From 13a63331b67f489d547b566ea8b7b60de62192bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Niklas Haas Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 19:10:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] manpage: warn about the use of HDR functions for target-trc Most devices seems to require special signalling (e.g. via HDMI metadata) to actually decode HDR signals and treat them as such, so it's probably worth warning the potential user about the fact that mpv pretty definitely does *not* set any of this metadata signalling. --- DOCS/man/vo.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/DOCS/man/vo.rst b/DOCS/man/vo.rst index a4d42e48c3..306b027561 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/vo.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/vo.rst @@ -1006,6 +1006,12 @@ Available video output drivers are: std-b67 ARIB STD-B67 (Hybrid Log-gamma) curve, also known as BBC/NHK HDR + NOTE: When using HDR output formats, mpv will encode to the specified + curve but it will not set any HDMI flags or other signalling that + might be required for the target device to correctly display the + HDR signal. The user should independently guarantee this before + using these signal formats for display. + ``target-brightness=<1..100000>`` Specifies the display's approximate brightness in cd/m^2. When playing HDR content on a SDR display (or SDR content on an HDR display), video