Apologies if this has been requested before…I wasn’t able to find it. With 4K HDR material becoming more and more prevalent, it’s causing compatibility issues with players/displays that are not HDR-capable (washed-out colors, primarily). Plex could really help bridge this transition period by havin…

Allright. That player is pretty amazing. Plex on ATV and iOS is better than ever now.

+1 vote. I would appreciate at least a little acknowledgement about if they are working on this or why they can’t do this. Just signed up for lifetime today in hopes they can get the resources to fix this.

I’m in too! Plex will now have to deal with HEVC, HDR, tone mapping and everything that is new. [image] When is Plex going to add tone mapping for 4K HDR transcoding? General Discussions I am kinda hoping for a Plex employee to respond. Is Plex working to add tone mappin…

Besides it still doesn’t do the tonemapping when a 4K video with HDR is being transcoded. The colors looked washed out. It’s annoying AF if I may add, waiting for this to be fixed in the future…

May be OT here but I’m curious. When PMS currently transcodes a 4K HDR file does it retain the HDR info? Meaning, if it transcodes it down to say 12mbps 1080p for remote streaming, would a remote 4K tv receive a 1080p HDR stream? If so, in the future it may not be appropriate for 4K transcodes to al…

No it doesnt. In its current state, it doesnt retain HDR, nor tonemap, and is best described as broken. Until Plex does one or the other, I wish they dissabled transcoding of HDR content entirely. In order to retain HDR, plex would need to transcode to a supported codec, like HEVC. Currently plex t…

Ahhh good point about the hevc. I knew that. Could have answered my own question. Thanks.

[Implemented] HDR->SDR Transcoding

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KCX June 4, 2020, 2:05pm 59

I’m in too! Plex will now have to deal with HEVC, HDR, tone mapping and everything that is new.

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[Implemented] HDR->SDR Transcoding

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