[projektilski]

Hi, so I use KODI on my Windows laptop which has an HDR OLED display. Using HDR capabilities in KODI works great in that scenario.
But if I connect an external SDR monitor and run KODI on it, use the HDR capabilities option removes tone mapping options when watching HDR content on said monitor, so I need to manually disable Use HDR capabilities to get tone mapping options.

Also, none of the available tone mapping options work ok, the whites and bright colors are crushed. MPC-HC + MadVR works much better.

So I propose some kind of Auto mode for HDR where it automatically detects if the screen is SDR or HDR capable and switches to it accordingly. It can be a choice menu. Auto, disabled, enabled.

I'm not sure about HDR to SDR aka tone mapping options, and what can be done, I read that for others it works well but in my case, it does not.

[CrystalP]

Kodi detects whether the screen is HDR capable or not and already does what you're asking for, so something unusual is happening.
Please provide a complete debug log of playing an HDR video on that external SDR screen.