Play HDR (4K) with VLC & Solve VLC HDR not Working

I've done some googling and all the advise is that switching Prefs > Video > Output to OpenGL should fix the issue by allowing tone mapping ...

The new option also allows to disable/enable HDR on SDR and HDR screens on demand, on any GPU. The TrueHDR and GPU upscaler are currently exclusive.

The problem is as following: my 4K screen when viewing a HDR video on VLC player or Kodi will only stay in HDR mode if i play the video in windowed mode or ...

1. Video > Adjust Video Color Settings. · 2. Switch to With the NVIDIA Settings if the option is not enabled. · 3. Switch to the Advanced tab.

Fix 1: Activate HDR in WindowsFix 2: Activate VLC HDR SettingsFix 3: Enable/Disable Hardware AccelerationFix 4: Enable Multi-threadingFix 5 ...

GO to VLC - Tools - Preferences · Go to Input Codecs, and where it says Hardware accelerated decoding, switch from Automatic to Disable. · Click ...

Go to Display Settings and look for Windows HD Color settings. In there, turn on HDR. If it's already on, then you're good.

How do I enable HDR on VLC? VLC has enabled HDR settings by default. Or you can go to Tools > Preferences > Video > Select OpenGL ...

VLC HDR settings are turned on by default, if not, you can just open your VLC > Tools > Preferences > Video > choose OpenGL video output for Windows or OpenGL video output from the drop down menu of Output > then, click on Save button

Windows Settings: Go to Settings > System > Display and enable HDR for your display if it supports it. Ensure that the HDR setting is turned on.