MEGUI encoding and color issue

[Darkkurama]

Well, I have two questions:

1) I'm encoding with the "x264: Unrestricted 2pass_Anime_Toons HQ" preset, and I would like to know if this is a good presets involving quality/speed. I have read that if you use insane, you just obtain 0,00001% of quality/size, and it's "better" to use HQ, is this OK?
Command line:
program --pass 2 --bitrate 1000 --stats ".stats" --ref 8 --mixed-refs --bframes 16 --b-pyramid --direct auto --deblock 1:1 --subme 7 --trellis 2 --psy-rd 0.6:0 --partitions all --8x8dct --me umh --threads auto
--thread-input --aq-mode 0 --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "output" "input"

2) When I encode on MEGUI, I got a loss of color in my videos, and if I compare the AVS script and the result, the result got less vivid color. How do I prevent losing color on the result video? (I use the preset I mentioned in the top)

Thanks in advance

Darkkurama

[Blue_MiSfit]

You're not getting loss of color.

You're playing your video back in a way that doesn't display it correctly. This is quite common. Let me guess - it all looks washed out, especially the blacks (which look grey), right?

What player do you use?

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=143689

Regarding your preset - it's true the Insane profiles are basically useless. I'm guessing that because you're using an unrestricted profile you don't care about hardware compatibility, right? Meaning - you're just going to play the encodes on the PC?

If so, consider using CRF encoding, instead of two pass. It's a lot quicker (since it only needs one pass), and only requires that you pick a CRF value that looks "good" to your eyes. The only downside is that file sizes can be pretty unpredictable, but they're usually quite manageable.

~MiSfit

[Darkkurama]

Thank you ^^

I'm using, of course, Media PLayer Classic "homecinema" that came with my K-Lite Mega codec pack. And about the "loss of color", you're right, that's the way it looks :thanks: I'll try to change those levels... I think :)