Video turns out dark

[Choptop]

I just tried capturicg clips from a DV movie camera (JVC) using the firewire port and WinDV.
While the movie looks great and bright in the preview screen it is quite dark in the captured AVI.
Any ideas on how to brighten up the capture so my white dog looks white again?

[Tommyknocker]

When you transfer it to DVD, he should be back to his old white self again.

[Choptop]

When you transfer it to DVD, he should be back to his old white self again.

Hmmm... this seems too simple and obvious,
I'll give it a try right now.

[Choptop]

Interesting results,
Captured 3 AVIs with WinDV
Made VOBs with WinAVI
Added a menu and wrote to DVD+rw with TMPGE Author

All indoors with normal indoor lighting.
When viewed on the computer they were all still very dark.
But when I ran them on a set top DVD player on the TV they looked much better. a little purple but indoor lighting.

[sacajaweeda]

Never judge your video by what you see on your computer monitor screen. The scan & refresh rates aren't what a TV set is. You go adjusting everything to look great on your PC monitor and most likely it's gonna look like crap on your TV.

[junkmalle]

Computer monitors have a much lower gamma than televisions. Video will look much darker on a computer than a TV. You can adjust your monitor to a gamma similar to TV but then everything else will look overly bright.