DVD to AVI color fade problem

[wentwog]

I have converted DVD to avi (Xvid).
I use Media Player Classic to watch the video, it displays the resulting .avi in somewhat faded colors comparing to the original DVD:
Origin - left, Result - right (normal printscreen was not available)


But, if I change ffdshow settings, the the colors are becoming normal: the change is to set RGB32 as the primary output colorspace:



Probably, doing so is a bad practice.
I suppose, I commit some mistake when converting the video.

Next, I describe how I've done the conversion:
Open the DVD's .vob in VirtualDub, do convertion using Xvid codec (full processing mode). All params are left to the defaults.
So nothing special.
Don't you see what can be wrong ?

Lastly, I give the two videos characteristics:

------***origin - .vob***-------
General
Complete name : X:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_06_1.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 1 024 MiB
Duration : 24mn 39s
Overall bit rate : 5 807 Kbps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=15
Duration : 24mn 39s
Bit rate : 5 300 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.512
Stream size : 936 MiB (91%)
Color primaries : SMPTE 170M
Transfer characteristics : SMPTE 170M
Matrix coefficients : SMPTE 170M

Audio #1
ID : 189 (0xBD)-128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Duration : 24mn 39s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 33.9 MiB (3%)

Audio #2
ID : 189 (0xBD)-129 (0x81)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Duration : 24mn 39s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 33.9 MiB (3%)

Text #1
ID : 189 (0xBD)-32 (0x20)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Muxing mode : DVD-Video

Text #2
ID : 189 (0xBD)-33 (0x21)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Muxing mode : DVD-Video

Text #3
ID : 189 (0xBD)-34 (0x22)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Muxing mode : DVD-Video

Text #4
ID : 189 (0xBD)-35 (0x23)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Muxing mode : DVD-Video

Text #5
ID : 189 (0xBD)-36 (0x24)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Muxing mode : DVD-Video

Text #6
ID : 189 (0xBD)-37 (0x25)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Muxing mode : DVD-Video


------***result - .avi***-------
General
Complete name : C:\Documents\DVD2Avi\prj\src.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 514 KiB
Duration : 2s 236ms
Overall bit rate : 1 885 Kbps
Writing library : VirtualDub build 32593/release

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : 2
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Muxing mode : Packed bitstream
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 2s 236ms
Bit rate : 1 850 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 3:2
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.179
Stream size : 505 KiB (98%)
Writing library : XviD 64

[poisondeathray]

You cannot use 2 media players with graphics card overlay simultaneously to test accurately, the 2nd will use different renderer, usually resulting in faded colors, different levels

When using vdub to convert use "video=> fast recompress" to make sure you don't undergo RGB conversion

[wentwog]

Thank you very much for the reply !

1) >> You cannot use 2 media players ... to test accurately
ok, but the result is the same when I have only one player launched, exited vdub, etc.

2) And, especially, colors become normal should I only change that "primary output colorspace" ffdshow setting, I've talked about in the previous post. So, I guess, the "fast recompress" won't help here.

3) also, when I use VLC player (which does't use ffdshow) colors are ok, when disable ffdshow for "XVID" FOURCC - colors ok in MPC player too.

So, I suspect, that some info in the resulting video tells ffdshow to use wrong/unnecessary color conversion.
Or it's something else, what do you think ?

[Ai Haibara]

Which version of ffdshow are you using?

[wentwog]

I've recently reinstalled it, so I suppose it's fresh:

main version:


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