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by kevingadd 883 days ago
HDR video playback in the browser is pretty unreliable unless you're on a Mac.
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ffsm8 883 days ago
It's also pretty unreliable on Mac too...

It's more reliable then on linux though, and windows has been doing "auto HDR" for videos for years, so kinda hard to tell when something is HDR or not there.

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zamadatix 883 days ago
In what way? I've been doing it without issue on PC longer than I've even owned a Mac.
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jiggawatts 883 days ago
Firefox has zero HDR support, as an example.
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zamadatix 883 days ago
The product is only for Chromium based browsers on Windows so surely there's no harm in enabling the product video for that combo too, no?
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rado 882 days ago
FF on Mac shows HDR on full screen only, how strange.
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blackoil 882 days ago
That would be true on Mac also?
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zamadatix 882 days ago
Firefox supports HDR video output on Mac since release 100.
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jiggawatts 882 days ago
What grinds my gears is that HDR output in a lot of software is "Mac only", even though Windows supports HDR video output just fine, and has had support for wide-color and HDR since Vista!

E.g.: DaVinci Resolve has HDR capable only in its Mac version.

Similarly, generating a Dolby Vision file is basically impossible on Windows.

"Just buy a Mac" seems to be the best and most practical guidance I've seen for HDR workflows...

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devwastaken 883 days ago
HDR through YouTube appears to work fine even on my non HDR certified HDR monitor.
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