<p>Everything worked as expected. For some reason, there is a delay on the YT side and it could take from 24-48 hours for the HDR file to be present</p>
<p>Here is an example of waiting 24 hours for the HDR PQ file to display as an HDR:</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/bMOmm5AWjyk" rel="nofollow noreferrer">First successful example</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVvJGLTumIzXlXWuqOGjiS1fa3SxN7z27" rel="nofollow noreferrer">This is a playlist of the latest HDR PQ files</a></p>

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kronus
<p>Thanks to <a href="https://superuser.com/q/1854913/167207">suggestions from a previous question</a>, I was able to create my own &quot;tone-mapper&quot; in FCPX - add a color correction and set everything to zero, then add a Hue/Saturation and set the saturation to 0.8</p>
<p>See the attached screenshots, along with the original EXR which have nothing applied to them</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/M-tVtbg8-MM" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://youtu.be/M-tVtbg8-MM</a></p>
<p>Still trying to make YouTube recognize HDR-10 using mkvmerge on command line and according to MediaInfo this is an HDR-10 PQ file but YouTube keeps converting it to bt709.</p>
<p>Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have tried ffmpeg as well and MediaInfo keeps telling me that I have an HDR-10 file</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/F0fCXNZV.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/F0fCXNZV.png" alt="original exr" /></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/LhW4B11d.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/LhW4B11d.png" alt="color to zero" /></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Uz3aIpED.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Uz3aIpED.png" alt="saturation to zero" /></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/AbEuOE8J.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/AbEuOE8J.png" alt="exposure to zero" /></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/lGaqCv79.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/lGaqCv79.png" alt="saturation to zero point eight" /></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/rE7OTodk.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/rE7OTodk.png" alt="media info" /></a></p>

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HDR-10 file uploaded to YouTube keeps being changed to bt709?
kronus
# HDR-10 file uploaded to YouTube keeps being changed to bt709?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-09-10)

Thanks to [suggestions from a previous question](https://superuser.com/q/1854913/167207), I was able to create my own "tone-mapper" in FCPX - add a color correction and set everything to zero, then add a Hue/Saturation and set the saturation to 0.8

See the attached screenshots, along with the original EXR which have nothing applied to them

<https://youtu.be/M-tVtbg8-MM>

Still trying to make YouTube recognize HDR-10 using mkvmerge on command line and according to MediaInfo this is an HDR-10 PQ file but YouTube keeps converting it to bt709.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have tried ffmpeg as well and MediaInfo keeps telling me that I have an HDR-10 file

[![original exr](https://i.sstatic.net/F0fCXNZV.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/F0fCXNZV.png)
[![color to zero](https://i.sstatic.net/LhW4B11d.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/LhW4B11d.png)
[![saturation to zero](https://i.sstatic.net/Uz3aIpED.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/Uz3aIpED.png)
[![exposure to zero](https://i.sstatic.net/AbEuOE8J.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/AbEuOE8J.png)
[![saturation to zero point eight](https://i.sstatic.net/lGaqCv79.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/lGaqCv79.png)
[![media info](https://i.sstatic.net/rE7OTodk.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/rE7OTodk.png)

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2024-11-20. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

Everything worked as expected. For some reason, there is a delay on the YT side and it could take from 24-48 hours for the HDR file to be present

Here is an example of waiting 24 hours for the HDR PQ file to display as an HDR:

[First successful example](https://youtu.be/bMOmm5AWjyk)

[This is a playlist of the latest HDR PQ files](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVvJGLTumIzXlXWuqOGjiS1fa3SxN7z27)


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