PS5 videos files color washed out

[Snorge]

I record a decent amount of footage from my PS5 games in the 4K HDR webm format. When I transfer them to wallpaper engine, the video is extremely choppy and the colors are completely washed out. I'm rubbing the most current version, and I have the quality settings on Ultra. I've checked the net and re encoded the videos in handbrake. The videos look perfect when I view them in the built in video player and VLC. But when I pull them into wallpaper engine, the playback speed is fine yet the colors are still washed out. I've tried the setting in handbrake to ensure I have the 10 bit color, yet I can't quite seem to nail it. Can someone guide me in the right direction with getting this going, or is it simply not a thing yet? (I have no problem if I need to down convert the videos to 1080, as long as I keep the same vibrant colors).

[Capt.Luke]

you will have to convert them in h264 5.1 , forget 10bit and UHD you will run into problems , webm format. is also very bad container for that kind of UHD video

also we can now use video texture and add anything you wish on your video as well as redoing the colors inside wpe

[Biohazard]

Additionally you can change the option "webm framework" to "native" in Wallpaper Engine. Only then will it use the same video player backend that i.e. windows media player uses. By default it uses Google Chromium and the build we are using may just not do 4k HDR webm yet.

[Snorge]

Originally posted by Capt.Luke:

you will have to convert them in h264 5.1 , forget 10bit and UHD you will run into problems , webm format. is also very bad container for that kind of UHD video

also we can now use video texture and add anything you wish on your video as well as redoing the colors inside wpe

Sorry for the delayed response (just had a new addition to my family). Thank you for the insight. I have no problem re encoding these to 1080 (no need for 4k videos for background purposes). I've followed your instructions, changed the format to .mp4, 1080p, 5.1 for the encoder level. Same results. The video preview shows washed out, but upon playing the video in the built in Movies and TV app, it works just fine. Any other ideas? If anyone wants to see the original footage, I have it linked here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yHQhsKAA_sfewv9PzmI888q1zfulXTlH/view?usp=sharing

[Snorge]

Originally posted by Biohazard:

Additionally you can change the option "webm framework" to "native" in Wallpaper Engine. Only then will it use the same video player backend that i.e. windows media player uses. By default it uses Google Chromium and the build we are using may just not do 4k HDR webm yet.

I appreciate your insight as well. Same as my last post, sorry for the delay, I'm adjusting to a newborn at home. I did manage to locate the option you were referring to, and found it was already set to native. I posted a link to the original file in my previous post. Any other tips or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Is handbrake the best option for what I'm trying to achieve?

[Biohazard]

Thanks. The video also doesn't work right in Windows Media Player for me, so I think you should convert it to mp4 or try a 1080p webm. If it works in WMP then it should also work in Wallpaper Engine. Handbrake is free and it prioritizes compatibility so it's probably a good first step to try.

VLC uses software decoding and is more decoupled from the graphics card and Windows. Wallpaper Engine cannot do this for legal reasons and because hardware decoding is quite important for an app that runs in the background.

I don't know why it works in the movies & TV app. That app is based on a different Windows technology that a normal desktop app has no access to and Microsoft must have favored this over the desktop technology in this specific circumstance. However they are starting to neglect this in Windows 11 again since they tend to scrap these things and just start over.

[Snorge]

Originally posted by Biohazard:

Thanks. The video also doesn't work right in Windows Media Player for me, so I think you should convert it to mp4 or try a 1080p webm. If it works in WMP then it should also work in Wallpaper Engine. Handbrake is free and it prioritizes compatibility so it's probably a good first step to try.

VLC uses software decoding and is more decoupled from the graphics card and Windows. Wallpaper Engine cannot do this for legal reasons and because hardware decoding is quite important for an app that runs in the background.

I don't know why it works in the movies & TV app. That app is based on a different Windows technology that a normal desktop app has no access to and Microsoft must have favored this over the desktop technology in this specific circumstance. However they are starting to neglect this in Windows 11 again since they tend to scrap these things and just start over.

Thank you for the quick reply. I'll give a go and see how that turns out. I really appreciate you!

[Snorge]

Ok, I re-encoded another video to 1080p mp4 file. Movies and TV play fine. WMP is washed out still. The performance is just fine, just the colors are off. I've linked the new video here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yiSNmOkIUpZVbfw30ys60ADEAu1NHzI9/view?usp=sharing

I'm thinking of trying this on another one of my systems to see if this is a local issue on this specific asset.

[Biohazard]

Try changing the color space to BT.709 in handbrake.

[Snorge]

Originally posted by Biohazard:

Try changing the color space to BT.709 in handbrake.

Well I'll be... That worked! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[Kassab277]

I had the same issue; I've been googling for days. My recorded video from the NVIDIA overlay plays washed out on Wallpaper Engine. Downloaded Handshake and changed the colour space to BT.709. Thank you for this!