YouTube HDR... finally

[Kuschelmonschter]

YouTube HDR content is finally available!

You will find a playlist here. However, these clips will be played as SDR on Sonys for now.

With youtube-dl you can find vp9.2 encodings for those clips:

330          webm       256x144    144p60  156k , vp9.2, 60fps, video only, 2.38MiB
331          webm       426x240    240p60  256k , vp9.2, 60fps, video only, 3.87MiB
332          webm       640x360    360p60  485k , vp9.2, 60fps, video only, 7.35MiB
333          webm       854x480    480p60  909k , vp9.2, 60fps, video only, 13.83MiB
334          webm       1280x720   720p60 1991k , vp9.2, 60fps, video only, 28.18MiB
335          webm       1920x1080  1080p60 3201k , vp9.2, 60fps, video only, 49.70MiB
336          webm       2560x1440  1440p60 11166k , vp9.2, 60fps, video only, 170.23MiB
337          webm       3840x2160  2160p60 20122k , vp9.2, 60fps, video only, 335.45MiB

Those are webm however which the native Video app won't play.

We will see whether we will get support for it soon, even for the early 2016 models with the old MediaTek SoC from last year. At least Sony promised that back at CES:

Spoiler

YouTube will also start streaming in HDR quality later this year, using a new VP9-Profile 2 codec that brings HDR support to Google’s VP9 video format. Sony’s Motoi Kawamura, Head of TV Product Planning for Sony Europe, confirmed to FlatpanelsHD that the 2016 models will support VP9-Profile 2 and be capable of streaming YouTube in HDR. We saw a demo at CES and it looked very good.

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[Itom86]

This will be enough reason soon to claim full refund... If not it is already

[rooobb]

I am not sure about it but I've got some hints looking on the internet that this could be due to commercial agreement with Korean brands. I'm just guessing not stating a fact.

[sfortis]

All, i've good news. Community is giving solution wherever mega-companies like Sony cant.

SmartYouTubeTV CAN play HDR youtube on Sony TV's and its a modified official application.

1.download SmartYouTubeTV from here: https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartYouTubeTV

2.install on your tv

3. on the loader screen choose "4k Alt  version" and check "update","autoframerate" and "remember"

launch the new youtube and enjoy! (tested succesfully on 65XE8596)

[rooobb]

@sfortis it works !!! It shows me a grey screen if I select the 4K Alt Version, but if I select 4K MiTv and Legacy it starts and my A1 tv switchs to HDR. Very good hints!

[sfortis]

great  

im watching again HDR videos on youtube and looking great indeed!

[Itom86]

 It works for me too, many thanks for that! Let's show Sony/Google, that we don't need their "support" 

P.s.: because this is a third party app, do you know, if it is safe enough, to log in with Google account? 

[Risc0n]

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@sfortiswrote:

All, i've good news. Community is giving solution wherever mega-companies like Sony cant.

SmartYouTubeTV CAN play HDR youtube on Sony TV's and its a modified official application.

1.download SmartYouTubeTV from here: https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartYouTubeTV

2.install on your tv

3. on the loader screen choose "4k Alt  version" and check "update","autoframerate" and "remember"

launch the new youtube and enjoy! (tested succesfully on 65XE8596)

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thanks for this, but it keeps pausing when trying to watch most videos?

[sfortis]

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@Itom86wrote:

 It works for me too, many thanks for that! Let's show Sony/Google, that we don't need their "support" 

P.s.: because this is a third party app, do you know, if it is safe enough, to log in with Google account? 

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its open source, everybody can check the code, it uses the android system authentication system, i think is safe!

[sfortis]

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@Risc0nwrote:

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@sfortiswrote:

All, i've good news. Community is giving solution wherever mega-companies like Sony cant.

SmartYouTubeTV CAN play HDR youtube on Sony TV's and its a modified official application.

1.download SmartYouTubeTV from here: https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartYouTubeTV

2.install on your tv

3. on the loader screen choose "4k Alt  version" and check "update","autoframerate" and "remember"

launch the new youtube and enjoy! (tested succesfully on 65XE8596)

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thanks for this, but it keeps pausing when trying to watch most videos?

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did you tried switching players?  (4K MiTV, 4k Alt version) 

on my set, it plays flawlesly. (65x8596)

[pero_85]

Hi

I created my account just to write how grateful I am for you for providing the solution! Now we have 4K HDR in YT and it looks great and works flawlessly! Thanks so much!