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Google Chrome Adds Support For HDR Video Playback
Google send word about an update with the Chrome browser over the last year and offered a peek at some features that will arrive later this year. To start, Chrome now supports play/pause, rewind, and fast forward controls for audio and video.
YouTube supports HDR uploads and a handful of phones (including the Pixels) support HDR playback. Further, Google Play Movies and the Chromecast Ultra support HDR content as well reports phonescoop. Now, as spotted first by XDA-Developers, Chrome for Android appears to be adding support for HDR playback. The browser handles picture-in-picture playback on Android, and improved audio/video controls on both the lock screen and notification shade. The browser is able to mute web sites and soon will let people customize which sites are allowed to autoplay audio and video content.
Google has already begin adding support for high dynamic range video content to Chrome for Windows 10 devices, and will expand HDR video playback to more platforms soon. HDR content of course offers more vibrant colors and darker blacks.
Last, Google is prepared for the official release of virtual reality on the web, which it has been testing for the better part of a year. Google said HDR video and VR are coming to Chrome later this year. HDR and HDR+ content can be played back on a handful of smartphones, such as the LG V30 and the Samsung Galaxy Note8.
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#5513946 Posted on: 01/24/2018 11:19 PM
HDR content isn't exclusively for DRM protected content. Most of it will probably will be, but it doesn't have to be.
It's usually just associated with 4K Blu-Rays and Netflix.
YouTube can display HDR content as long as the the browser supports it.
Netflix 4K (with or without HDR) now works on any Nvidia cards from the last 2 generations as long as you're on Win10 and have new'ish drivers. There are downloadable demo videos that display HDR as long as you have a player that can display it.
There are games that use HDR as well. Those probably don't apply to in-browser HDR, but they're just another example that it isn't totally tied to Intel's DRM.
So if i get that right you can watch hdr ads on any platform but hdr content only to latest intrl cpus?
HDR content isn't exclusively for DRM protected content. Most of it will probably will be, but it doesn't have to be.
It's usually just associated with 4K Blu-Rays and Netflix.
YouTube can display HDR content as long as the the browser supports it.
Netflix 4K (with or without HDR) now works on any Nvidia cards from the last 2 generations as long as you're on Win10 and have new'ish drivers. There are downloadable demo videos that display HDR as long as you have a player that can display it.
There are games that use HDR as well. Those probably don't apply to in-browser HDR, but they're just another example that it isn't totally tied to Intel's DRM.
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#5513948 Posted on: 01/24/2018 11:26 PM
Netflix computer 4k or HDR requires either a intel 7xxx or Nvidia 1xxx
Not seeing anything about 9xx there
https://help.netflix.com/en/node/55763
Netflix computer 4k or HDR requires either a intel 7xxx or Nvidia 1xxx
Not seeing anything about 9xx there
https://help.netflix.com/en/node/55763
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#5513956 Posted on: 01/24/2018 11:52 PM
Netflix 4K only requires HDCP 2.2, which the 950's-980's support.
HDR is supported in "all Maxwell and Pascal cards"...but whether Netflix (or Microsoft) add additional requirements on top of that I dunno. The 10's definitely work with or without the new Intel DRM.
9XX's *should* work, but it's not like MS has handled HDR very well to begin with. Their desktop implementation is still horrid.
Netflix 4K only requires HDCP 2.2, which the 950's-980's support.
HDR is supported in "all Maxwell and Pascal cards"...but whether Netflix (or Microsoft) add additional requirements on top of that I dunno. The 10's definitely work with or without the new Intel DRM.
9XX's *should* work, but it's not like MS has handled HDR very well to begin with. Their desktop implementation is still horrid.
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#5514000 Posted on: 01/25/2018 03:38 AM
You'll need an nvidia card that not only supports the HDCP 2.2+ spec but ALSO the hardware HEVC chip optimizations needed to decode 4k HEVC in realtime. Those are only found in the most recent nvidia cards and the intel chips mentioned previously. That's the key.
While you can play x264 4k content in other geforce cards as long as they support the resolution, because x264 hardware decoding has been in all of these cards for a few years now, you can't play HEVC, 4k, and now HDR on them.
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia-PureVideo
Check the eighth and ninth generations of PureVideo (and VDPAU feature sets F through H) to find the right graphics card for your hardware decoding video needs.
Generally speaking, if it's a Maxwell (GM) series card, you're out of luck. But if you have a Pascal (GP) series card, you ready to go!
And finally, the cheapest, most robust Home Theatre PC graphics cards supporting VP8/VDPAU-H is the GeForce GT 1030, at about $75.
I hope this helps.
You'll need an nvidia card that not only supports the HDCP 2.2+ spec but ALSO the hardware HEVC chip optimizations needed to decode 4k HEVC in realtime. Those are only found in the most recent nvidia cards and the intel chips mentioned previously. That's the key.
While you can play x264 4k content in other geforce cards as long as they support the resolution, because x264 hardware decoding has been in all of these cards for a few years now, you can't play HEVC, 4k, and now HDR on them.
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia-PureVideo
Check the eighth and ninth generations of PureVideo (and VDPAU feature sets F through H) to find the right graphics card for your hardware decoding video needs.
Generally speaking, if it's a Maxwell (GM) series card, you're out of luck. But if you have a Pascal (GP) series card, you ready to go!
And finally, the cheapest, most robust Home Theatre PC graphics cards supporting VP8/VDPAU-H is the GeForce GT 1030, at about $75.
I hope this helps.
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So if i get that right you can watch hdr ads on any platform but hdr content only to latest intrl cpus?