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HDR videos are washed out

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When viewing any YouTube HDR videos they appeared washed out. This problem only occurs in Firefox. I've checked the same videos in Safari and Chrome and they look fine. I'm using version 119.0 (64-bit) on a Mac running Ventura 13.4. No extensions are installed in Firefox.

Any help in solving this would be much appreciated :)

When viewing any YouTube HDR videos they appeared washed out. This problem only occurs in Firefox. I've checked the same videos in Safari and Chrome and they look fine. I'm using version 119.0 (64-bit) on a Mac running Ventura 13.4. No extensions are installed in Firefox. Any help in solving this would be much appreciated :)

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Try to force AV1 by changing YouTube Settings > Playback and performance > AV1 settings from "Auto (recommended)" to "Always prefer AV1".

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Thank you for the suggestion, but unfortunately it didn't fix it. I even reloaded the page and restarted Firefox to no avail. Anything else I should try?

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Does it still happen in Troubleshoot Mode?

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Did not resolve the issue. But thank you for the suggestion.

Modified by VanGoGO

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Paste here "Stats for nerds" of thet video.

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Video ID / sCPN mkggXE5e2yk / WM4R NG8Z NNH9 Viewport / Frames 1067x600*2.00 / 0 dropped of 266 Current / Optimal Res 854x480@60 / 3840x2160@60 Volume / Normalized 100% / 77% (content loudness 2.3dB) Codecs av01.0.05M.10.0.110.09.16.09.0 (697) / opus (251) Color smpte2084 (PQ) / bt2020 Connection Speed 198313 Kbps Network Activity 0 KB Buffer Health 10.06 s Mystery Text s:4 t:96.06 b:90.157-106.123,106.440-110.711 P L pl_i:55 pbs:544 Date Fri Oct 27 2023 11:03:14 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

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And here's the link for the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkggXE5e2yk