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Originally Posted by iSeries
Hi, any way to convert HDR to SDR but with X265 (keeping 4k resolution)? I have a 4k non-HDR TV and will play back 4k HEVC SDR in MKV no problem.
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Atak added tone mapping to convert HDR to SDR in the last version. Though I think it only did this when encoding to AVC. For me, VLC 3.0 is able to do tone mapping playback for 4K HDR to display on two 4K monitors I have. I think Kodi is also adding support for HDR to SDR. So you might just need to use a different playback software.
Thing is, I was excited about the prospect of down converting 4K to to 1080p as I felt the increased quality with more pixels would be wonderful. However, finding out there is no perfect way for the color to be remapped from BT2020 to Rec.709, I will still be ripping the 1080p disks to make the HD copy and the 4K UHD to make the 4K copy. The day will probably come when you will no longer get a Blu-ray disc with the UHD disc, and on that day, I will be very grateful that Atak added the tone mapping conversion.