New Microsoft Edge wont play HDR videos in YouTube

Anonymous
2020-01-17T10:02:19+00:00

As the title describes, I cannot play/ see HDR YouTube videos - the option is not available any more from the resolution selection.

With previous Edge (prior to 15/01/2020) I could and I could also choose a higher resolution from my screen's native one.

I would like to point out also, that neither Chrome and Firefox provide such option - I really cannot understand why but my issue here is with Edge.

Yes, my screen is HDR capable.

I would highly appreciate any help into solving this matter.

Thank you in advance!

Microsoft Edge | Audio and video playback | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-12-01T09:26:12+00:00

    that used to be the case, I knew that one, but they changed it again. no i have alreADY stated what i do to get what i want and for things to work for me.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-12-01T07:57:21+00:00

    Try this:

    1.In the address bar, enter "edge://flags/" and press Enter.

    2.type "Color" in the search

    1. Click on the Force Color Profile drop-down list and select sRGB Linear (HDR, if available).
    2. Click the Force Colors drop-down list and select Enabled.
    3. Click "Restart" at the bottom.

    Let's see if that solves the problem.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-09-27T16:46:40+00:00

    Tried the flags, blown out and doesnt bump up the brightness as old edge used to on Surface Book 2.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-09-16T13:09:34+00:00

    Not a problem. If you do have any specific questions about what I stated, feel free to follow-up.

    NB phil; if you CTRL +/- when on youtube with the "stats for nerds" pop-up, you will see the viewport adjusting on the fly (UI and text changing), with the video resolution remaining the same. For example, I use 150% scaling on Windows on 4k screen, so my viewport shows 2560x1440p * 1.50 which equals 3840x2160p.

    Whilst HDR maybe supported (using chrome://flags, edge://flags or in Chrome BETA), any use of these on my end has caused the HDR image to be reproduced poorly (in that the video is blown out).

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