# ToneMapping

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/tonemapping/795787>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** plex-htpc\
**Created:** [June 5, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tonemapping/795787 "2022-06-05T12:26:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![davegibbon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@davegibbon](https://forums.plex.tv/u/davegibbon)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tonemapping/795787/1 "2022-06-05T12:26:47Z")

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Hi does anyone know if the new plex htpc does HDR to SDR tonemapping, without transcoding? Ive downloaded so many different versions of plex over the year, and quite honestly the features they list are horrible and want to avoid going through all this again, with the dl and setup. tks!

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tonemapping/795787/2 "2022-06-05T12:36:50Z")

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The playback engine of HTPC is the same as “Plex for Windows/Mac/Linux”.  
So they also behave identical in this regard.  
Try them both, if you want.

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**Author:** ![gbooker02](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gbooker02/32/9726_2.png) [@gbooker02](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gbooker02)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tonemapping/795787/3 "2022-06-06T14:24:52Z")

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> [@davegibbon](#):
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> does anyone know if the new plex htpc does HDR to SDR tonemapping, without transcoding?

It does tone mapping. It uses [MPV](https://mpv.io/) as the playback engine.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tonemapping/795787/4 "2022-09-04T14:25:39Z")

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