Picture Darkening After Conversion...?

[RAILheadDesign.com]

Hey all

I'm converting AVI to MPEG4 and no matter what settings I use, the converted movie is darker than the original AVI -- almost to the point of being unable to watch it in some scenes.

Any ideas on maintaining the AVI's brightness?

TIA,
Maury

[major]

Try with or without "Decode with Quicktime" and check if there is a difference.

[RAILheadDesign.com]

Try with or without "Decode with Quicktime" and check if there is a difference.

I tried that already and both return equally dark. =(

Maury

[major]

If you use mencoder engine you may try to change brightness in the filters tab.

[RAILheadDesign.com]

If you use mencoder engine you may try to change brightness in the filters tab.

How can I do that? I'm converting the AVI to a MOV, and the only option I see to make a MOV is to use ffmpeg.

Maury

[major]

If you just want to re-encapsulate AVI MPEG-4 into MOV MPEG-4 you may just use DivX Doctor II and avoid re-encoding.

[RAILheadDesign.com]

If you just want to re-encapsulate AVI MPEG-4 into MOV MPEG-4 you may just use DivX Doctor II and avoid re-encoding.

I tried that, too, but the resulting video is too choppy -- though the audio is just fine. =(

Maury

[major]

Check playback with VLC. If you have some time, you could also try to convert AVI to AVI and then doctor the resulting AVI to turn it into a MOV.