Fix for video playback too bright in Chrome web browser (possibly other apps)

[Steven P. Administrators]

I noticed that "blacks" were grey while I was watching an episode of Ghosts (2019) via Emby player, but the same episode looked absolutely fine in MPC-BE (which uses its own video renderer) so I did a bit of searching around and stumbled on this, anyway the trick is

If video playback is too bright in Chrome or other apps, go to

1. Nvidia Control Panel
2. Adjust video color settings
3. Select "With the NVIDIA settings"
4. Ensure Dynamic Range is set to Full (Advanced) tab.

Don't forget to press Apply before leaving the Nvidia Control Panel.

Another trick in  the same reddit thread requires changing the color profile in Chrome flags to HDR10, but that disables Hardware Acceleration, and probably doesn't fix the issue in other apps, so I don't recommend that.

I don't know the trick for AMD cards, but it is probably a similar setting.

[hellowalkman Reporter]

Hmmmm

https://community.amd.com/t5/graphics/video-playback-limited-dynamic-range-elevated-black-level-using/m-p/500805/highlight/true#M81533