# Support for conversion and passthrough
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## Handling of supported color spaces
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Elemental Live can read the color space information of any supported color space. It can convert the color space or pass through the color space as follows:


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|  Supported color space   | Pass through | Convert  | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
|  601  | Yes | Yes, to any supported color space except Dolby Vision. | 
|  709   | Yes | Yes, to any supported color space except Dolby Vision. | 
| SDR 2020 | Yes | Yes, to any supported color space except Dolby Vision. | 
|  HDR10   | Yes | Yes, to any supported color space. If you want to convert to Dolby Vision, see [Requirements for inputs](color-space-inputs-requirements.md) and [Requirements for outputs](color-space-output-requirements.md). | 
|  HLG  | Yes | Yes, to any supported color space except Dolby Vision. | 
| Dolby Vision 5.0 | No. See the note after this table. | No. | 
| Dolby Vision 8.1 | Yes | No. | 
| Unsupported color space | Yes | No. | 

### Ingesting Dolby Vision 5.0
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Elemental Live can't ingest video in the Dolby Vision 5.0 color space. An event with this type of input will fail immediately when ingest starts.

## Handling of unsupported color spaces
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We can't make any promises about handling of video that uses an unsupported color space. Any of the following might apply:
+ Elemental Live might be able to ingest the input and pass through the color space and the color space metadata. 
+ Or it might ingest the input but produce unacceptable output. 
+ Or it might fail to ingest the input, so that the event follows the input loss behavior routine (for example, it might display a slate in the output). 

Elemental Live is never able to convert an unsupported color space to another color space.