Dark Movie

[Clarky_man]

What program can i use to brighten a movie?

[harley2ride]

It will depend on what format the video is in (AVI, MPEG, DIVX, etc...). Most good editing software has filters for brightness, contrast, etc...

[redwudz]

Be aware that if you are judging the brightness on a computer screen, it will appear different on a TV if that is your final destination for the video. Computer monitors generally show video darker than TV.

[Clarky_man]

The file is in .avi i will be converting it to mpeg either using winavi or canopus procoder 2. Is i possible to alter brightness with these programs?

[edDV]

"avi" says nothing. Is it DV, Divx, XviD, MJPeg, Huyyuv, fully uncompressed 444, 422, 411 .... an so on? Could be any of 20-60+ codecs.

Whatever it is, encode it first to a test DVD (or DVDRW) and first see what it looks like on TV.

[Clarky_man]

ok thanks

i will try to convert it using Canopus procoder and burning to a dvd.

For some reason when i try to convert using winavi it fails i think it due to the size of the video it split it, when i put it to a dvd format using dvd pro it comes out of sync.

[redwudz]

With any questionable video file, I run it through Gspot or AVIcodec. Check the audio format first. MP3 VBR causes problems with MPEG encoders. AC3 audio sometimes causes problems also.

If you drop it into VirtualDub, (I use VD Mod) it will tell you immediately if you have VBR audio. You then save it out as a WAV and use that to encode with.

If it's AC3 and DVD compliant, just encode the video. Add the AC3 in when you author. VBR converted to WAV can be converted to AC3 easily with ffmpeggui. This saves space on the DVD that can be used for increasing the video bitrate and the video quality.

Also check the framesize and the framerate. These can cause conversion problems if they are not compatible with simple conversion. Using PAL video when you are in a NTSC region is one example.

If you want a quick and easy conversion to DVD, try DivxToDVD. There's a freeware version available. The quality won't be as good as using a regular encoder, but most AVIs (From the net) are not that good of quality to start with.

EDIT: I guess I should add if you do need to increase the brightness because the DVD plays dark. VD has filters that can adjust the brightness. It can also adjust many other things. A good program to learn if you are dealing with AVI. Many, many filters available.