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Reported by Discord user <@92200966610251776> (Kohega) in the original Discord report.

Root cause

OpenStroid receives an 8-bit H.264 or AV1 profile 0 WebRTC stream and renders it through Chromium's managed video pipeline. Those negotiated formats are the existing SDR path; OpenStroid has no HDR-capable codec/profile selection, display capability check, HDR renderer mode, or tone mapper.

Despite that, the stream/setstatus handler copied the gateway's hdr state into client runtime state and echoed it in the later stream/status readiness response. A gateway/remote-session HDR state could therefore make OpenStroid claim HDR support it does not implement. That lets the remote capture/encoder remain in an HDR color mode while Chromium displays the resulting stream on OpenStroid's SDR path, producing the muted/washed-out appearance. The decoder and <video> renderer otherwise already honor encoded WebRTC color metadata; adding saturation or contrast would corrupt correctly tagged SDR video.

Changes

  • Keep the client capability response explicitly SDR for both supported codec choices instead of mirroring gateway HDR state.
  • Centralize and regression-test the status capability payload so future runtime-state changes cannot silently re-enable unsupported HDR.
  • Inspect decoded VideoFrame.colorSpace metadata after playback starts and expose primaries, transfer, matrix, and range in logs and stream stats.
  • Keep Chromium's native <video> rendering path unchanged so encoded BT.709/range metadata drives YUV-to-RGB conversion and display color management.
  • Run the focused negotiation test in CI.

Visual verification

The stream page was built and rendered at 1440×900 with a deterministic SDR color chart fixture. The screenshot demonstrates the affected stream surface and the new Color mode: SDR diagnostics. It is UI/diagnostic proof, not a claim of pixel-for-pixel parity with Steam Remote Play; a live Boosteroid/Cyberpunk comparison requires the reporter's authenticated session and display.

OpenStroid SDR stream diagnostics

Validation

  • npm run build
  • npm run test:stream-color
  • npm run test:ui
  • npm run lint
  • git diff --check

Limitations

OpenStroid still does not advertise or implement HDR output. Proper HDR support would require an HDR-capable codec/profile and bit depth, reliable primaries/transfer/range metadata from capture through RTP/bitstream decode, display capability detection, and an HDR-capable Chromium/Electron compositor path (or explicit tone mapping for SDR displays). This fix deliberately prevents unsupported HDR negotiation rather than pretending that pipeline exists.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Stream statistics now display SDR color mode and available color-space details.
    • A fallback message appears when color metadata is unavailable.
    • Gateway status reporting supports optional AV1 while consistently identifying SDR streams.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved handling and reporting of unavailable or unsupported video color metadata.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for SDR gateway settings across H.264 and AV1 configurations.
    • Added a diagnostic preview tool for validating stream color rendering.

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Walkthrough

The stream client now negotiates SDR status, inspects decoded video color metadata, exposes it in realtime statistics, and displays it in the stream page. Tests, a diagnostic preview utility, and CI coverage were added.

Changes

SDR Color Observability

Layer / File(s) Summary
Gateway SDR contract
src/stream/OpenStroidStreamClient.ts
Gateway status construction now uses a shared contract, fixed SDR settings, conditional AV1 support, and active codec reporting.
Decoded color metadata and stats
src/types/index.ts, src/stream/OpenStroidStreamClient.ts, src/pages/StreamPage.tsx
Video playback inspects decoded color metadata. Realtime stats expose SDR color mode and nullable color-space values. The stats panel displays formatted color-space values or a fallback message.
Color validation and CI wiring
tools/stream-color.test.ts, tools/stream-color-preview.mjs, package.json, .github/workflows/ci.yml
Stream color tests and a diagnostic preview utility were added. CI runs the new test script after the build.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Mergeability Score: ⚪ Minimal · up to ee8c0

The PR changes stream color-mode negotiation and diagnostics while keeping rendering behavior unchanged; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains based on the available evidence.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant OpenStroidStreamClient
  participant VideoElement
  participant VideoFrame
  participant StreamRealtimeStats
  participant StatsPanel
  OpenStroidStreamClient->>VideoElement: Start video playback
  OpenStroidStreamClient->>VideoFrame: Inspect decoded color metadata
  VideoFrame-->>OpenStroidStreamClient: Return color-space metadata
  OpenStroidStreamClient->>StreamRealtimeStats: Publish SDR mode and metadata
  StreamRealtimeStats-->>StatsPanel: Provide realtime statistics
  StatsPanel->>StatsPanel: Format and display color-space information
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In `@src/stream/OpenStroidStreamClient.ts`:
- Around line 1800-1821: Clear decodedColorSpace at the start of
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