Correct Potplayer settings for HDR to SDR tone mapping in Windows 10?

[hbenthow]

I have a Widnows 10 computer with a standard SDR monitor. I want to play HDR video files with the most accurate tone mapping/HDR to SDR conversion possible, and read that Potplayer with MadVR is the best option. However, I have installed both Potplayer and MadVR (and set MadVR as the video renderer in Potplayer), but cannot get Potplayer to tone map correctly. Depending on the settings that I try, Potplayer always either makes HDR video look washed out and desaturated or gives everything an odd blue/green hue.

Does anyone know what settings to use in order for Potplayer to play HDR video with the right colors and contrast?

[october262]

I have a Widnows 10 computer with a standard SDR monitor. I want to play HDR video files with the most accurate tone mapping/HDR to SDR conversion possible, and read that Potplayer with MadVR is the best option. However, I have installed both Potplayer and MadVR (and set MadVR as the video renderer in Potplayer), but cannot get Potplayer to tone map correctly. Depending on the settings that I try, Potplayer always either makes HDR video look washed out and desaturated or gives everything an odd blue/green hue.

Does anyone know what settings to use in order for Potplayer to play HDR video with the right colors and contrast?

try to Enable the Direct3D 11 renderer in the potplayer player option - https://min.news/en/digital/6b0cd2570ff73d858d467374cd511b9e.html

[hbenthow]

Does anyone know what settings to use in order for Potplayer to play HDR video with the right colors and contrast?

try to Enable the Direct3D 11 renderer in the potplayer player option - https://min.news/en/digital/6b0cd2570ff73d858d467374cd511b9e.html

Unfortunately, it didn't help. The image is still washed out.

[JKyle]

Right click ⇨ Video ⇨ Pixel Shaders ⇨ Enable SMPTE ST 2084/2086 HDR Correction


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[hbenthow]

Right click ⇨ Video ⇨ Pixel Shaders ⇨ Enable SMPTE ST 2084/2086 HDR Correction

I already had those enabled.

[JKyle]

Right click ⇨ Video ⇨ Pixel Shaders ⇨ Enable SMPTE ST 2084/2086 HDR Correction

I already had those enabled.

Check if the video renderer is set to 'Auto'.
If the issue still persists, you need to reset the settings.

[hbenthow]

Check if the video renderer is set to 'Auto'.
If the issue still persists, you need to reset the settings.

I've tried it with the video renderer set to "Auto", "Madshi Video Renderer", and "Built-in Direct3D 11 Video Renderer". None fixed the problem.

[hbenthow]

I tried resetting the settings to default, but the problem still persists.

[JKyle]

Not all HDR videos are playable on PC. If your video is Dolby Vision with Profile 5, it cannot be played properly on open source players like mpv, mpc, PotPlayer, etc. Only Dolby Vision enabled devices can deal with it properly.


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Check it out with MediaInfo.

[hbenthow]

Not all HDR videos are playable on PC. If your video is Dolby Vision with Profile 5, it cannot be played properly on open source players like mpv, mpc, PotPlayer, etc. Only Dolby Vision enabled devices can deal with it properly.


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Check it out with MediaInfo.

It's standard HDR10.

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : HEVC
Format/Info                              : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile                           : Main 10@L5.1@High
HDR format                               : SMPTE ST 2086, HDR10 compatible
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration                                 : 2 h 4 min
Bit rate                                 : 19.8 Mb/s
Width                                    : 3 840 pixels
Height                                   : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0 (Type 2)
Bit depth                                : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.100
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics                 : PQ
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries        : Display P3
Mastering display luminance              : min: 0.0000 cd/m2, max: 1000 cd/m2
Maximum Content Light Level              : 1033 cd/m2
Maximum Frame-Average Light Level        : 345 cd/m2

[JKyle]

Your case is very weird and exceptional.

Check with other players like MPC-HC, MPC-BE, VLC, mpv, etc. to see if the problem lies in PotPlayer itself. If all other players fail as well, then there's something wrong with the video itself or your hardware/software. Test with other HDR videos to see if it's the video itself. If all HDR videos fail as well, then the problem is something very complicated and not fathomable in this forum. No more clues then.

[hbenthow]

Your case is very weird and exceptional.

Check with other players like MPC-HC, MPC-BE, VLC, mpv, etc. to see if the problem lies in PotPlayer itself. If all other players fail as well, then there's something wrong with the video itself or your hardware/software. Test with other HDR videos to see if it's the video itself. If all HDR videos fail as well, then the problem is something very complicated and not fathomable in this forum. No more clues then.

The colors and contrast look correct in VLC and MPC-HC, although the video plays very jerkily. Potplayer plays it smoothly, but with incorrect colors.

I had once gotten a different HDR file to play correctly in Potplayer after tweaking a bunch of settings, but I can't remember exactly what those settings were now. However, those settings were still in effect when I first tried playing the current file, and it already didn't work on that one.

[davexnet]

Your case is very weird and exceptional.

Check with other players like MPC-HC, MPC-BE, VLC, mpv, etc. to see if the problem lies in PotPlayer itself. If all other players fail as well, then there's something wrong with the video itself or your hardware/software. Test with other HDR videos to see if it's the video itself. If all HDR videos fail as well, then the problem is something very complicated and not fathomable in this forum. No more clues then.

The colors and contrast look correct in VLC and MPC-HC, although the video plays very jerkily. Potplayer plays it smoothly, but with incorrect colors.

I had once gotten a different HDR file to play correctly in Potplayer after tweaking a bunch of settings, but I can't remember exactly what those settings were now. However, those settings were still in effect when I first tried playing the current file, and it already didn't work on that one.

Is potplayer using HW acceleration while the others are not?
mpc-be does the tone mapping right off the bat

[hbenthow]

Is potplayer using HW acceleration while the others are not?

That's what I thought might be the case, but it turns out that it's not. They all have hardware acceleration enabled.

mpc-be does the tone mapping right off the bat

After reading your comment, I downloaded and installed MPC-BE. On the one hand, it not only shows the correct colors but also plays smoothly. On the other hand, it currently doesn't play the audio correctly. It's out of sync with the video, and every few seconds, it goes silent for about a second.