'Output YUV data as Basic YCbCr' Not in TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress?

[veets]

The new encoder version 3.0 XPress does not seem to have this option. I am converting video shot on my DV camera to DVD and the output is noticeably washed out compared to the source tape. I have resorted to using filters to reduce luminance and red levels slightly to try and match the original video. I previously tried v2.5 of the encoder on a trial basis and enabling the 'Output YUV data as Basic YCbCr" setting helped a lot. Does anyone know where this setting is in the new version or if there is any other setting for reducing luminance other than messing with the filters?

[andie41]

Tmpgenc 3.0 does not have the "Output YUV data as Basic YCbCr" option, and you are correct, it does produce washed out video. As I commented in another thread, it will shrink 16-235 to around 30 (32) - 218 - useless unless one resorts to filters to expand the luma, etc.

[FulciLives]

This is why I switched to using pretty much nothing else now but Cinema Craft Encoder as you don't have that problem (i.e., screwed up luma).

- John "FulciLives" Coleman