Your input is greatly appreciated joevt. HDR looked amazing on the $5,000 Apple display in the Apple store, so believe it would look great when the signal is correct? Regardless though, really need the option, especially when doing video editing from the new iPhone.
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HDR/resolution - Mac Mini M1 as HTPC with LG OLED65C9.
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Finally figured out how to make it work. When first connected thunderbolt 3 to dual displayport from new mac to my Dell UP2715k, it only outputs 848*480 for some reason. I can use apps like EasyRes to manually set my Dell to 5120*2880, but no High DPI option available.
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If it works for the LG UltraFine 5K and HP Z27q then it should work for the Dell UP2715K. You need to connect both DisplayPort cables. You can try one per Thunderbolt port. If that doesn't work, then you need to connect both to the same Thunderbolt port using a Thunderbolt dock or a Thunderbolt to dual DisplayPort adapter. Let us know if it works. Take a photo of the onscreen menu showing 5120x2880 resolution.
However if i put the laptop on sleep and wake it up, it will correctly recognize my dell and shows the 5120*2880 at 2x Retina scale correctly.
It's the weirdest thing ever and I have to do it again every time I turn on my laptop but at least there is a way to make it work now.
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Sleep and Wake doesn't sound so bad (as long as you don't have external drives that go away after a sleep). On my Hackintosh, I can power off and on the display to switch from 4K to 5K after a boot.
Did you try using one DisplayPort connection per port?
And what about HDR video files playback? And I am thinking about mkv hevc files.
Is it working on M1? Any software recommendations? Any luck? Or is it to soon right now?
Is it working on M1? Any software recommendations? Any luck? Or is it to soon right now?
I need an answer to this as well.
Does Macbook Air / Mac Mini support 4k@60hz HDR?
When exchanging my LG Oled C7 with a CX, what about 4k@120hz. (4:4:4 Chroma?)
Any app out there that plays mkv hevc files with HDR 4k@24hz (mostly 24hz with movies)?
Any difference with supported resolution/HDR support between the Air and Mini?
I'm seeing the same boosted grays on my 3219Q
hope macOS is updated to fix this and the HDCP issues
Those having a funny tint of the user interface in Big Sur:
> System Preferences ... > General
uncheck the "Allow wallpaper tinting in windows"
It's the most moronic thing I've seen in years that seems to pickup a "tint" from the background and use that to screw up the color of the user interface in Big Sur.
That default psychedelic background makes it even worse I'm afraid.
Might not be enough to fix things, but it's one less variable already.
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> System Preferences ... > General
uncheck the "Allow wallpaper tinting in windows"
It's the most moronic thing I've seen in years that seems to pickup a "tint" from the background and use that to screw up the color of the user interface in Big Sur.
That default psychedelic background makes it even worse I'm afraid.
Might not be enough to fix things, but it's one less variable already.
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To play back HDR content: test it first with quicktime and a mp4 file ...
I've been anticipating my M1 mac mini to arrive and been looking at software that plays HDR content on my XDR screens: (which are very capable of producing HDR brightness) - I found nothing but browsers and Quicktime that could play HDR - none of the usual media players that can handle things like mkv output HDR content without making it dark and gloomy.
see here:
forums.macrumors.com
I too am interested in a working HDR media player on the mac.
I've been anticipating my M1 mac mini to arrive and been looking at software that plays HDR content on my XDR screens: (which are very capable of producing HDR brightness) - I found nothing but browsers and Quicktime that could play HDR - none of the usual media players that can handle things like mkv output HDR content without making it dark and gloomy.
see here:
HDR media player for macOS that can output HDR ?
I've been looking for a media player that can actually output HDR properly. - needs to support more file formats than Apple's Quicktime such as mkv and the like - needs to work on a MP7,1 + VegaII + XDR display What I have tested so far: - VLC: no joy, is a darkened image you get - IINA: no...
forums.macrumors.com
I too am interested in a working HDR media player on the mac.
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Same issue, IINA and Movistpro are not working HDR as they use to be on Intel mac.To play back HDR content: test it first with quicktime and a mp4 file ...
I've been anticipating my M1 mac mini to arrive and been looking at software that plays HDR content on my XDR screens: (which are very capable of producing HDR brightness) - I found nothing but browsers and Quicktime that could play HDR - none of the usual media players that can handle things like mkv output HDR content without making it dark and gloomy.
see here:
HDR media player for macOS that can output HDR ?
I've been looking for a media player that can actually output HDR properly. - needs to support more file formats than Apple's Quicktime such as mkv and the like - needs to work on a MP7,1 + VegaII + XDR display What I have tested so far: - VLC: no joy, is a darkened image you get - IINA: no...
I too am interested in a working HDR media player on the mac.
Please elaborate. I found this thread as I'm considering getting the M1 Mac mini and doubling it as an HTPC. Just need 4k60 HDR, but 4:4:4 would be nice as well in the UI. I read somewhere else that there was an update to Big Sur that fixed something-something WRT HDR, also mentioning washed-out colors and "off" hues, so I was thinking this might've fixed some of the mentions in this thread.
What does "still broken" mean exactly? Thanks
