Blacks are Grey on Movies in Potplayer, MP-HC/MP-BE on a 10 bit monitor FIX

[Mihle]

If you have a 10 bit monitor (or 8 bit+FRC), you might notice that when playing movies in programs like Potplayer or MP-HC or MP-BE, blacks are showing as grey.
This is at least the case when the display is set to 8 bit in AMD settings, I am not sure about other situations.

 

The Fix is to install MadVR, a video renderer, and enable it in the video player you choose.

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If you dont know how to do it, here is how:

1. Dowload MadVR from http://madvr.com
2. Place the folder in a location on your computer where it can stay, you can not delete the folder after setting it up, so you might want to move it out of the dowloads folder.
3. Run the "Install.bat" file in the folder as administrator. (Right click then press run as administrator)
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   Then press Yes on the popup

4. Wait for the installation to complete.
5. Enable the Video player to use MadVR:
   Potplayer:
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   a. Go to Potplayer --> Preferences.
   b. Click on Video.
   c. Click the drop down called "Video Renderer" and select "Madshi Video Rederer".

   d. Press Apply and then close the window.

   

   MP-BE (Probably the same as MP-HC):

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   a. Go to View --> Options.

   b. Click on Video.

   c. Click the drop down called "Video renderer" and select "MadVR".

   d.Press Apply and then close the window.

   

6. Restarting the program might be needed, but other than that, Profit!

 

There are options that can be configured in MadVR, but its not needed if your only goal is to fix that the blacks are grey.

I have no idea why its required when the monitor is set to 8 bit in AMD settings, but it apparently is. If someone else know why, maybe they can explain it down bellow?

 

[Mihle]

In Potplayer, going to Colorspaces in preferences and selecting RGB 32 in "Output color space" might also be an option that works, but I dont know how that compares to that above, especially when it comes to videos that are not the same as movies usually is (aka for example Full RGB instead of Limited RGB).