Eclipsa Video FAQ

Eclipsa Video leverages the open SMPTE ST 2094-50 standard, which handles advanced dynamic HDR metadata frame-by-frame calculations for high fidelity rendering on display panels.

SMPTE ST 2094-50 is a new HDR video standard that uses adaptive metadata to dynamically manage display headroom, preserving creative intent across any device or lighting.

The standard includes parameters to composite multiple sources of HDR and SDR content together, and parameters to guide static or scene-adaptive tone mapping of HDR content parameterized by the target display’s HDR headroom capabilities.

ST 2094-50 is in the Final Committee Draft stage at SMPTE. The final draft is available here.

Eclipsa Video is the brand name of a quality compliance program specifically designed to ensure superior video playback on consumer electronics with display devices. The underlying technology is based on the SMPTE ST 2094-50 specification, and the initial program will launch for smartphones later this year.

While any smartphone is technically capable of utilizing SMPTE ST 2094-50 display rendering, the Eclipsa Video program is specifically reserved for mobile phones equipped with high-end display panels. To use the Eclipsa Video branding, a device must meet certain physical and software requirements, which will be published later this year.

Google, Apple, and NBCUniversal partnered to create the standard at SMPTE.

While both Eclipsa Video and HDR10+ are open-source high dynamic range (HDR) formats designed to deliver spectacular video quality, they are designed to complement each other. The most significant difference lies in the specific problems they solve; HDR10+ focuses on optimizing the HDR video itself, while Eclipsa Video was created to solve the headache of mixing standard (SDR) content and HDR content on the same screen, especially during changes in ambient light.