HDR performance when streaming video

maclaren0804 · 2023-11-06T07:51:48+00:00

I just bought a Nothing Phone (2), OS ver. 2.0.4. I try to play HDR videos on Youtube but I suddenly found the color is so dark, almost can't seen. But desktop and text or wallpaper looks still great. Only HDR videos not working. I don't have Netflix so I can't compare. Is there any thing I need to setup ? (HDR display option is enabled already) The screenshot you can see even the preview is much brighter than I saw. ![](https://s3-nothing-prod.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/2023-11-06/1699257027-829936-screenshot-20231106-153933.png "video even darker than preview")

maclaren0804

THEY FINALLY FIX !!!!!

After I update to NOTHING OS 2.5.5, the HDR video in YouTube is much brighter now !!! (Seems not bright enough but maybe hardware limit.). I don’t know which movie in Netflix can show it is using HDR mode so I can’t test.

[ Additional info ]

You can go to Developer options to enable “Disable HW overlays”, the screen will be brighter.

addaedans

Guys…it is said a lot of times that Netflix won’t enable HDR on the Nothing phones as they should be pre installed on every phone…Nothing did not make that deal with them for good reasons…youtube has HDR support now on 2.5.5 but it stutters on higher resolutions for now, it will be fixed in a hotfix hopefully.

ItsAssassin

addaedans if you haven’t read, they are not talking about Netflix but youtube and hotstar…hdr brightness on YT is too low that even touching navigation bar or escaping the video looks more bright than the hdr playback itself.

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ItsAssassin

ItsAssassin same issue. I tried to play some HDR 10 videos on vlc media player . The navigation panel is too bright but the video is dull. Low light scenes are literally pure black.

Highly disappointed.!!!!!!!! ☹️

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