Video looks washed out in certain players

[pfxz]

This is a snapshot taken from different players

https://forum.videohelp.com/images/imgfiles/a/vPwFu#BMdM7
(first one is from iTunes, 2nd one from MPC)

I tried uninstalling ffdshow but that didn't work. Any ideas?

[jagabo]

ITU rec vs pc scaling.
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/329866-incorrect-collor-display-in-video-playback?p...=1#post2045481

Can also be the rendering device chosen by the player. And whether video overlay is used or not.
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/319476-How-to-maintain-color-in-mkv-conversion?p=19...=1#post1978016
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/313178-A-problem-with-dynamic-ranges?p=1935596&view...=1#post1935596
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/311180-video-playblack-looks-blocky-how-to-make-it-...=1#post1920928

Possibly 601 vs 709 too.
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/329866-incorrect-collor-display-in-video-playback?p...=1#post2045830

[pfxz]

ITU rec vs pc scaling.
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/329866-incorrect-collor-display-in-video-playback?p...=1#post2045481

Can also be the rendering device chosen by the player. And whether video overlay is used or not.
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/319476-How-to-maintain-color-in-mkv-conversion?p=19...=1#post1978016
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/313178-A-problem-with-dynamic-ranges?p=1935596&view...=1#post1935596
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/311180-video-playblack-looks-blocky-how-to-make-it-...=1#post1920928

Possibly 601 vs 709 too.
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/329866-incorrect-collor-display-in-video-playback?p...=1#post2045830

Well, it is the same video, so it should be just a rendering issue, shouldn't it?

I actually made it work on VLC and MPC by choosing a different renderer, but they have other problems. I guess I'll just try to reinstall everything.

[jagabo]

Reinstalling probably won't help. Quicktime is well known to have colorspace issues. And it doesn't use video overlay. So it always has different (and wrong) colors compared to other players. Of course, your other players may have wrong colors too if your video proc amp settings aren't correct.

The video comes out of the file as YUV and is converted to RGB for display on the monitor. Quicktime does this in software. Most players use the graphics card's hardware. The latter takes less CPU and lets you use the graphics card's video proc amp to adjust brigtness, contrast, colors, sharpness, etc. of the video without adversely effecting the Desktop.