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@NuclearMeltdown NuclearMeltdown released this 24 Aug 08:10
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Virtual camera and high dynamic range.

Virtual camera — offers the picture to other programs as a webcam. Built on Media Foundation, so it also appears where DirectShow cameras are invisible: the Windows Camera app, the camera list in Settings, packaged apps, Teams. Installed once with a UAC prompt, used afterwards without any rights at all. Windows 11 only, which is where MFCreateVirtualCamera first appeared.

High dynamic range — P010 and P016 input, PQ and HLG, BT.2020. What happens next follows the screen rather than the source: an ordinary monitor gets BT.2390 tone mapping, an HDR one gets scRGB. Recording, screenshots and the virtual camera each have their own switch for keeping the range instead of the tone mapped picture.

A release is one file: the camera's media source travels inside the executable.

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