Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Getting High Dynamic Range video on YouTube is incredibly hard. I explain how I do it, working with OBS Studio and with DaVinci Resolve (both free tools), with both directly-recorded video (in OBS), and using Nvidia ShadowPlay HDR+SDR clips.

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# Chapters

00:00 Introduction
00:55 Why HDR?
01:58 Display Setup
02:58 Basic DaVinci Resolve Settings
03:34 OBS Studio Profiles And Settings for HDR delivery on YouTube
06:32 DaVinci Resolve HDR workflow intro
07:39 Fixing incorrect ShadowPlay color range tagging
09:53 Setting up and HDR color workflow in DVR
13:00 DaVinci Resolve Delivery Settings For YouTube HDR
16:25 YouTube's HDR Rendering Delay
17:09 Web Browser Limitations
17:42 Creating an SDR downconversion "hint" 3D LUT
19:00 Conclusion