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I'm using mpv to play some FHD Bluray Remuxes on a 4K TV with all "smart" enchantments turned off (smoothing and whatever). Any darker colors flicker. Let me know if the uploaded video doesn't clearly show what I mean. Is there a fix for this?

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It was filmed for TV 20 years ago, it would have been NTSC, which is 720x480. HD for TV came a bit later.

Doesnt help you with your problem though :(

[–] akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

So, interestingly, the flickering was reduced but still visible with the H.265 encoding. A common denominator is that the flickering is most visible when/where there are horizontal and/or vertical lines, say, like a fence (for instance some of Michael's suits, in keeping with The Office). So maybe it isn't a color, color depth or toning problem at all?

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago

Thanks and sorry for the late reply! Yes, it could be. I still have to check some hardware stuff first though: I have two other HDMI ports on this TV and a few different configurations on the picture.

[–] akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

I still appreciate the info though, because I am looking into obtaining more and more "authentic" stuff, if you get my drift. Maybe it's my age. XD

Before I try VLC, I'm going to try another encoding (h265), also from Blu-ray, also in 1080p though... to see if that does anything.