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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!
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Can you confirm that on youtube, right clicking for "Stats for Nerds" the colour is bt709 or something else (prob bt2020). BT709 is SDR colour gamut.
Can you confirm that on youtube, right clicking for "Stats for Nerds" the colour is bt709 or something else (prob bt2020). BT709 is SDR colour gamut.
Yes, confirm see Here BT 709
My question : Are YOU viewing Youtube HDR through Edge (Windows 10 - PC/laptop) Yes or No ?
Note: Following image shows the issue/problem (over saturated/bright) with BT2020 "forced color profile" > (sRGB or HDR 10...etc) through Chrome Beta
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Indeed. Win 10 Pro, Dell XPS 15 OLED Panel (7590).
When I wanted to see HDR youtube on my laptop last year, I used Edge. Chrome didnt support HDR natively (didnt try chrome://flags as the workaround as every Chrome update requires reinitialising amendments) so I used Edge for the sole purpose of watch HDR Youtube. Then the Microsoft Google collab occurred likely because Edge's usage fell flat on release; when the first version of that released, Edge no longer supported natively HDR on youtube.
The results you've sent out seem blown out, so whilst the browser is decoding the content in Rec2020 (/SMTPE2084), it does not seem the the brightness and contrast are being produced/rendered correctly. I tried the same flags workaround on Edge and Chrome when Edge was first re-released this year (after deleting the old version of Edge before I knew that new one had broken HDR); whilst it is a solution, it is nowhere near an adequate one for me.
So if there is something I want to watch on Google Play/Youtube in HDR, either I watch on TV, my android handsets or rip using a youtube ripper capable of HDR download.
The most up to date powerful browsers (Edge,Chrome,Firefox,Opera...etc) are unable to show/render Youtube HDR?
What's their problem ? is Microsoft working on the issue/problem Yes or No ?
What about Youtube Premium?
Nah, that aint it. I'm already a YT Premium customer.
Windows is notorious for how bad it displays HDR content (even though the WIN10 app Films & TV works great). Netflix own app works great too. I've heard (anecdotally) how going from HDR games and tabbing to Windows can make a mess of colours displaying accurately.
Its like Windows 10 is delayed in timeline/development the same as with high resolution displays/monitors. It took a good few years to get to the decent enough quality of text scaling/rendering (across apps too). 4K screens were not well utilised in early Win10 gradually getting better major release on major release; here's hoping the same happens with wide colour gamut and HDR across all apps.
It's possible Chrome or YT engineers have seen the dumpster fire of HDR in WIN10 and thought better not to bother with navigating at the moment.