Converted colour-faded

[mistycat]

When I convert a movie, 95% of the time, the colour appears faded or washed out on a burnt DVD on my TV (again, not always) but not if played on my PC. I origonally thought this was my TV but several other TV's (various sizes) give the same appearance. I am using Mainconcept now but have used TMPGEnc Plus in the past. Is there a setting I should be using? Is this related to bitrate, normal for Avi or an unlucky coincidence, because I can't see there being a colour difference on a TV but not my PC? Thanks

[lordsmurf]

Well, for one, the colorspace and color system of a computer monitor and tv set are not the same.

[edDV]

When I convert a movie, 95% of the time, the colour appears faded or washed out on a burnt DVD on my TV (again, not always) but not if played on my PC. I origonally thought this was my TV but several other TV's (various sizes) give the same appearance. I am using Mainconcept now but have used TMPGEnc Plus in the past. Is there a setting I should be using? Is this related to bitrate, normal for Avi or an unlucky coincidence, because I can't see there being a colour difference on a TV but not my PC? Thanks

Are you in a NTSC territory?
If so, you are probably capturing with 7.5 IRE setup and encoding that to DVD. A DVD is supposed to be encoded with 0 IRE black.

On playback, most name brand DVD players will add 7.5 IRE for black at the output stage. If you encoded the DVD with setup, you would then have 15 IRE black at the TV which shows as gray and results in a washed out image.

Many Chinese DVD players do not add setup. In those cases 7.5 IRE black would result.

Some encoders have switches to process 7.5 IRE to zero. If not, you need to do this before encoding or find a way to capture black to zero IRE.

[redwudz]

Your PC screen is not a good indicator of video, too many adjustments available, both by programs and drivers. It would have to be calibrated to make useful comparisons.

If it's just 5% of your videos, TMPGEnc and probably Mainconcept will have filters or adjustments for color. I think it's more of a 'coincidence' than anything else. The color levels may change, but shouldn't when encoded.

If you are encoding, there's probably no way to know how the results will turn out, except by encoding a short clip and testing it.

All in all, it's probably easier to just turn up the color level on your TV.

[mistycat]

Thanks for the replies. Yes, it is NTSC and I'll check out IRE settings. Adjusting the colour level at the TV only seems to increase the redness and ruin the picture. Contrast adjustment on the set might fix it but I don't have it.

[canadateck]

You are not capturing this Video right? its on your Hard-drive?

In TMPGENC look for the IRE setting,(Not sure if there is one).

[canadateck]

Or maybe try to enhance the color in VirtualDub and frameserve into TMPGENC.

[mistycat]

These are avi files that I have downloaded from the net to my hd and then encoded (probably 100). I am not sure if TMPGEnc has IRE settings but believe I have seen it in MC. Thanks

[edDV]

The idea is to adjust black level down to blanking without changing white level. Look for a black level correction filter.

Then encode for DVD.

[mistycat]

Shall do. Thanks