PaulJBis
20th February 2004, 23:08
Hi all:
I'm trying to convert a clip from a DVD for editing purposes, and I have noticed a weird thing. If I convert the clip to an AVI file using HuffyUV or RGB (uncompressed), the image looks pretty much like the original; if I use MJPEG (the Pegasus codec) or DivX, however, the image is much darker. It isn't that it's less sharp, or that there are compression artifacts; it's just that it looks darker (at least if I play it with Media Player 6.4 or Media Player Classic, because if I load the clip in VirtualDub, it looks the same than the original).
Can anybody explain why is this? And, is there a way to "fix this"? (In case it's necessary: I'm using DVD2AVI and the VFAPI plug-in to create a pseudo-AVI from the VOB files of the DVD, and then I load that file into Virtualdub and convert with the codec of choice).
I'm trying to convert a clip from a DVD for editing purposes, and I have noticed a weird thing. If I convert the clip to an AVI file using HuffyUV or RGB (uncompressed), the image looks pretty much like the original; if I use MJPEG (the Pegasus codec) or DivX, however, the image is much darker. It isn't that it's less sharp, or that there are compression artifacts; it's just that it looks darker (at least if I play it with Media Player 6.4 or Media Player Classic, because if I load the clip in VirtualDub, it looks the same than the original).
Can anybody explain why is this? And, is there a way to "fix this"? (In case it's necessary: I'm using DVD2AVI and the VFAPI plug-in to create a pseudo-AVI from the VOB files of the DVD, and then I load that file into Virtualdub and convert with the codec of choice).