Exporting in HDR to youtube

Hi guys,

I've follow a lot of different guide on youtube on how to export an hdr capture from my elgato card and edit / reexport from Davinci, but each time i'm trying to do that, Youtube don't recognize my video in HDR. Do you guys have some tips for Davinci resolve 18?



System specs - Windows 11

Resolve version and Free/Studio - DaVinci Resolve> Davinci 18 build 35

Footage specs - https://ibb.co/JtQqRcc

1) what does the second page in mediainfo say? (the one with the actual specifications from the file)

2) What are your timeline and export settings?

Hi guys,

I've follow a lot of different guide on youtube on how to export an hdr capture from my elgato card and edit / reexport from Davinci, but each time i'm trying to do that, Youtube don't recognize my video in HDR. Do you guys have some tips for Davinci resolve 18?



System specs - Windows 11

Resolve version and Free/Studio - DaVinci Resolve> Davinci 18 build 35

Footage specs - https://ibb.co/JtQqRcc

HDR on youtube is quite a strange thing.
First of all, you need to use the correct codecs. there is a doc by google, that lists all requirements. something like DNxHR and ProRes 4444 is required if I remember correctly.

Secondly, it takes youtube some extra time to actually process the hdr file. You might only see the rec709 trim in the first minutes or sometimes hours. Their tonemappings on the other hand are not really visually pleasing tho.

Also you can only view the HDR version on certain devices. And it makes a difference if you are using the app or a browser.

I did some tests a while ago with my TV and it was quite buggy to actually get the result I wanted.

These guys couldn't get HDR to work on YT either

Check back next year maybe?

This will trigger HDR on displays. I have no idea if it will work for YouTube.

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From what little I have tested, YouTube will gladly accept dnxhr with HDR metadata in .mov container, no need for embedding (only works with Nvidia GPU s AFAIK). It can take a long time though. Imagine how many videos they need to encode at the same time.

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Hmm?
Nvidia has nothing to do with DNxHR.
YouTube accepts few formats for HDR. As long as codec is supported by YT and you have MOV HDR metadata headers it all should be fine. It's MOV headers which YT reads in this case, codec is almost irrelevant (you need 10bit one though).
HDR for YT is nothing that difficult today.

These guys couldn't get HDR to work on YT either

Check back next year maybe?

Actually we can consistently upload HDR - it's just some issues with Android devices that we're trying to iron out with YT.

This is the latest video we did in HDR:

Hmm?
Nvidia has nothing to do with DNxHR.
YouTube accepts few formats for HDR. As long as codec is supported by YT and you have MOV HDR metadata headers it all should be fine. It's MOV headers which YT reads in this case, codec is almost irrelevant (you need 10bit one though).
HDR for YT is nothing that difficult today.

I meant embedding in h265 only works with Nvidia encoder of course.

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Actually we can consistently upload HDR - it's just some issues with Android devices that we're trying to iron out with YT.

This is the latest video we did in HDR:

Xiaomi phones for one don't react correctly to YouTube HDR, they don't boost the brightness and screen acts bizarrely depending whether YT is used upright or full screen rotated, even though HDR is properly detected in YouTube clips.
What other issues with Android devices? Perhaps it's all Android phones that are at fault, not YouTube.


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It will be out of your control and uploading format won’t change anything.
All what you can do is make sure YT sees properly your source as HDR.
It sounds like it has nothing to do with YT either but phone manufacturers.

These guys couldn't get HDR to work on YT either

Check back next year maybe?

He is a drama queen as this is how he makes money.