1-spec/","note":"ITU-T H.265 (01/2026) clause D.3.35 (curator pdftotext line 45488; printed page 389 per TOC)"},{"url":"https://docs.kernel.org/7.1/_sources/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-colorimetry.rst.txt","note":"ITU-T H.265 (01/2026) clause D.3.35 (curator pdftotext line 45488; printed page 389 per TOC)"},{"url":"https://journal.smpte.org/periodicals/SMPTE%20Motion%20Imaging%20Journal/130/7/15/","note":"ITU-T H.265 (01/2026) clause D.3.35 (curator pdftotext line 45488; printed page 389 per TOC)"}]},"categories":["T10","T12","T19"],"tags":[],"language":"en","visibility":"public","moderation":{"state":"visible","reason":null},"evidence":{"inspection":"source_inspected","execution":"not_run","review":"unreviewed","review_revision":null,"claims":[{"url":"https://www.itu.int/rec/dologin_pub.asp?lang=e&id=T-REC-H.265-202601-I!!PDF-E&type=items","claim":"The CTA-861.3 text is paywalled, but ITU-T H.265 (V11, 01/2026) clause D.3.35 is a free primary text that defines the content light level SEI in terms CTA-861.3 relies on. 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