Fraps footage too dark in AviDemux

[Dr_Asik]

As the title says, my Fraps footage appears too dark in AviDemux. This shows up in the output video as well, so there's definitely something going on with its decoder.

At first, VLC exhibited the same behavior, but I went to video options and unchecked "Use hardware YUV-RGB conversion" and that fixed the problem for VLC. Media Player Classic HC never had the problem.

I have also tried changing the dynamic range in Catalyst Control Center under Video, from 0-255 to 16-235, because I believe it has something to do with that, but that did not change anything.

I'm running out of ideas. Please help!

[Dr_Asik]

Soon after posting here I found a solution. Under Video Filters, add Colors -> Avisynth ColorYUV. Now simply select PC -> TV under "Level". This will fix the issue in the output. The video will still appear too dark in the preview window however.

[Baldrick]

Thanks for posting your solution.

Too dark if you change to the output preview also?

[Dr_Asik]

The output preview pane appears correct. I would prefer if the decoder was doing its job correctly rather than fixing it at the output, but it'll have to do for now, unless someone has a better solution.