What is the general consensus here? When I have both on, and load Youtube TVapp, there is a black screen / spinning circle and then the app loads. Kind of annoying. Does not happen when both are off
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YouTube tv / match dynamic range / frame rate
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Youtube doesn't match frame rate no matter what setting you have (this is because of issues with ad insertion). You shouldn't see a black screen very often as there is little HDR content on Youtube unless you are defaulting your Apple TV to HDR and it is switching to SDR. It is much better to default the Apple TV video settings to SDR as most HDR content is longer form content so the switching isn't as often.
After years of using it, I turned all the matching stuff off. Most tvs have their own frame tech, if you want, and I find HDR/Dolby Vision to be a gimmick and very little support from anything you would stream. If the tv doesn't look good in SDR then no point in buying it and other ranges just feel like over contrast/saturation.
This is an issue both for YouTube and YouTube TV for myself as well. I keep “Match Dynamic Range” turned off to keep my TV from switching in and out of something…. My TV will normally pause with Apple and indicate if it’s receiving an HDR or DolbyVision signal. With YouTube I just get the pauses…. Even when just changing a channel.
When I want DolbyVision for Netflix or my library, I turn the match dynamic range back on.
Honestly, no other app behaves that way on my ATV.
When I want DolbyVision for Netflix or my library, I turn the match dynamic range back on.
Honestly, no other app behaves that way on my ATV.
I agree with you on my Samsung QN90A QLED. My LG OLED on the other hand turns out great with DV!
You shouldn't have to do that at all with Youtube or Youtube TV. Are you not running in SDR mode by default? Do you have your Chroma set to 4:4:4?
Thanks for the reply - I agree. It’s a limit of my 2016 LG OLED at 4:2:0. I do run keep the ATV at SDR, with the “Match Dynamic Range” it will bring my ATV into HDR or DV if the content is encoded.
Chroma 4:4:4 is typically geared towards PC/computers and games. The default 4:2:0 is fine for movies.
Yes, but with Youtube (at least in the past), if you enabled dynamic range switching, if chroma wasn't set to 4:4:4, it resulted in a black screen while switching on some TVs even when it wasn't necessary. I'm not sure if that is still the case as I just leave it to 4:4:4 all the time.