screenshots are calibrated, other apps will calibrate it again
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Description
Important Information
Provide following Information:
- mpv version 0.33.0
- Platform and Version Win11
- Source of the mpv binary shinchiro
Reproduction steps
async screenshot video
Expected behavior
screenshots without calibration
Actual behavior
take a screenshot with icc-profile-auto=no
open it with any photoviewer support calibrate. (mpv with icc-profile-auto=yes, or chrome)
set icc-profile-auto to yes in mpv (video)
both display same color
take a screenshot with icc-profile-auto=yes
open it with any photoviewer support calibrate. (mpv with icc-profile-auto=yes, or chrome)
it was recalibrated, background turns purple
Sample files
icc-profile-auto=no

icc-profile-auto=yes

icc-profile-auto=yes > async screenshot video > icc-profile-auto=yes

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Research direction
Reproduce the behavior on mpv 0.33.0 on Windows 11 using async screenshot video and the reported icc-profile-auto settings. Compare screenshots opened in a color-managed viewer; done means screenshots taken with calibration enabled are not recalibrated or shown with the purple color shift.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100