Okay… so I got some references but not ideal testing.
Using Plex Desktop on Mac this is the HDR reference:
Here is transcoding using Hable via Plex Web (Firefox):
Here is Mobius:
Here is Reinhard:
Another reference using Plex Desktop on iMac with HDR:
And transcoding via PlexWeb (firefox) with Hable:
Here is Mobius:
Here is Reinhard:
I didn’t test the others only because in the different discussion groups these three seemed to be the most preferred options.
It’s hard to say if one or the other is a clear “best” option. It’s definitely going to come down to preferences I think; and hardware config. So no way for there to be a right answer that’ll work for everyone. If you look in some of the other discussions about it folks get into the nitty gritty of setting manual settings for the algorithms too (personally I think that’d only be useful as a per client setting to try to get that specific).
I did the same tests on a 1080p TV and the differences weren’t as drastic as on my iMac but hable still seemed more accurate to the HDR - taking pictures of the TV did not represent the differences well so not going to bother posting them too.
I do tend to prefer darker over brighter myself so probably will stick with hable for now but am curious what others might find in testing things out too.
@ChuckPa - @PoppinJ mentioned HW transcoding overall wasn’t working in this build but was working in the earlier preview build so just wondered if it might’ve be related (irrespective of tonemapping). Thanks for clarifying it.
