Streambox Media Player for iOS: iPad and iPhone (including HDR)

Our iOS Streambox Media Player is a fully color-managed application. We convert 4:2:2 Rec 709 with correct range/gamma and pass the buffer to iPad or iPhone device with the Rec 709 profile. After that, iOS maps it in accordance with the color space profile.

Be sure to rotate your screen to portrait mode to view stream parameters and more easily access settings and enter the Session ID.

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Set Brightness

  • Adjust your iOS device display:
    • Display brightness should be set around 50%
    • Make sure Night Shift is disabled/turned off: Night Shift Settings

When receiving an HDR Stream:

  • Enable Reference Mode in the Display & Brightness section of the settings. Reference Mode
  • Toggle between Native PQ and Pure PQ (this on-screen control is visible in landscape mode)
    • Native PQ Mode - tone-maps dynamic range the same as Apple H264/HEVC output tagged for 1000 Nits.
    • Pure PQ mode does not tone map but adjusts output depending on current screen brightness to always maintain correct values in nits.
      • If current screen brightness is below content brightness then Pure PQ will clip to current screen brightness.
      • Pure PQ mode is usable for Dolby Vision grading, where content is already mapped.

Set Color Space

  • Manually set Color Space:
    • Select Settings, followed by Color Space.
    • Select the appropriate Color Space, usually dictated by the person sending content.
    • When using Streambox Cloud Sessions, generally one should set Auto-Detect and let the Cloud Session command the particular color space to be used.
  • Use channel settings to set the desired Color Space if using channels
    • Select Settings, followed by Set Up Channels
      • To change an existing channel, select the > to the right of the channel name
      • To add a channel, select Edit, followed by Add, and set up your channel as desired/required.