How to convert hdr 4k file to sdr 4k file with handbrake

[dj02]

Description of problem or question:
I cant seem to find a way to convert hdr file to sdr file with handbrake. If i first just do an basic convert with handbrake and then with ffmpeg commandline i do the hdr -> sdr convert with command:

ffmpeg.exe -i How To Train Your Dragon-Seg Mainfeature Hdr-x265.mkv -vf zscale=t=linear:npl=100,format=gbrpf32le,zscale=p=bt709,tonemap=tonemap=hable:desat=0,zscale=t=bt709:m=bt709:r=tv,format=yuv420p -c:v libx265 -crf 23 -preset slow output.mkv

, then the file converts to sdr. but if try to add the previous command to handbrake's extra commands box. hdr -> sdr conversion doesnt happen. Following command i tried to add extra commands box:

zscale=t=linear:npl=100,format=gbrpf32le,zscale=p=bt709,tonemap=tonemap=hable:desat=0,zscale=t=bt709:m=bt709:r=tv,format=yuv420p

. So how i need to modify handbrake preset, to include functionality of that command?


HandBrake version (e.g., 1.0.0):
1.2.2



Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Windows 10 Creators Update):
Windows 10 Pro 1809



HandBrake Activity Log ***required*** (see How-to get an activity log)

Log file: https://pastebin.com/L6arjCLY
Presetfile: https://pastebin.com/EL9rWq5S

[mduell]

HB's extra commands are for encoder library options only, not arbitrary options for an unrelated piece of software.

If you do any encode with HB from an HDR source, your output will be SDR. It may not be the tone/color mapping you want, but it will be SDR.

[JohnAStebbins]

If you do any encode with HB from an HDR source, your output will be SDR. It may not be the tone/color mapping you want, but it will be SDR.

Actually, it's a bit more complicated than that. What is popularly known as "HDR" is a combination of an expanded color gamut (bt.2020) plus metadata that is added to the stream that tells a display how to map the expanded color gamut down when the display does not support the full gamut.

HandBrake passes the color characteristics through unmodified (transfer, primaries, and matrix), but HandBrake truncates the pixel's color components to 8 bits per component and does not pass through the color mapping metadata for the display. So the result is something with some of the characteristics of HDR but *not* HDR

Any player that properly respects color transfer, primaries, and matrix should be able to reproduce the original colors accurately. But I don't know how many players properly account for all relevant factors. I.e. the color gamut supported by the display is an important factor.

I have investigated adding a color map filter to do true HDR to SDR conversion (which is what your ffmpeg command line is doing). It's on my todo list to implement. But no ETA.

[dj02]

If you do any encode with HB from an HDR source, your output will be SDR. It may not be the tone/color mapping you want, but it will be SDR.

Actually, it's a bit more complicated than that. What is popularly known as "HDR" is a combination of an expanded color gamut (bt.2020) plus metadata that is added to the stream that tells a display how to map the expanded color gamut down when the display does not support the full gamut.

HandBrake passes the color characteristics through unmodified (transfer, primaries, and matrix), but HandBrake truncates the pixel's color components to 8 bits per component and does not pass through the color mapping metadata for the display. So the result is something with some of the characteristics of HDR but *not* HDR

Any player that properly respects color transfer, primaries, and matrix should be able to reproduce the original colors accurately. But I don't know how many players properly account for all relevant factors. I.e. the color gamut supported by the display is an important factor.

I have investigated adding a color map filter to do true HDR to SDR conversion (which is what your ffmpeg command line is doing). It's on my todo list to implement. But no ETA.

Could you help how to insert my linked preset settings to that ffmpeg command i posted?

[JohnAStebbins]

Could you help how to insert my linked preset settings to that ffmpeg command i posted?

You can't do this in HandBrake.