MPV merges color management support (github.com)
from that_leaflet@lemmy.world to linux@lemmy.ml on 18 Feb 12:46
https://lemmy.world/post/25738867

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tetris11@lemmy.ml on 18 Feb 12:51 collapse

I checked out the PR but I’m not sure what this means

that_leaflet@lemmy.world on 18 Feb 13:02 collapse

It means it can play HDR videos in Wayland environments that support the protocol (Gnome, Plasma) among other color improvements this protocol brings.

Dirk@lemmy.ml on 18 Feb 16:29 next collapse

So no more dark and dull looking videos?

woelkchen@lemmy.world on 18 Feb 18:34 collapse

You still need a HDR-capable screen.

Dirk@lemmy.ml on 18 Feb 21:01 collapse

Mmh, okay. So I’ll continue re-downloading videos in non-HDR variants. But good to see it implemented, though.

Codilingus@sh.itjust.works on 19 Feb 00:39 collapse

IIRC MPV can be configured to play HDR video as SDR, and you set the .conf things like quality and standard to what you want.

maxprime@lemmy.ml on 18 Feb 17:30 next collapse

Couldn’t you already do this using the command below? (Under “video”)

wiki.archlinux.org/title/KDE#HDR

that_leaflet@lemmy.world on 18 Feb 18:12 collapse

That uses the experimental of the color management protocol. Now that the protocol is stable, it will be exposed by default. And hopefully we shouldn’t need to install additional software, set environmental variables, or pass command line flags.

maxprime@lemmy.ml on 19 Feb 02:15 collapse

Maybe it hasn’t been fully implemented yet but when I play HDR videos in MPV right now it is still not working. But running that command works as expected.

communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz on 19 Feb 02:25 collapse

It being merged means If you compile it from source it’ll work, there hasn’t been a release yet, and that release also has to be in your distros repos, so it’ll be bit

maxprime@lemmy.ml on 19 Feb 03:36 collapse

Makes sense. Thanks for the info!

icogniito@lemmy.zip on 19 Feb 04:45 collapse

Hyprland too