Linux Gaming @lemmy.ml _carmin @lemm.ee 2w ago

Color management/HDR protocol just got finalized - Wayland

gitlab.freedesktop.org staging: add color management protocol (!14) · Merge requests · wayland / wayland-protocols · GitLab

The aim of the color management extension is to allow clients to know the color properties of outputs, and to tell the compositor about the color properties of...

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/53432328

KDE, Gnome, Gamescope and now Wlroots already have a working implementation of the protocol. 2025 Year of the Linux Desktop.

Linux @programming.dev Blaze @lemmy.zip 2w ago

Color management/HDR protocol just got finalized - Wayland

gitlab.freedesktop.org /wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/14

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Linux Gaming @lemmy.world _carmin @lemm.ee 2w ago

Color management/HDR protocol just got finalized - Wayland

gitlab.freedesktop.org /wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/14

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Linux @lemmy.ml _carmin @lemm.ee 2w ago

Color management/HDR protocol just got finalized - Wayland

gitlab.freedesktop.org /wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/14

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don't count your chickens yet. this merge request is nearly 5 years old
- Yeah but it was just updated a few hours ago.
- Yeah, it was being worked on for 5 years, now it's done.
Pog
Wut mean from basic Linux enjoyer perspective?
- HDR means better contrast and colors if your monitor supports it.
  
  The news in the OP specifically mean that the protocol is finalized, but you still have to wait for it to get implemented.
  
  Kde plasma (wayland) already has an HDR checkbox and i have it enabled.
  
  Is it not really working yet?
- TL;DR: More colors.
  
  Though that is a gross oversimplification of it.
finally, maybe HDR content will eventually be playable directly on Jellyfin or Firefox soon
- Unfortunately, Firefox doesn't even support HDR on Windows
will I still have to run games in gamescope with environment variables and flags for them to show the hdr settings?

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