Why in MKVtoolnix versions 81 and 82, when adding a Dolby Vision video, is it not visible separately in the list, as in previous versions?
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The big feature of v81 is being able to read the Dolby Vision enhancement layer secondary track & combine it with the primary track containing the base layer, forming a conforming dual-layer-in-single-track for Matroska — 'cause that’s how it’s supposed to be stored in Matroska: not as two separate tracks. That’s why the track containing solely the enhancement layer won’t show up as a separate track anymore. This is working as intended.
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Are there plans to enable the ability to select this function in the settings in the future? For example, SAMSUNG TVs do not reproduce Dolby Vision - so you don’t want to waste extra space in your media library on Dolby Vision data in a file. Especially when there are more than two hundred of these video files…
No, sorry. The reason is pretty simple: the “regular” track already contains the Dolby Vision Base Layer; it isn’t free of Dolby Vision. All leaving out that secondary track with the Enhancement Layer would do is produce a non-spec-compliant Matroska file while saving a bit of space.
You’re free to do whatever you want with your own files, of course, but I won’t implement such a feature.
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