I mean to keep the setting for all Youtube webpage until they fix it (hopefully a few days).
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Youtube no longer in HDR
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I still can't believe this hasn't been discussed anywhere besides here. I have yet to see this discussed in any review or even mentioned by any youtuber.
Only happened a couple days ago. Most reviews were done by then.
Doubt there will be any. Maybe it’s never coming back lol.
Sure! We haven't heard back from Google/YouTube. As for Apple's side, a number of HDR issues are patched in the upcoming macOS update, currently in beta. Tough for users until the update drops, but nothing more to share right now. Will keep you in the loop if that changes.
On Macs it has always been SDR because until just now there were no HDR capable displays. Not counting the XDR Pro display because mainstream users don't buy that.
Depends which show and movie. I played Finch, Foundation, Mr. Brain, Evasion are all running in HDR mode. Movie like Free Guy, did not have HDR.
4k HDR only works in Brave for me for my 14 inch.
In fact Brave is the only browser I use that supports ProMotion (120hz).
I don't use Chrome btw.
In fact Brave is the only browser I use that supports ProMotion (120hz).
I don't use Chrome btw.
4K HDR YouTube is still working brilliantly on my Razer Blade 4K OLED. It must be an Apple thing.
You don’t get a Mac to watch YouTube or play games. Not sure why this is an issue.
Why not? I mean people have gamed for years on intel macs and streamed millions of hours on youtube. Now all of sudden they can't or shouldn't. As my daughter would say, "ok boomer"
in all seriousness what you use it for and others will is completely different.
Fix: Enable developer mode in preferences, then go to Develop menu, User Agent, select Firefox/Windows, reload safari
Please note that this was disabled on purpose to prevent crashes on Macs while it is investigated. I have not crashed once watching HDR on my 14" m1 max.
Please note that this was disabled on purpose to prevent crashes on Macs while it is investigated. I have not crashed once watching HDR on my 14" m1 max.
Thanks for splaining that. Can we upvote this for the most useless post? I kid of course, I just found the post really funny ?.
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It's disabled in chrome too.. i think it's because of the HDR issue with the new MBPs. They'll prob turn it on again when it's all fixed
