This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable allowing HDR video streaming even when HDR is off for your account in Windows 11.
HDR content offers better brightness and color capabilities compared to traditional content (sometimes called standard dynamic range [SDR] content). Traditional content typically shows details in a bright part of a scene or a darker part of a scene but not in both parts at the same time. For example, if the shot focuses on a bright window in the scene, details in the shadow are lost.
Starting with Windows 11 build 27686.1000 (Canary), a new "Allow HDR video streaming even when HDR is off" setting has been added that gets applied to all displays.
Contents
- Option One: Enable or Disable HDR Video Streaming even when HDR is Off in Settings
- Option Two: Enable or Disable HDR Video Streaming even when HDR is Off using REG file
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on System on the left side, and click/tap on Display on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on HDR on the right side. (see screenshot below)
4 Click/tap on HDR to expand it open. (see screenshot below step 5)
5 Check or uncheck (default) Allow HDR video streaming even when HDR is off for what you want.
The Allow HDR video streaming even when HDR is off will be disabled and grayed out if HDR is turned off.
6 You can now close Settings if you like.
1 Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.
2 Enable HDR Video Streaming even when HDR is Off
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_ON_allow_HDR_video_sreaming_even_when_HDR_is_off.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\VideoSettings]
"EnableHDRForPlayback"=dword:000000013 Disable HDR Video Streaming even when HDR is Off
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_OFF_allow_HDR_video_sreaming_even_when_HDR_is_off.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\VideoSettings]
"EnableHDRForPlayback"=dword:000000004 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 You could now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
