HDR Info passed to Kodi

[mcarlton00]

I thought this had already been added to JellyCon, but I was misremembering. The initial request came on an older version of Kodi that didn't support it. Another addon developer (CastagnaIT) added it to upstream Kodi and I forgot to revisit it after the next release.

https://github.com/jellyfin/jellycon/issues/117

[carecaco]

Yep, I was the one requesting it at the Jellycon Github as well :-) Is this something you are considering to add ?

Thanks!

[mcarlton00]

I can definitely add that (unless somebody else beats me to it). Looking at the source from upstream it should be fairly easy to add, but I don't have any HDR content or devices capable of playing them, so I might have to fake it for testing purposes or get some help once I get to that stage.

I've just been busy with IRL things and haven't had much jelly dev time lately, and when I have had time it's mostly been spent writing tools to help combat the spammers. I'll get to it sooner or later.

[carecaco]

sounds good. I can help with the validation if you have a chance to work on it before July 4th, or at the end of July, when I come back home. I won't have access to my stuff during most of July.

[Swindiff]

Thanks for the work on this. Sorry for not responding before, but I don't see to get post reply notifications on this forum.

[Stogie87]

Hi there,
are there any updates on this topic?

I am using the Jellyfin for Kodi plugin (v1.0.7) on CoreELEC, together with my own modded version of the Embuary skin. I have implemented video codec flag icons and other info displays. However, I have noticed that when it comes to getting the HDR type from my Jellyfin server, no HDR information is available if I use the dynamic video file mode (i.e., playing directly via the Jellyfin plugin without syncing the library). Audio, video, and channel codecs are recognized and displayed, but HDR type is always missing.

I have tried all the known Kodi $INFO tags and ListItem properties (ListItem.HdrType, ListItem.VideoHDRType, ListItem.Property(hdrtype), etc.). None of them work with dynamically streamed Jellyfin content. These only provide results for files that have been added and scanned into the local Kodi library (with "ListItem.HdrType" and ibrary sync). Even advanced attempts using ListItem.Property(Stream.HDRType) or similar variants always return an empty value.

The only method that reliably provides the HDR type for Jellyfin streams is $INFO[Player.Process(video.source.hdr.type)], but this only works while the video is actually playing—not in the library or overview screens.

As of now, there does not seem to be any way to display HDR flags for Jellyfin content before playback starts. Is there any progress or planned update regarding this limitation?
Are there workarounds or future plans to support HDR type metadata for dynamically streamed content in the Jellyfin for Kodi plugin?

Thanks in advance!

[JasonThai]

Have you tried a different skin like Aeon Tajo ?

[Swindiff]

I use Aeon Nox Silvo skin and the HDR tags are displaying fine for me now.