Dark picture after conversion

[bizeebee]

I didn't know where I should post this. I have been reading the forums for a couple months now and haven't seen the answer to this question or in fact this question being asked. I have read through the how-to guides and still can't find anything about it. I use VirtualDub to convert the audio to WAV format, then use TMPGE for the conversion. My question is how can I keep the picture from being so dark after the conversion (MPEG1). I use the standard NTSC setting. I am fairly new to converting Divx to MPEG to view on a standalone DVD player. I don't know a lot about the settings to be making changes to them.

[skittelsen]

Tmpgenc does not change the brightness of the video when converting. The original file is most likely dark, but you change the brightness in Tmpgenc when encoding. Also, a PC monitor is often a poor way of telling if the video has the correct brightness and contrast levels. Play the file on a TV set that has been adjusted correctly for color bars.

[bizeebee]

Thanks. I'll check it out once it finishes encoding. When I preview it in TMPGE it looks so much darker than it did when I played it in Divx Player. I will wait and see what the outcome is.

[lethaldoser]

the true test is on the television. i recorded a live band in a room where the lighting was very dim. watching it through my camera looked fine because i had the brightness turned up on the LCD. after dropping it to the computer, it looked extremely dark. i converted it to MPG2 and burned it to DVD and the video was not as dark as i thought. just like tv adds some pounds to you, computer monitors add a lot of darkness.

[bizeebee]

Thanks for the answers. I didn't even think about it like that.