Youtube no longer in HDR

[maxsquared]

Looks like this will be fixed in the coming release

macOS Monterey 12.1 Fixes Major Tap to Click, YouTube HDR, and Charging Bugs

macOS Monterey 12.1, which is set to be released to the public in the near future, addresses several significant bugs that Mac users have been...

www.macrumors.com

 

[UBS28]

Looks like this will be fixed in the coming release

macOS Monterey 12.1 Fixes Major Tap to Click, YouTube HDR, and Charging Bugs

macOS Monterey 12.1, which is set to be released to the public in the near future, addresses several significant bugs that Mac users have been...

www.macrumors.com

Good to hear. I normally watch YouTube and NetFlix on my 4K Samsung TV, but it would be crazy if my $4000 laptop cannot display HDR videos.

 

[Sanpete]

I normally watch YouTube and NetFlix on my 4K Samsung TV, but it would be crazy if my $4000 laptop cannot display HDR videos.

That's never been at issue. You could watch HDR in Youtube on your machine all along. Just required using a special browser feature (Windows agent) to do it in Safari.

 

[madat42]

That's never been at issue. You could watch HDR in Youtube on your machine all along. Just required using a special browser feature (Windows agent) to do it in Safari.

Actually until a few weeks ago you could watch HDR YouTube videos on Safari without having to go into Developer mode and changing agents to Google Chrome - Windows.

 

[Sanpete]

Actually until a few weeks ago you could watch HDR YouTube videos on Safari without having to go into Developer mode and changing agents to Google Chrome - Windows.

Right, and we never lost the ability to watch them in HDR, only had to use a simple workaround.

 

[TinyMito]

Looks like this will be fixed in the coming release

macOS Monterey 12.1 Fixes Major Tap to Click, YouTube HDR, and Charging Bugs

macOS Monterey 12.1, which is set to be released to the public in the near future, addresses several significant bugs that Mac users have been...

www.macrumors.com

Hope Google will have to switch back enable the HDR soon after unless Safari agent will be under a new version.

 

[OhMyMy]

Just hope Google enables HDR playback again on YouTube for the Macs.

 

[cezanne1]

I also lost Dolby Vision and HDR on Netfix? It should be fixed in upcoming release?

 

[maxsquared]

I also lost Dolby Vision and HDR on Netfix? It should be fixed in upcoming release?

Netflix DV still works, you will need to use Safari. See my reply https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/youtube-no-longer-in-hdr.2323130/post-30678361

 

[cezanne1]

Netflix DV still works, you will need to use Safari. See my reply https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/youtube-no-longer-in-hdr.2323130/post-30678361

So HDR and Dolby vision work even there is no Dolby Vision and HDR badge under movie description? Yes, I can see HEVC in codecs description.

 

[white7561]

So HDR and Dolby vision work even there is no Dolby Vision and HDR badge under movie description? Yes, I can see HEVC in codecs description.

It says (dv) on the current video part. That means Dolby vision is used

 

[cezanne1]

It says (dv) on the current video part. That means Dolby vision is used

So everything works on Safari including HDR even Dolby Vision badge is not visible under move description?

 

[white7561]

So everything works on Safari including HDR even Dolby Vision badge is not visible under move description?

Seems like by looking at the stats. It's Dolby vision. Since it says (DV)

 

[cezanne1]

Seems like by looking at the stats. It's Dolby vision. Since it says (DV)

How to know if HDR is working? Is it included with DV?

 

[white7561]

How to know if HDR is working? Is it included with DV?

Dolby vision is an HDR format. Like HDR10 etc. So Dolby Vision means HDR

 

[madat42]

What about Disney+? Could anyone ever see content in HDR on their MacBook using that service using Safari or other browsers?

 

[Jazmodo]

New member here, 1st post, Hi to all. Owner of a 16" 2021 with M1 Max.

Upon right-clicking on Youtube for their 'nerd stats', I became aware I was only receiving Rec. 709 (SDR). Even though some Youtube videos were identifying as HDR in the bottom right with the selected resolution, image wasn't HDR (confirmed by the stats/colour space).

Having read through this thread, I went into Youtube stats, and selected "Always prefer AV1". I was now able to receive a Rec.2020 stream (confirmed by stats).

The problem? My machine then hard reset twice in a row. Each time caused by watching HDR content, or having HDR content in the background. Not impressed!

 

[maxsquared]

New member here, 1st post, Hi to all. Owner of a 16" 2021 with M1 Max.

Upon right-clicking on Youtube for their 'nerd stats', I became aware I was only receiving Rec. 709 (SDR). Even though some Youtube videos were identifying as HDR in the bottom right with the selected resolution, image wasn't HDR (confirmed by the stats/colour space).

Having read through this thread, I went into Youtube stats, and selected "Always prefer AV1". I was now able to receive a Rec.2020 stream (confirmed by stats).

The problem? My machine then hard reset twice in a row. Each time caused by watching HDR content, or having HDR content in the background. Not impressed!

I don’t think Apple hardware accelerates AV1, so I think it will use a lot of resource than VP9.

 

[white7561]

I don’t think Apple hardware accelerates AV1, so I think it will use a lot of resource than VP9.

They don't. That's why I don't recommend using it. I myself use an extension on chrome to disable AV1 so it only uses h264 or VP8/9 .

And @Jazmodo , the crashing thing should be fixed in the next stable update on 12.1 which is very near. Considering that it's already on RC channel. They has confirmed that it's fixed on the notes. After it's released google can then enable it back again for apple devices

 

[Zahni]

12.1 installed. Still no Youtube HDR in Safari

 

[alee]

12.1 installed. Still no Youtube HDR in Safari

YouTube still has to unblock on their side for this to be complete.

 

[TinyMito]

YouTube still has to unblock on their side for this to be complete.

They just did, right now. I was surprised all the sudden the HDR is back and super bright video.

 

[white7561]

Yeah it is back. On chrome too (i never changed the user agent). I havent updated to 12.1 but I think since YouTube fingerprints what we use using the browser agent. It seems like it's enabled again now

 

[OhMyMy]

Still no Dolby on Disney+.

 

[haruhiko]

Thanks for the update. Definitely gonna check my updated MBP 14” side by side with the iPad Pro 12.9 tonight to verify.