Too much brightness when capturing

[Z-C]

I was comparing a DVD to it's original VHS tape, and I noticed the the DVD is significally more bright.

This probably isn't due to bad final MPEG2 encoding, since it seems the the original captured DV file(using canopus ADVC110 for capturing) produces a digital footage which is significally more bright + white then the original.

Is this normal with this unit? Or is this a problem with the DV format?

[gshelley61]

If you are talking about US/Canada analog NTSC video ources like VHS, the Canopus ADVC110 must have it's 7.5 IRE black level input switch turned on when capturing. Otherwise, the black level of the resulting digital video file will be incorrect (too high) and it will appear washed out or too bright.

[Barnabas]

One of the switches on the Canopus sets the ire. It's set at 7.5 by default, but switch 2 (as I recall) changes it between 0 and 7.5. set it at 0 for a darker (broadcast) picture.

[Z-C]

I am using PAL/SECAM(mostly PAL) input.

This switch only makes a difference if I'm using NTSC material and set the ADVC110 to NTSC mode as well...

Any other thoughts ? :/

[Z-C]

I was wondering - could it be because of the DV codec I'm using, which is decoding the brightness awfully?

Is there a way to check which DV codec is used by the applications? I have Panasonic DV codec, Canopus DV codec, and some windows' default DV codec installed.

I tried removing one or more of them even using codec sniper/other codec removing tools, but none of them will agree to be removed.