Media

SDR to HDR Converter

Convert SDR (Standard Dynamic Range) videos to HDR (High Dynamic Range) format with enhanced brightness and BT.2020 color space

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

# 1) Request a presigned URL → returns { uploadUrl, storageKey }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/api/upload/presign/video-sdr-to-hdr' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"filename":"videoFile.ext","contentType":"application/octet-stream","size":12345}'

# 2) PUT the file bytes directly to the presigned uploadUrl
curl -X PUT '<presigned uploadUrl>' \
  --data-binary @/path/to/file.ext

# 3) Call the tool, passing the returned storageKey for each file field
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/video-sdr-to-hdr' \
  -F 'videoFile=uploads/2026/01/01/your-tool-1700000000000-abc123.ext' \
  -F 'hdrFormat=hdr10' \
  -F 'brightnessEnhancement=30' \
  -F 'saturationBoost=15' \
  -F 'contrastEnhancement=10' \
  -F 'crf=18' \
  -F 'preset=slow' \
  -F 'outputFormat=mp4'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/video-sdr-to-hdr

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
videoFile	fileupload required	Yes	—
hdrFormat	select	No	Target HDR format for conversion
brightnessEnhancement	range	No	Enhance brightness to simulate HDR (0-100)
saturationBoost	range	No	Increase color saturation (0-50)
contrastEnhancement	range	No	Enhance contrast (0-50)
crf	range	No	Lower = better quality (18 recommended for HDR)
preset	select	No	—
outputFormat	select	No	—

File-type parameters must be uploaded first via POST /upload/video-sdr-to-hdr, then the returned filePath is passed to the corresponding file field.

Response format

File result

JSON

{
  "filePath": "/public/processing/randomid.ext",
  "fileName": "output.ext",
  "contentType": "application/octet-stream",
  "size": 1024,
  "metadata": {
    "key": "value"
  },
  "error": "Error message (optional)",
  "message": "Notification message (optional)"
}

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-video-sdr-to-hdr": {
      "name": "video-sdr-to-hdr",
      "description": "Convert SDR (Standard Dynamic Range) videos to HDR (High Dynamic Range) format with enhanced brightness and BT.2020 color space",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=video-sdr-to-hdr",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "video-sdr-to-hdr",
    "arguments": {
  "videoFile": "https://example.com/file.ext",
  "hdrFormat": "hdr10",
  "brightnessEnhancement": 30,
  "saturationBoost": 15,
  "contrastEnhancement": 10,
  "crf": 18,
  "preset": "slow",
  "outputFormat": "mp4"
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

File parameters accept a public file URL only (https://…). Local paths, data: URIs, and Base64 strings are not supported.

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