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Smart HDR Manager 2.5.1 (Beta)

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@VantaCode420 VantaCode420 released this 16 Oct 17:44
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v2.5.1
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Big update based on your feedback from the first release – thank you!

Highlights

  • 🎬 Videos tab – RTX Video HDR for local videos. Video players decide at playback start whether they output HDR, so switching HDR a moment later was too late for RTX Video HDR. Now the app switches HDR on before the player starts. Click Default app… once, and every double-click on a video plays it with HDR. Tested with MPC-HC (recommended), VLC and PotPlayer – the player settings are in the README.
  • 🎮 Launch with HDR for games that hide their HDR option when HDR was off at startup – one-click Steam launch option or desktop shortcut (game › Options).
  • 🔴 No HDR while OBS is running – no more blown-out recordings.
  • 📚 Ubisoft Connect, EA app and Rockstar games are found automatically.
  • ⚙️ Reorganised Settings, browser script status, reset to defaults.

Fixes

  • Elden Ring / Alan Wake 2 / Cyberpunk showed up as HDR games although not installed – removed.
  • Status card could stay coloured although HDR was off.
  • Games that switch HDR themselves are no longer fought by the app.
  • Premiere Pro now switches to SDR; mpv.net, MPC-BE and Kodi added.

Full list: CHANGELOG.md

Download

File Use it if …
SmartHdrManager-v2.5.1-win-x64-standalone.zip Not sure? Take this one. Runs on any 64-bit Windows 10/11.
SmartHdrManager-v2.5.1-win-x64.zip You have the .NET 10 Desktop Runtime installed (smaller).
SmartHdrManager-v2.5.1-win-arm64-standalone.zip / …-win-arm64.zip Windows on ARM (experimental, untested).

Updating from 2.5.0: exit the app (tray › Exit), replace the files in your folder, start it again – settings and games are kept.

"Windows protected your PC"? The app is not code-signed: More info › Run anyway. Check the files with SHA256SUMS.txt or the VirusTotal scans:

Browser script: unchanged (v3.0) – no need to update it.

Tested on Windows 11 25H2, RTX 5070 Ti, one HDR monitor. AMD/Intel, multi-monitor and laptops are still untested – please report problems in Issues with the log file (Settings › Advanced › Open log file).

Built with a lot of help from AI (Claude). Free, open source, no telemetry.

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