I have a bunch of HDR videos in Plex which look amazing on my OLED TV but very flat on my 14" MBP. If I copy the file locally then Optimus player is the only one which appears to handle HDR correctly, I have also tried VLC and IINA. I am surprised these don't work correctly either. Is it a case of these apps needing to be updated somehow?
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What video player for HDR are people using on their new MacBook Pros?
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IINA was DCI-P3 aware, so far as I remember. I don't know if it handles HDR since it requires Rosetta to work and that is something I am trying to avoid. So, at the moment, Infuse works.
Yes although Infuse is pretty expensive if you want to watch 4K HDR...the free version won't play those. I have paid for Optimus player for now as it is cheap and watching the locally copied files. I would hope that Plex (I have a lifetime licence for that) will update at some point.
Use Subler (https://subler.org) to remux them into MP4/M4A, then use QuickTime or the TV App 
But good to see there's no other viable options yet. I was pretty bummed about VLC not supporting this.
But good to see there's no other viable options yet. I was pretty bummed about VLC not supporting this.
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Also instead of creating a whole new file,install ffmpeg in terminal with homebrew and run
ffmpeg -i example.mkv -c copy -vtag hvc1 example.mp4
Good to see there is no other option? How is that goodUse Subler (https://subler.org) to remux them into MP4/M4A, then use QuickTime or the TV App
But good to see there's no other viable options yet. I was pretty bummed about VLC not supporting this.
Also instead of creating a whole new file,install ffmpeg in terminal with homebrew and run
ffmpeg -i example.mkv -c copy -vtag hvc1 example.mp4
Movist Pro handle the HDR better than Infuse, Infuse HDR is buggy, it only activate if I set the brightness around 45% or 7 of 16 bar brightness. If I hit it to 8/16 brightness. the HDR turns off on Infuse.
Movist Pro just work in HDR, not the App Store version.
IINA just tone-mapped HDR, not a true HDR.
Movist Pro just work in HDR, not the App Store version.
IINA just tone-mapped HDR, not a true HDR.
Really? Infuse on mine works fine. On 8 clicks of brightness it works fine too. The HDR window is brighter than the rest and the color seems to be the same. But ofc I always set it to the brightest and then I play the HDR to make sure it can go to the highest brightness.
I compared movist pro and infuse side by side and it seems like the color on infuse looks more saturated a little bit which looks better.
Haha, sorry. What I meant is "I'm glad to see I didnt overlook anything". I'm not happy about it either.