Hdr tonemap by rustdesk · Pull Request #16033 · rustdesk/rustdesk

rustdesk · 2026-09-02T08:23:27Z

Summary

Fix the washed-out / overexposed picture when the controlled Windows machine has HDR enabled (#5368, #9951, #12707, discussion #7652).

With HDR on, Windows composes the desktop as linear scRGB in R16G16B16A16_FLOAT, and SDR white sits at the user's "SDR content brightness" (DISPLAYCONFIG_SDR_WHITE_LEVEL, typically ~200 nits = scRGB 2.5) instead of at 1.0. The legacy IDXGIOutput1::DuplicateOutput we used always hands back BGRA8, and it gets there by clipping, so everything above roughly 40% linear brightness lands on white.

What this does

Requests the desktop with IDXGIOutput5::DuplicateOutput1 and the format list [R16G16B16A16_FLOAT, B8G8R8A8_UNORM]. An SDR desktop still yields BGRA8 and takes the unchanged path.
Converts float frames on the GPU with a small pixel shader: divide by the SDR white level, clamp, apply the sRGB transfer. SDR content comes out exactly as it would from an SDR desktop; the converted BGRA8 texture feeds both the CPU staging path and the vram (hwcodec texture) path, rotation unchanged.
Reads the SDR white level per output through DisplayConfigGetDeviceInfo and refreshes it once a second, so dragging the Windows slider tracks remotely.
Tells HDR from Advanced Color SDR (WCG, Windows 11 22H2+, also FP16) via IDXGIOutput6::GetDesc1().ColorSpace, the documented Win32 check. A WCG desktop gets only the scRGB → sRGB transfer, since 1.0 is already the display's reference white there. The state is re-read on the same 1 s cadence following the GetDesc1 docs: if IDXGIFactory1::IsCurrent is false, a fresh factory is created and the output re-found by GDI name, so HDR toggles that do not invalidate the duplication are still picked up.
Float frames are only requested where IDXGIOutput6 exists (Windows 10 1703+), as Microsoft's Desktop Duplication sample does; older systems keep the legacy call.
Shaders are compiled at runtime from a dynamically loaded d3dcompiler_47.dll (resolved once per process), so no new import is added to the binary. If the DLL or the compile is unavailable, a process-wide flag stops further FP16 requests; a per-device D3D failure only affects that capturer. In both cases the capturer re-creates the duplication with the legacy call and returns WouldBlock, so the session stays on DXGI instead of being switched to GDI by the capture loop.

No protocol change and no option. Older controllers benefit unchanged. Everything is automatic on the controlled side, which is how OBS, Sunshine (client without HDR) and macOS screen capture handle it.

What this deliberately does not do

This is SDR normalization of an HDR desktop, not tone mapping: anything brighter than SDR white (HDR video, HDR games) clips to white on the viewer. A roll-off would have to push SDR white below 1.0 to make headroom, trading the accuracy of the SDR content this fix exists for.

True HDR pass-through is out of scope because the controller cannot display it. Flutter's desktop rendering has no HDR output: the external-texture APIs RustDesk renders through are 8-bit only on every platform (FlutterDesktopPixelFormat is RGBA8888/BGRA8888 on Windows, the macOS embedder accepts only 32BGRA and 8-bit NV12, Linux only GL_RGBA8), and the framework's wide-gamut work covers Display P3 on iOS, not HDR. Sending 10-bit PQ would need a native child window with its own HDR swapchain on the controller, plus 10-bit encoders and colour metadata on the wire, and would still be tone-mapped to SDR by every current client. If that ever lands it should follow the Sunshine/Moonlight pattern: an hdr capability bit advertised by the controller behind an explicit user toggle, negotiated like i444.

Compatibility

	Minimum	Behaviour below it
Desktop Duplication	Windows 8	GDI, as before
`DuplicateOutput1` + FP16	Windows 10 1703 (`IDXGIOutput6`)	legacy `DuplicateOutput`, as before
SDR white level	Windows 10 1709	assumed 80 nits with a warning, re-queried every second

The three DisplayConfig* functions are Windows 7 imports and d3dcompiler_47.dll is loaded on demand, so the binary still loads on Windows 7.

Testing

Type-checked against x86_64-pc-windows-msvc with and without the vram feature. Not yet run on an HDR machine. Before merging this needs hardware validation: HDR on/off during a session, several SDR brightness settings, real HDR video next to SDR UI, an Advanced Color (ACM) SDR display, HDR+SDR multi-monitor, 90°/270° rotation, CPU and vram paths on Intel/NVIDIA/AMD, and a deliberately broken shader to confirm the session stays on DXGI.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

New Features
- Added Windows HDR display capture support.
- HDR content is converted to standard dynamic range for more consistent colors and compatibility.
- Advanced Color and wide-color displays are supported during capture.
Bug Fixes
- Added fallback to standard capture when HDR conversion is unavailable or fails.
- Improved reliability when capturing floating-point desktop surfaces.
- Capture now falls back to an alternate method if display duplication cannot be re-established.

Greptile Summary

The PR adds automatic Windows HDR desktop normalization while preserving the existing BGRA8 capture path and legacy fallback behavior.

Requests FP16 desktop frames through DuplicateOutput1 on supported systems.
Converts scRGB frames to BGRA8 on the GPU using the current SDR white level.
Refreshes HDR and display-brightness state and falls back to legacy duplication when conversion is unavailable.

Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge because no blocking failure remains in the eligible follow-up review scope.

No blocking failure remains.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
libs/scrap/src/dxgi/hdr.rs	Adds dynamic shader compilation, display-state discovery, SDR-white normalization, and reusable GPU conversion resources.
libs/scrap/src/dxgi/mod.rs	Integrates FP16 duplication and conversion into CPU and vram capture paths with legacy DXGI and GDI fallback handling.
libs/scrap/Cargo.toml	Enables the winapi DXGI 1.6 bindings required for output color-space detection and `DuplicateOutput1`.

Flowchart

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
    A[Acquire desktop frame] --> B{Frame format}
    B -->|BGRA8| C[Existing capture path]
    B -->|FP16 scRGB| D[Refresh HDR and SDR white state]
    D --> E[GPU scRGB-to-sRGB conversion]
    E --> F{Capture output}
    F -->|CPU| G[Copy to staging texture]
    F -->|VRAM| H[Optional rotation and encoder texture]
    E -->|Conversion failure| I[Recreate legacy duplication]
    I --> J[Retry capture]

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With HDR enabled, Windows composes the desktop as linear scRGB in R16G16B16A16_FLOAT and places SDR white at the user's "SDR content brightness" (DISPLAYCONFIG_SDR_WHITE_LEVEL / 1000, e.g. 2.5 for 200 nits) rather than at 1.0. The legacy IDXGIOutput1::DuplicateOutput we used always converts that surface to BGRA8, and it does so by clipping, so everything above ~40% linear brightness lands on white. That is the washed-out / overexposed / high-contrast picture reported for HDR hosts in #5368, #9951, #12707 and discussion #7652. Ask for the desktop with IDXGIOutput5::DuplicateOutput1 and the format list [R16G16B16A16_FLOAT, B8G8R8A8_UNORM]. An SDR desktop still yields BGRA8 and takes the unchanged path. A float frame is converted on the GPU by a small pixel shader: divide by the SDR white level, clamp, apply the sRGB transfer. SDR content round-trips exactly, HDR highlights clip at white, the same result the local user sees. The white level is read per output through DisplayConfigGetDeviceInfo and refreshed once a second, so dragging the Windows slider tracks remotely. The converted BGRA8 texture feeds both the staging-copy (CPU) path and the vram (hwcodec texture) path; rotation is unchanged. Toggling HDR mid-session invalidates the duplication as before, and the recreated capturer re-detects the format. The shaders are compiled at runtime from a dynamically loaded d3dcompiler_47.dll so no new import is added to the binary. If the DLL, the compile or any D3D object creation fails, a process-wide flag makes later capturers fall back to the legacy DuplicateOutput, i.e. today's behaviour. This deliberately stops at SDR on the controlled side, with no option and no protocol change, which is how OBS, Sunshine (client without HDR) and macOS screen capture handle it. Real HDR pass-through would need 10-bit capture, Main10/AV1-10 encoders in the hwcodec fork, colour metadata on the wire and, decisively, an HDR output path on the controller: Flutter's desktop external textures are BGRA8888/RGBA8888 only on every platform, so nothing would be visible. When that changes it should follow the Sunshine/Moonlight pattern: an hdr capability bit advertised by the controller behind an explicit user toggle, negotiated like i444. Type-checked against x86_64-pc-windows-msvc (with and without the vram feature); not yet run on an HDR machine, which needs Windows 10 1703+ with HDR on. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01RLb1dNdhFqUQExJPANjo1F (cherry picked from commit ca3c2f8)

…once Review follow-up: - A tone-map failure surfaced as a capture error, and the capture loop answers any DXGI error by switching the capturer to GDI for the rest of its life. The capturer now drops the tone-map, re-creates the duplication with the legacy DuplicateOutput (DXGI's clipped BGRA8, the pre-HDR behaviour) and returns WouldBlock, so the session stays on DXGI and simply fetches the next frame. - Only failures that cannot succeed anywhere in the process (no d3dcompiler_47.dll, shaders that do not compile) set the global UNAVAILABLE flag; D3D object creation failures stay with the capturer that hit them, so another adapter or a recreated capturer tries again. - D3DCompile is resolved once through a OnceLock instead of a LoadLibrary per capturer that was never freed. - The module doc now states what this pass is: normalization of an HDR desktop to SDR, with everything above SDR white clipping, not a tone map, and why a roll-off is deliberately not applied. The earlier claim that clipping matches what the local user sees was wrong for HDR content on an HDR display. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01RLb1dNdhFqUQExJPANjo1F

Review follow-up: - An FP16 desktop is not necessarily HDR. Since Windows 11 22H2 an Advanced Color (WCG) SDR display is composed in FP16 scRGB too, and there 1.0 is the display's reference white, not 80 nits, so the SDRWhiteLevel scaling does not apply (Microsoft: "Reference white applies only to HDR displays"). Query IDXGIOutput6::GetDesc1 and treat the output as HDR only for DXGI_COLOR_SPACE_RGB_FULL_G2084_NONE_P2020, the documented Win32 check; a non-HDR FP16 frame now gets just the scRGB -> sRGB transfer. Without IDXGIOutput6 (before Windows 10 1803) FP16 can only mean HDR. - The SDR white level is now Option: a failed query or a reported 0 is "unknown" on both the initial and the refresh path, an HDR output with an unknown level logs a warning and keeps the 80-nit assumption until the periodic re-query succeeds. DISPLAYCONFIG_DEVICE_INFO_GET_SDR_WHITE_LEVEL needs Windows 10 1709, not 1703 as an earlier message said. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01RLb1dNdhFqUQExJPANjo1F

… IDXGIOutput6 Review follow-up: - The HDR/WCG decision was taken once when the conversion was created. HDR can be switched on or off, and a WCG desktop can turn into an HDR one, without the duplication being invalidated, so the choice between "divide by the SDR white level" and "no scaling" could go stale. The once-a-second refresh now re-reads it: it keeps an IDXGIFactory1, and when IsCurrent reports FALSE it creates a fresh factory and re-finds the output by GDI name, since a stale factory's outputs keep stale descriptions (this is the procedure the GetDesc1 docs require). On a change it switches modes, re-reads the white level and updates the shader constant; an unreadable level keeps the last known one. - Float frames are only requested when IDXGIOutput6 exists, as Microsoft's duplication sample does. That interface is also what tells HDR from WCG, so there is no longer a state where FP16 is requested without being able to interpret it. IDXGIOutput6 dates from Windows 10 1703, not 1803 as the previous commit said; 1803 added IDXGIFactory6. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01RLb1dNdhFqUQExJPANjo1F

…DR state Review follow-up: when the fresh factory did not find the output by name, the refresh kept the new, current factory next to the old output, and because IsCurrent then reported TRUE it never enumerated again, so the stale output could stay forever. enumerate_output6 now returns both or neither, and the refresh only replaces the pair together; a null factory forces another enumeration on the next refresh while the old output is still read in the meantime. The constructor gets the same guarantee for free, since a failed lookup leaves the factory null there too. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01RLb1dNdhFqUQExJPANjo1F

…put6 is missing Review nit: a matched output whose IDXGIOutput6 query fails returned the fresh factory next to a null output, which let the constructor pair a current factory with the capturer's fallback output. Return neither in that case so the next refresh enumerates again. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01RLb1dNdhFqUQExJPANjo1F

rustdesk · 2026-09-02T08:23:36Z

Final Code Review Report — `hdr-tonemap`

Review Status

LGTM — No remaining static-analysis findings.

Reviewed branch: hdr-tonemap
Final reviewed commit: 2f28a96f6

The implementation has been reviewed across several iterations, with identified correctness, fallback, compatibility, and state-management issues addressed. At this point, I do not see any remaining blocking or non-blocking issues that can be established through static code review alone.

Summary of the Implementation

The branch adds support for capturing FP16 scRGB desktop frames when Windows HDR is enabled and converting them to SDR-compatible BGRA8 output on the GPU.

The implementation:

Uses IDXGIOutput6 to determine whether the current output is actually in HDR mode.
Uses DuplicateOutput1 with DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT only when IDXGIOutput6 is available.
Falls back to the existing legacy DuplicateOutput path when the HDR-capable DXGI path is unavailable.
Converts FP16 linear scRGB to sRGB on the GPU.
Applies Windows SDR white-level normalization only for HDR outputs.
Leaves non-HDR FP16/WCG content unscaled and performs only the linear scRGB-to-sRGB conversion.
Supports both CPU capture and VRAM encoding paths.
Dynamically tracks display topology / Advanced Color state changes.
Periodically refreshes Windows SDR white-level information.
Preserves the DXGI capture path if the optional HDR conversion path fails.

Review Findings Addressed

1. HDR initialization failure incorrectly caused a GDI fallback

Originally, failure to create the HDR conversion resources propagated as a capture error, which could cause the current capture session to switch from DXGI to GDI.

This has been corrected. HDR conversion failure now disables the FP16 path and recreates the duplication using the legacy DXGI path, allowing capture to remain on DXGI.

2. The implementation was described as tone mapping while clipping HDR highlights

The shader primarily performs SDR-white normalization followed by linear scRGB-to-sRGB conversion, with values above SDR white clipped.

The implementation and documentation now correctly describe this as SDR normalization rather than full HDR-to-SDR tone mapping. This accurately reflects the intended behavior.

3. HDR conversion availability was disabled process-wide for transient failures

The original global unavailable state could permanently disable HDR conversion after device-specific or transient D3D failures.

This was changed so only genuinely permanent failures disable the feature globally. Device/resource failures can recover when the capturer is recreated.

4. Runtime shader compiler loading leaked module references

Repeated LoadLibraryW calls for d3dcompiler_47.dll were replaced by process-lifetime initialization, avoiding repeated loader reference increments.

5. FP16 format was incorrectly treated as proof that the display was HDR

FP16 desktop composition is not exclusive to HDR. Windows Advanced Color / WCG SDR displays can also use FP16 scRGB.

The implementation now queries IDXGIOutput6::GetDesc1() and treats:

DXGI_COLOR_SPACE_RGB_FULL_G2084_NONE_P2020

as HDR.

Non-HDR FP16 frames do not receive SDR-white scaling.

This matches the Windows DXGI Advanced Color model.

6. Unknown SDR white level silently assumed 80 nits

SDR white-level state is now represented explicitly as optional data.

A failed query or a returned value of zero is treated as unknown. HDR output with an unknown value logs a warning and temporarily assumes 80 nits while continuing to retry the query.

Successful later queries update the conversion constant buffer.

7. HDR/WCG state was only determined when the converter was created

Display Advanced Color state can change while capture remains active.

The implementation now keeps an IDXGIFactory1 / IDXGIOutput6 pair and periodically checks IDXGIFactory1::IsCurrent().

When the factory becomes stale, it:

Creates a new DXGI factory.
Re-enumerates adapters and outputs.
Finds the capture display by its GDI device name.
Obtains a fresh IDXGIOutput6.
Re-evaluates the output color space.
Updates HDR mode, SDR white level, and shader constants as required.

This avoids relying on DXGI_ERROR_ACCESS_LOST to detect Advanced Color transitions.

8. FP16 duplication was requested on systems where HDR state could not be determined

The FP16 path is now gated on successfully obtaining IDXGIOutput6.

If IDXGIOutput6 is unavailable, capture uses the legacy DuplicateOutput path instead of requesting FP16.

This also gives the implementation a clear minimum capability boundary for the HDR path.

9. Factory/output topology state could become permanently inconsistent

A failed re-enumeration could previously leave a newly current DXGI factory paired with an old IDXGIOutput6. Because the new factory reported itself as current, future retries could stop permanently.

The enumeration helper now obeys a strict invariant:

factory != null implies that the corresponding output6 was successfully obtained from that factory's current topology.

If the requested output cannot be found, both values are returned as null, keeping the retry condition active.

10. `IDXGIOutput6` QueryInterface failure violated the same invariant

The final cleanup in 2f28a96f6 handles the remaining edge case where the output name matches but QueryInterface(IDXGIOutput6) fails.

That path now also returns (null, null).

As a result, enumerate_output6() consistently satisfies its documented "both or neither" contract, including during construction and topology transitions.

Compatibility Assessment

The fallback structure is appropriate across supported Windows generations:

Systems without usable Desktop Duplication continue to use the existing fallback behavior.
Systems without IDXGIOutput6 use legacy DuplicateOutput.
Systems supporting the HDR-capable DXGI path can request FP16 frames.
Windows SDR white-level information is used when available.
Failure to obtain SDR white-level information does not break capture.
Failure of the optional shader/conversion path does not force the capture session to GDI.

The branch also avoids introducing a hard dependency on d3dcompiler_47.dll by loading it dynamically.

Remaining Risk

There are no remaining issues I would request changes for based on static review.

The remaining uncertainty is hardware- and driver-dependent behavior, which cannot be meaningfully resolved through further source inspection.

Before production rollout, the most valuable validation matrix is:

HDR enabled and disabled during an active session.
WCG / Advanced Color SDR displays.
Windows SDR content brightness changes.
HDR and SDR mixed multi-monitor configurations.
CPU capture path.
VRAM encoding path.
Intel, NVIDIA, and AMD GPUs.
Different Windows HDR-capable versions.
Forced shader/compiler initialization failure to confirm capture remains on DXGI.
Display topology changes while capture is active.
Real HDR video alongside normal SDR desktop UI.
Rotation and resolution changes where applicable.

Final Conclusion

LGTM.

The branch now has a coherent HDR capability model, correct HDR/WCG distinction, explicit SDR-white handling, safe fallback behavior, dynamic display-state recovery, and internally consistent DXGI factory/output lifetime management.

I found no remaining static correctness issue in the final reviewed revision.

Further confidence should come from real HDR/WCG hardware testing rather than additional static review.

coderabbitai · 2026-09-02T08:24:45Z

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

This change adds Windows DXGI HDR capture support. It negotiates floating-point duplication, converts HDR frames to BGRA8 SDR textures with shaders, refreshes display state, and falls back to legacy BGRA8 duplication when conversion fails.

Changes

HDR capture pipeline

Layer / File(s)	Summary
HDR converter contracts and runtime setup `libs/scrap/Cargo.toml`, `libs/scrap/src/dxgi/hdr.rs`	Adds DXGI 1.6 support, the `HdrToSdr` state, runtime shader compilation, HDR output detection, and SDR white-level queries.
HDR-to-SDR rendering `libs/scrap/src/dxgi/hdr.rs`	Creates reusable conversion resources and renders floating-point textures into `B8G8R8A8_UNORM` targets.
DXGI duplication and output integration `libs/scrap/src/dxgi/mod.rs`	Negotiates HDR duplication, converts HDR textures on both output paths, disables fastlane for floating-point surfaces, and restores legacy duplication after permanent failures.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to ce968

This adds HDR desktop-capture normalization to SDR output while retaining legacy DXGI fallback behavior. The remaining hardware validation is planned, with no current unresolved merge-blocking issue identified.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Capturer
  participant DXGI
  participant HdrToSdr
  participant Output
  Capturer->>DXGI: negotiate floating-point HDR duplication
  DXGI-->>Capturer: provide acquired texture
  Capturer->>HdrToSdr: convert HDR texture
  HdrToSdr-->>Output: provide BGRA8 SDR texture
  Capturer->>Output: expose converted texture or staging buffer

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rustdesk · 2026-09-02T08:34:24Z

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HDR tone-map (hdr-tonemap) test plan (undone)

Branch: hdr-tonemap @ 2f28a96f6. Scope: Windows controlled side only; the controller needs no special setup.

0. Build

#	Step	Pass
0.1	Windows CI / local `cargo build` of the full tree, default features	builds, no new warnings in `libs/scrap/src/dxgi/`
0.2	Same with `--features hwcodec,vram`	builds
0.3	Binary loads on Windows 7 (any VM)	RustDesk starts; no "entry point not found" dialog (the three `DisplayConfig*` imports are Win7-era, `d3dcompiler_47.dll` is loaded on demand)

1. Log lines to look for

Emitted by the controlled side (--server / service log):

Line	Meaning
`gdi: false`	capture started on DXGI (existing line)
`scRGB desktop conversion ready, hdr true, sdr white level Some(N)`	FP16 frames detected, HDR mode, white level read (N = nits × 1000 / 80, e.g. `Some(2500)` = 200 nits)
`scRGB desktop conversion ready, hdr false, sdr white level None`	FP16 frames from an Advanced Color (WCG) SDR desktop, no white scaling
`HDR output but the SDR white level cannot be read ...`	warn; expected only on Windows 10 1703–1708
`output changed: hdr A -> B, sdr white level X -> Y`	periodic refresh saw a change (slider moved, HDR toggled, WCG↔HDR)
`HDR tone-map failed, re-duplicating without it: ...`	error; conversion abandoned, capturer re-created the legacy duplication
`dxgi error, fall back to gdi` / `No image, fall back to gdi`	must not appear in any test below unless the row says so

2. SDR regression (no HDR involved)

Run on Windows 10 1703+ or Windows 11 with HDR off. This is the path every existing user takes.

#	Setup	Steps	Pass
2.1	Normal SDR desktop, software codec (VP9/AV1)	connect, browse, drag windows 5 min	`gdi: false`, no `scRGB desktop conversion` line at all, picture identical to pre-patch build, no GDI fallback
2.2	Same, hardware codec on (H264/H265, vram path)	same	same
2.3	Monitor rotated 90° / 270°	same	correct orientation, no fallback
2.4	Two SDR monitors, switch between them from the controller	same	both capture, no fallback
2.5	Fullscreen exclusive game/app using an FP16 swapchain on the SDR desktop (e.g. a game with HDR output option enabled while Windows HDR is off, or any D3D sample with `R16G16B16A16_FLOAT` fullscreen)	run it fullscreen exclusive	if `scRGB desktop conversion ready, hdr false` appears, the remote picture must match what the local monitor shows (DWM clips the same range); no fallback
2.6	RDP into the host, then connect with RustDesk inside the RDP session	connect	behaves as before (GDI), nothing new in the log
2.7	RustDesk virtual display / headless	connect	as before
2.8	Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 1607 host	connect	`gdi: false`, legacy duplication, no conversion line, picture as before

3. HDR functional

Windows 10 1709+ / Windows 11 host with an HDR display, HDR on (Win+Alt+B). Repeat 3.1–3.4 on Intel, NVIDIA and AMD; 3.1–3.3 in both the software-codec (CPU) and hardware-codec (vram) paths.

#	Steps	Pass
3.1	Connect. Show an SDR test pattern locally (grey ramp 0–255, sRGB colour bars, white text on black)	log: `... hdr true, sdr white level Some(N)`. Remote pattern matches a local SDR screenshot of the same pattern within ±2/255 per channel; no washed-out / grey blacks / clipped mid-tones (the pre-patch symptom)
3.2	Settings → Display → HDR → drag "SDR content brightness" from minimum to maximum and back	remote brightness follows within ~1 s; log shows `output changed: ... sdr white level Some(a) -> Some(b)` per step; local and remote SDR white stay equal
3.3	Play HDR video (YouTube HDR or an HDR10 mp4 in Films & TV) next to an SDR window	SDR window unchanged from 3.1; video highlights clip to white, mid-tones plausible, no hue shifts, no flicker. Clipping above SDR white is expected and documented
3.4	Monitor rotated 90° / 270° with HDR on	orientation correct, colours as in 3.1
3.5	HDR + SDR dual monitor	HDR monitor: conversion line + correct colours; SDR monitor: no conversion line, unchanged; switching displays from the controller works
3.6	Toggle HDR off and on (`Win+Alt+B`) twice during a session	picture recovers within a few seconds each time. Note: the toggle invalidates the duplication; if the log shows `dxgi error, fall back to gdi` that is the pre-existing loop behaviour, record it but it is not a regression. What must not happen: garbage frames or a stuck session
3.7	Take a screenshot from the controller (screenshot feature) on the HDR host	PNG is opaque (alpha 255 everywhere) and colours match 3.1
3.8	Windows 10 1703 (or 1709 with the white-level query failing)	log warn `SDR white level cannot be read ... assuming 80 nits`; picture bright but usable; no fallback
3.9	Soak: 1 h connected on the HDR host with periodic slider changes	no growth in handle count / GPU memory of the RustDesk process (Task Manager → Details → Handles, GPU memory), frame rate stable
3.10	Performance: 4K HDR host, compare capture-thread CPU and GPU usage with HDR off	CPU path: no CPU increase beyond noise (conversion is on the GPU); GPU: ≤ ~2 ms extra per frame; vram path stays zero-copy (no staging copies added)

4. Advanced Color SDR (WCG)

Windows 11 22H2+ with a display that has "Automatically manage color for apps" available and on (Settings → Display → Color management), HDR off.

#	Steps	Pass
4.1	Connect, show the 3.1 test pattern	log: `... hdr false, sdr white level None`; remote matches the local SDR screenshot within ±2/255
4.2	Turn HDR on while connected (WCG → HDR)	within ~1 s: `output changed: hdr false -> true, sdr white level None -> Some(N)`; SDR pattern stays correct (no sudden over-exposure)
4.3	Turn HDR off again (HDR → WCG)	`output changed: hdr true -> false ...`; pattern still correct (no sudden darkening)
4.4	Turn ACM off (plain SDR)	conversion line disappears on the next capturer, picture unchanged

5. Failure paths (must stay on DXGI)

No runtime switch exists, so use throwaway test builds.

#	Test build change	Expected
5.1	Break `PS_SRC` in `hdr.rs` (e.g. a syntax error) — simulates missing/failed compiler	first FP16 frame logs `HDR tone-map failed, re-duplicating without it: D3DCompile failed ...`; session continues on DXGI (`gdi` lines absent) with the pre-patch clipped picture; later capturers (reconnect) log no conversion attempt at all (`UNAVAILABLE` set)
5.2	Make `ensure_target` request an invalid size (e.g. width 0) — simulates a device-specific D3D failure	same fallback for this capturer; on reconnect the conversion is attempted again (flag not set)
5.3	Rename `d3dcompiler_47.dll` in a VM where it is safe to do so (or use an install without it)	as 5.1; log says `d3dcompiler_47.dll not available`
5.4	In 5.1 with a completely static desktop (no cursor movement)	session still starts on DXGI; if it falls to GDI with `No image, fall back to gdi`, note it: the fallback costs one `WouldBlock` against the loop's 3-strike start-up counter

6. Controller side

Any controller version, any platform. No new behaviour expected; check once from Windows, macOS and Linux controllers against the HDR host of section 3 that the picture and screenshot are correct and that older controller builds (pre-patch) work unchanged.

7. Sign-off

Minimum before merge: 0.1–0.3, all of section 2 on one machine, 3.1–3.3 on at least one NVIDIA or Intel HDR machine in both codec paths, 5.1. Full matrix before release.

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In `@libs/scrap/Cargo.toml`:
- Line 40: Add the missing winapi feature flags basetsd, dxgiformat, dxgitype,
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Adds Windows-side HDR (FP16 scRGB) normalization to prevent washed-out/overexposed capture when HDR is enabled on the controlled machine, by requesting FP16 frames via DXGI 1.6 duplication and converting them to SDR BGRA8 via a D3D11 shader pass with legacy duplication fallback.

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libs/scrap/src/dxgi/mod.rs	Requests FP16 duplication where available, runs tonemap/normalization on FP16 frames, and falls back to legacy duplication on failure.
libs/scrap/src/dxgi/hdr.rs	New D3D11 shader-based FP16 scRGB → SDR BGRA8 conversion and Windows display-state/SDR-white querying.
libs/scrap/Cargo.toml	Enables `winapi`’s `dxgi1_6` feature for IDXGIOutput6/DuplicateOutput1 support.

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1. HDR initialization failure incorrectly caused a GDI fallback

2. The implementation was described as tone mapping while clipping HDR highlights

3. HDR conversion availability was disabled process-wide for transient failures

4. Runtime shader compiler loading leaked module references

5. FP16 format was incorrectly treated as proof that the display was HDR

6. Unknown SDR white level silently assumed 80 nits

7. HDR/WCG state was only determined when the converter was created

8. FP16 duplication was requested on systems where HDR state could not be determined

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