▲ 39 ▼ What's your go to video player to watch 4k hdr content on hdr screens? (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 3 years ago by Rabbit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 comments fedilink hide all child comments I've been using mpc with madvr for years, and the upscaling setting for stuff that isn't 4k.
[–] ayaya@lemdro.id 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) VLC is actually known to have problems with colors so you are probably just used to them being wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ninchuka@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Got any links about this? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ayaya@lemdro.id 2 points 3 years ago* There is a notice on this wiki that contains some comparisons: https://thewiki.moe/guides/playback/ I'm sure you can find some more in-depth explanations but I will just copy/paste a quote I have seen from reddit. uses wrong matrix for RGB conversion (results in wrong colors) uses point upscaling for chroma planes introduces strong banding wrong chroma location (MPEG-1 for everything) Old subtitle renderer that in more Typesetting heavy situation will say fuck you all the other bugs (including some that haven't been fixed in years) make it equally unsuitable media player. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ninchuka@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Got any links about this? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ayaya@lemdro.id 2 points 3 years ago* There is a notice on this wiki that contains some comparisons: https://thewiki.moe/guides/playback/ I'm sure you can find some more in-depth explanations but I will just copy/paste a quote I have seen from reddit. uses wrong matrix for RGB conversion (results in wrong colors) uses point upscaling for chroma planes introduces strong banding wrong chroma location (MPEG-1 for everything) Old subtitle renderer that in more Typesetting heavy situation will say fuck you all the other bugs (including some that haven't been fixed in years) make it equally unsuitable media player. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ayaya@lemdro.id 2 points 3 years ago* There is a notice on this wiki that contains some comparisons: https://thewiki.moe/guides/playback/ I'm sure you can find some more in-depth explanations but I will just copy/paste a quote I have seen from reddit. uses wrong matrix for RGB conversion (results in wrong colors) uses point upscaling for chroma planes introduces strong banding wrong chroma location (MPEG-1 for everything) Old subtitle renderer that in more Typesetting heavy situation will say fuck you all the other bugs (including some that haven't been fixed in years) make it equally unsuitable media player. permalink fedilink source parent