Mac Mini M4 Pro and Dolby Vision

[Dirty Mac]

So I bought this to edit my videos I shoot in dolby vision due to the sales blurb it can output to any device that supports dobly vision including TVs ... well it does not output dolby vision to any of my 4K TVs that have support. I just get bog standard HDR. So it is kinda useless for editing my vids. Can't return 'cause I already sold my M2. Am I missing something or can you not really display dolby on a TV?

 

[43n79w]

My M3 Max MacBook Pro can output Dolby Vision at 4K up to 100 Hz over USB-C or HDMI but I need to use BetterDisplay to enable that color output mode. I'm not sure why there's a 100 Hz limitation, particularly on the HDMI 2.1 port. But you might want to give BetterDisplay a try.

 

[840quadra]

This is good to know as I am looking into HDR display options for mine. My main editing rig is currently an M3 14" Macbook pro for work in the field. I use an iPad Pro M4 (OLED) as a 2nd monitor and clip viewer for that so I am well covered for pro motion display options.

I am fully struggling to find a display I want for the Mini, I want 4K, Dolby Vision capable, but am more keen on HDR10 and speeds over 60hz as well.

Finding one that is under 32", NOT curved, and has inputs I want is super hard . .

 

[43n79w]

I too was looking for a similar display as you. I couldn't find one and lost patience. I opted to buy the Asus PG32UCDM. I thought that I'd notice a big difference in text clarity with my old LG 27" 4K display. But the text clarity is just fine and the improvements in all other areas are much more noticeable. I typically run at 4K 240 Hz 10-bit non-HDR over USB-C. But it can do 4K 240 Hz at 10-bit HDR and 4K Dolby Vision at 12-bit 100 Hz as depicted here. What's more annoying is having to do pixel cleaning every few hours to prevent OLED burn-in. Also, the USB-C and Displayport ports only supporting DP 1.4 does kind of suck. I'm sure the next revision will have DP 2.1 and will match up well with the 2024+ MacBook Pros. But it has HDMI 2.1 and so far I haven't been able to distinguish visual differences between running on HDMI 2.1 and running on USB-C in DP 1.4 with DSC.

 

[AmplifiedLife]

So I bought this to edit my videos I shoot in dolby vision due to the sales blurb it can output to any device that supports dobly vision including TVs ... well it does not output dolby vision to any of my 4K TVs that have support. I just get bog standard HDR. So it is kinda useless for editing my vids. Can't return 'cause I already sold my M2. Am I missing something or can you not really display dolby on a TV?

any updates? you try better display? thanks

 

[Dirty Mac]

any updates? you try better display? thanks

Bought betterdisplay... did help but not perfectly. HDR is improved and quite usable. Can get Dolby but only limited range (full range colors are too borked to be usable) and still not as good as HDR. Need a newer and better TV. Maybe next year.

 

[AmplifiedLife]

Bought betterdisplay... did help but not perfectly. HDR is improved and quite usable. Can get Dolby but only limited range (full range colors are too borked to be usable) and still not as good as HDR. Need a newer and better TV. Maybe next year.

thanks. I've been running it with HDR 10 to a vizio TV and then via sidecar to my iPad Pro as main display. I'm coming from an intel MBP. this is my first ever mini and I'm still getting caught up with apple silicon and modern macOS changes. after xmas I'm going to see if I can't use the iPad to verify my video exports look proper. I really don't want to buy another display. I haven't tried using iPad Pro in "reference mode", while in sidecar, or anything too complicated yet, but I look forward to trying that.

 

[TheRealAlex]

Alienware 32” 4K 240hz QD-OLED monitor on HDMI 2.1 with a quality cable.
4K 10-bit HDR color and VRR enabled. You can’t get better.

 

[Cork-]

Alienware 32” 4K 240hz QD-OLED monitor on HDMI 2.1 with a quality cable.
4K 10-bit HDR color and VRR enabled. You can’t get better.

You can tho. I have the same monitor and VRR is limited due to scaling, HDR only works on 60hz and Dolby Vision only works with BetterDisplay, limited colour range and 60hz.

 

[j2lp]

My M3 Max MacBook Pro can output Dolby Vision at 4K up to 100 Hz over USB-C or HDMI but I need to use BetterDisplay to enable that color output mode. I'm not sure why there's a 100 Hz limitation, particularly on the HDMI 2.1 port. But you might want to give BetterDisplay a try.

Hi, thanks for the tip but could it be possible to share your BETTERDISPLAY settings ? specially the colour output mode you are talking about ? thank you.

 

[Cork-]

Hi, thanks for the tip but could it be possible to share your BETTERDISPLAY settings ? specially the colour output mode you are talking about ? thank you.

 

[43n79w]

Hi, thanks for the tip but could it be possible to share your BETTERDISPLAY settings ? specially the colour output mode you are talking about ? thank you.

This is while connected via USB-C. Curiously, when connected via HDMI 2.1 of my M3 Max, I still can't get above 100 Hz with 12-bit DolbyVision. It's not a practical issue for me as I only use HDR when watching video that's well under 60 fps. But there's something going on in macOS at the software level with respect to this limitation.

In my case I need to change to HDR and then the refresh rate first before I can see these particular color modes.

EDIT:Here's when running in HDR non-DolbyVision but at 10-bit 240 Hz

 

[j2lp]

Thank you, will test it asap ! Happy new year !

 

[j2lp]

perfect, my Mac mini M4 connected to TCL QD-MiniLed TCL 85MQLED85, is now in DOLBY VISION.

THANK YOU