diff --git a/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/DVDCodecs/Video/DVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec.cpp b/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/DVDCodecs/Video/DVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec.cpp
index 48050cfb9dca2..571fab311f475 100644
--- a/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/DVDCodecs/Video/DVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec.cpp
+++ b/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/DVDCodecs/Video/DVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec.cpp
@@ -501,6 +501,16 @@ bool CDVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec::Open(CDVDStreamInfo &hints, CDVDCodecOptio
       bool isDvhe = (m_hints.codec_tag == MKTAG('d', 'v', 'h', 'e'));
       bool isDvh1 = (m_hints.codec_tag == MKTAG('d', 'v', 'h', '1'));
 
+      // some files don't have dvhe or dvh1 tag set up but have Dolby Vision side data
+      if (!isDvhe && !isDvh1 && m_hints.hdrType == StreamHdrType::HDR_TYPE_DOLBYVISION)
+      {
+        // page 10, table 2 from https://professional.dolby.com/siteassets/content-creation/dolby-vision-for-content-creators/dolby-vision-streams-within-the-http-live-streaming-format-v2.0-13-november-2018.pdf
+        if (m_hints.codec_tag == MKTAG('h', 'v', 'c', '1'))
+          isDvh1 = true;
+        else
+          isDvhe = true;
+      }
+
       if (isDvhe || isDvh1)
       {
         bool displaySupportsDovi = CAndroidUtils::GetDisplayHDRCapabilities().SupportsDolbyVision();
diff --git a/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/DVDStreamInfo.cpp b/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/DVDStreamInfo.cpp
index f8f7c71943081..896425f4f99f7 100644
--- a/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/DVDStreamInfo.cpp
+++ b/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/DVDStreamInfo.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ void CDVDStreamInfo::Clear()
   ptsinvalid = false;
   forced_aspect = false;
   bitsperpixel = 0;
+  hdrType = StreamHdrType::HDR_TYPE_NONE;
   colorSpace = AVCOL_SPC_UNSPECIFIED;
   colorRange = AVCOL_RANGE_UNSPECIFIED;
   colorPrimaries = AVCOL_PRI_UNSPECIFIED;
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ bool CDVDStreamInfo::Equal(const CDVDStreamInfo& right, int compare)
   || bitsperpixel != right.bitsperpixel
   || bitdepth != right.bitdepth
   || vfr != right.vfr
+  || hdrType != right.hdrType
   || colorSpace != right.colorSpace
   || colorRange != right.colorRange
   || colorPrimaries != right.colorPrimaries
@@ -227,6 +229,7 @@ void CDVDStreamInfo::Assign(const CDVDStreamInfo& right, bool withextradata)
   bitdepth = right.bitdepth;
   vfr = right.vfr;
   codecOptions = right.codecOptions;
+  hdrType = right.hdrType;
   colorSpace = right.colorSpace;
   colorRange = right.colorRange;
   colorPrimaries = right.colorPrimaries;
@@ -296,6 +299,7 @@ void CDVDStreamInfo::Assign(const CDemuxStream& right, bool withextradata)
     orientation = stream->iOrientation;
     bitsperpixel = stream->iBitsPerPixel;
     bitdepth = stream->bitDepth;
+    hdrType = stream->hdr_type;
     colorSpace = stream->colorSpace;
     colorRange = stream->colorRange;
     colorPrimaries = stream->colorPrimaries;
diff --git a/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/DVDStreamInfo.h b/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/DVDStreamInfo.h
index 8a3da2722527d..693b515a96b2c 100644
--- a/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/DVDStreamInfo.h
+++ b/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/DVDStreamInfo.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class CDVDStreamInfo
   int orientation; // orientation of the video in degrees counter clockwise
   int bitsperpixel;
   int bitdepth;
+  StreamHdrType hdrType;
   AVColorSpace colorSpace;
   AVColorRange colorRange;
   AVColorPrimaries colorPrimaries;