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Old 2nd April 2019, 17:41   #94  |  Link
benwaggoner
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Originally Posted by nevcairiel View Post
There should always be different profiles for 8-bit and 10-bit. The difference is only how you word the spec to make supporting both "main" profiles mandatory at the same time. HEVC already did a pretty good job at that, and 10-bit decoders are pretty wide-spread.
What is a "default profile" beyond an implementation detail, anyway?

Even if you shove both into one profile, if someone really wants to, they'll still make a 8-bit only decoder. So lets at least have the clarity we need and call them different.
Good point. 8-bit SDR content should be encoded at 8-bit. It's more about setting the standard that 10-bit should always be decodable.
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