VideoRenderer [Bug] Turns off HDR when starting video

When you start a video when this is installed, windows HDR turns off. Ideally this wouldn't happen.

Mar 21 '23 20:03 ThinkSalat

Have you tried the rtx-1.2 build at https://github.com/emoose/VideoRenderer/issues/5#issuecomment-1452590217 ? That seems to help some others with HDR issues, maybe can help with this too.

Mar 23 '23 01:03 emoose

1.2 Still automatically turns off HDR

Mar 23 '23 16:03 lvzhenbo

And just to make sure, you have "Auto display HDR On/Off: not used" in MPC Video Renderer settings? It should not turn off HDR.

Mar 27 '23 20:03 Pikkuhippi

I faced the same question before but now it is solved. As mentioned by Pikkuhippi, the Auto HDR should be set to 'not used'. I am using Potplayer and here is how to change it. potplayer2

Apr 06 '23 16:04 yezy98

I faced the same question before but now it is solved. As mentioned by Pikkuhippi, the Auto HDR should be set to 'not used'. I am using Potplayer and here is how to change it.

~I can't click the three dots button in the first picture, is there something I need to install?~ Oh, it's not opening when the video is playing

Apr 06 '23 16:04 lvzhenbo

I encountered the same issue today with my OLED LG TV. First I had to use modified rtx-1.2 build in order to even make RTX upscale work. After that, this issues popped up. It is actually caused by maximum value under "Subtitle and OSD brightness". The thing is when you execute the reset setting cmd script, the initial values the renderer uses are following: Changing first three options does nothing with respect to HDR being turned off. Only changing the last slider to the smallest or the middle value fixed the issue for me. Or clicking the Default button in the menu. After that HDR stays turned on and SDR content plays normally and looks normally. Upscalling works. I can tell from visually comparison side-byt-side with other player and GPU usage goes up.