4K UHD Conversion

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sush1988
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4K UHD Conversion

Post by sush1988 »

Description of problem or question:
I have a 4k UHD rip from my disc, I tried converting using Handbrake but the output comes out faded and colors washed out ? Does anyone have same issue



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HandBrake version (e.g., 1.0.0):

1.1.1


Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Windows 10 Creators Update):

Windows 10


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Woodstock
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Re: 4K UHD Conversion

Post by Woodstock »

Handbrake does not, at this time, deal well with High Dynamic Range content. The conversion to SDR does exactly what you're seeing - washing out the HDR colors.
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