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@@ -656,9 +656,12 @@ Video
either BT.601 or BT.709, a forced but correct RGB conversion is
performed. Otherwise, the result will be incorrect.
- ``dxva2`` is not safe. It uses either BT.601 or BT.709 for forced RGB
- conversion, and which colorspace is used is driver-dependent. This can
- give incorrect results even with completely ordinary video sources.
+ ``dxva2`` is not safe. It appears to always use BT.601 for forced RGB
+ conversion, but actual behavior depends on the GPU drivers. Some drivers
+ appear to convert to limited range RGB, which gives a faded appearance.
+ In addition to driver-specific behavior, global system settings might
+ affect this additionally. This can give incorrect results even with
+ completely ordinary video sources.
All other methods, in particular the copy-back methods (like
``dxva2-copy`` etc.) are either fully safe, or not worse than software