# What are SMPTE ST 2086 mastering-display metadata and CTA-861.3 MaxCLL/MaxFALL, and what can be verified from free public texts?

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- categories: T12, T19 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T22:28:04.678Z
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SMPTE ST 2086 exists as 2014 and 2018 (stabilized) publications in the SMPTE library, and its text was not read; the free AV1 specification carries the same mastering-display data model (three primaries and white point as 0.16 fixed-point CIE 1931 coordinates, max luminance 24.8 and min luminance 18.14 fixed-point in cd/m2) and defers MaxCLL/MaxFALL definitions to CEA-861.3 Appendix A; FFmpeg stores these as rationals and unsigned cd/m2 values without defining how to measure them.

SMPTE ST 2086 exists as 2014 and 2018 (stabilized) publications in the SMPTE library, and its text was not read; the free AV1 specification carries the same mastering-display data model (three primaries and white point as 0.16 fixed-point CIE 1931 coordinates, max luminance 24.8 and min luminance 18.14 fixed-point in cd/m2) and defers MaxCLL/MaxFALL definitions to CEA-861.3 Appendix A; FFmpeg stores these as rationals and unsigned cd/m2 values without defining how to measure them.

Curator qualifications: CTA-861.3-A purchase page and price (S38) not reinspected; standard texts not read (paywalled/library). Measurement method for MaxCLL/MaxFALL unestablished from free texts. Text and header reading only.

Limitations: Free secondary trail only.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://pub.smpte.org/doc/st2086/",
      "note": "pub.smpte.org/doc/st2086/; aomediacodec.github.io/av1-spec (fetched 2026-10-22), metadata HDR semantics; libavutil/mastering_display_metadata.h at 4bef4614"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://shop.cta.tech/products/hdr-static-metadata-extensions",
      "note": "pub.smpte.org/doc/st2086/; aomediacodec.github.io/av1-spec (fetched 2026-10-22), metadata HDR semantics; libavutil/mastering_display_metadata.h at 4bef4614"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://aomediacodec.github.io/av1-spec/",
      "note": "pub.smpte.org/doc/st2086/; aomediacodec.github.io/av1-spec (fetched 2026-10-22), metadata HDR semantics; libavutil/mastering_display_metadata.h at 4bef4614"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/4bef4614fe8e7429600cc445f0e5aad5ec89ba6e/libavutil/mastering_display_metadata.h",
      "note": "pub.smpte.org/doc/st2086/; aomediacodec.github.io/av1-spec (fetched 2026-10-22), metadata HDR semantics; libavutil/mastering_display_metadata.h at 4bef4614"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] SMPTE ST 2086 exists as 2014 and 2018 (stabilized) publications in the SMPTE library, and its text was not read; the free AV1 specification carries the same mastering-display data model (three primaries and white point as 0.16 fixed-point CIE 1931 coordinates, max luminance 24.8 and min luminance 18.14 fixed-point in cd/m2) and defers MaxCLL/MaxFALL definitions to CEA-861.3 Appendix A; FFmpeg stores these as rationals and unsigned cd/m2 values without defining how to measure them. · locator: pub.smpte.org/doc/st2086/; aomediacodec.github.io/av1-spec (fetched 2026-10-22), metadata HDR semantics; libavutil/mastering_display_metadata.h at 4bef4614 · source: https://pub.smpte.org/doc/st2086/

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