YouTube changes HDR settings randomly

[Jens.M]

Hi. I don't know what I should do or if it is a problem with YouTube, my browser, Windows 11 or my monitor!

 

Since a few weeks I have the problem when I watch a Youtube Video randomly it turns the video into HDR content, so the colors look oversaturated. I have no idea why its doing that.

I have the HDR videostreaming off. So it shouldn't change anything.

 

Does anybody have the same issue or knows what to do?

I don't want to disable the auto HDR function because then everything looks a bit weird!

 

I use

- Windows 11

- Google Chrome Beta

- Youtube over the browser

- and an Asus ROG PG329Q-W monitor

 

Thanks for your help!

[emosun]

3 minutes ago, Jens.M said:

I don't want to disable the auto HDR function

then it's it's going to turn on hdr for supported videos

[GuiltySpark_]

3 minutes ago, Jens.M said:

I don't want to disable the auto HDR function because then everything looks a bit weird!

Auto HDR in the Windows HDR settings? This does not affect Chrome/Youtube, only games. 

 

4 minutes ago, Jens.M said:

I have the HDR videostreaming off. So it shouldn't change anything.

What do you mean by this? Where are you talking about? 

 

4 minutes ago, Jens.M said:

Google Chrome Beta

Stop using this and see what changes. 

 

What GPU do you have? 

 

For the record I do everything in HDR mode in Windows and make heavy use of RTX HDR for video in the Nvidia settings. Things look fine on my calibrated OLED. 

[Jens.M]

11 minutes ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

Auto HDR in the Windows HDR settings? This does not affect Chrome/Youtube, only games. 

 

What do you mean by this? Where are you talking about? 

 

Stop using this and see what changes. 

 

What GPU do you have? 

 

For the record I do everything in HDR mode in Windows and make heavy use of RTX HDR for video in the Nvidia settings. Things look fine on my calibrated OLED. 

I know that Auto HDR is for gaming and this works almost fine.

 

I mean in the Windows HDR Settings. There you can turn on HDR Videostreaming.

I have a Asus ROG RTX 4080 OC.

 

I mean it looks kinda weird when I turn HDR off. All colors are oversaturated. So I leave it on the whole time.

[Agall]

6 minutes ago, Jens.M said:

I know that Auto HDR is for gaming and this works almost fine.

 

I mean in the Windows HDR Settings. There you can turn on HDR Videostreaming.

I have a Asus ROG RTX 4080 OC.

 

I mean it looks kinda weird when I turn HDR off. All colors are oversaturated. So I leave it on the whole time.

I'd just turn on all those features and also check Nvidia Control Panel's settings.

 

The RTX video enhancement feature could be disabled/enabled by default, not sure what the default state is. the HDR feature is brand new in one of the newest drivers.

[Jens.M]

On 3/18/2024 at 8:53 PM, Agall said:

I'd just turn on all those features and also check Nvidia Control Panel's settings.

 

The RTX video enhancement feature could be disabled/enabled by default, not sure what the default state is. the HDR feature is brand new in one of the newest drivers.

 

I enabled this setting but it doesn't help.

Also I use another Browser and the same problem appears. 

So it has to do something with my PC or Windows.

 

[Agall]

On 3/20/2024 at 5:12 PM, Jens.M said:

 

I enabled this setting but it doesn't help.

Also I use another Browser and the same problem appears. 

So it has to do something with my PC or Windows.

 

If you're trying to just flat out disable HDR, you'd want to make sure its disabled on the monitor and in Windows. The monitor itself will be set to HDR. Its relatively smart too since enabling HDR in Windows can force the monitor to toggle to HDR.

[Jens.M]

Well I just disabled HDR now.

It gave me a headache when I want to record Games and some suppoert HDR and some not then it all looks crappy again in OBS and so.

Maybe Il try it again when I buy a OLed Monitor.

 

But thanks to all for the tipps

[GuiltySpark_]

Yeah, you have to configure OBS specifically to record in HDR or if you want it to tonemap it to SDR. Its all a little fiddly but there are plenty of guides. 

[Robchil]

in nvidia settings i would just set it to fullscreen(gaming) and not windowed mode to solve your problem. 

 

[Mark Kaine]

i don't think windows supports hdr, they say it does,  but i have never seen it work properly. 

 

can also be seen at the fact that if you turn on hdr, the desktop stays sdr, meaning they cant figure it out very obviously. 

 

[Mark Kaine]

3 hours ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

Yeah, you have to configure OBS specifically to record in HDR or if you want it to tonemap it to SDR. Its all a little fiddly but there are plenty of guides. 

i managed to make my hdr content kinda look okay with the recommended obs settings,  however after uploading to YouTube it was all non hdr washed out garbage again.  for all intends and purposes hdr *does not work properly on windows* yet.

 

[GuiltySpark_]

13 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

i managed to make my hdr content kinda look okay with the recommended obs settings,  however after uploading to YouTube it was all non hdr washed out garbage again.  for all intends and purposes hdr *does not work properly on windows* yet.

 

Seems fine for me in gameplay, capture and Youtube upload.