luminance/brightness for divx

[MadeIn1983]

Let me start with a brief introduction:

Being forced :D to carefully read several threads before being allowed to post in this forum, I have come to the conclusion, that dark looking divx files aren't really dark, its the video card settings that need to be adjusted.

Having discovered that, I will never touch settings like Luminance and/or Gain in DVD2AVI or something similar.

However, some questions still remain:
What is it with this Luminace setting in DVD2AVI?
Does it really influence the output file? (Cause it doesn't seem to do anything) :confused:

I have only encoded 2 or 3 movies using GK until now, and the quality is really marvellous (espeacially if you go for 2 CDs).

As you see, I am kind of a newbie on this terrain, so please share your wisdom with me, people :D

Thanks in advance

P.S.: Until now I mostly encoded SVCDs with DVD2SVCD (<- great program) because I could use 2 audio tracks.
But now that standalone DVD Players with DivX support become affordable...

[jggimi]

Moved to DVD2AVI/DGIndex forum.

[Cyberia]

Originally posted by MadeIn1983
What is it with this Luminace setting in DVD2AVI?
Does it really influence the output file? (Cause it doesn't seem to do anything) :confused:

Yep, it really works. Try this to prove it:

Crank the Luminance and build a project
Make an AviSynth script for the project

LoadPlugin("DLLpath\DGDecode.DLL")
mpeg2source(path\project.d2v)
Now open the script in VirtualDub

[MadeIn1983]

:) First of all, thanks for the quick answer!

Sorry for placing the post in the "wrong" forum :D

@Cyberia:
I'll try that as soon as I can.
At the moment my system is down: my (512 MB :)) memory module is not working properly :(, so I returned it to the dealer last week. Until now, no response :angry: !

concerning DVD2AVI:
When I create SVCDs with DVD2SVCD, I use the luminance setting and it really shows in the results.
However with my DivX projects so far I couldn't really see any difference.

But I guess my question is, whether or not I should use this setting.
(As I already found out, DivX movies aren't as dark as they appear; keyword: overlay settings of video cards)
And, have I made my movies too bright if I used it?

Hoping the post doesn't have to be moved to another forum again ;), I thank you once more!

[Cyberia]

Originally posted by MadeIn1983
But I guess my question is, whether or not I should use this setting.
(As I already found out, DivX movies aren't as dark as they appear; keyword: overlay settings of video cards)
And, have I made my movies too bright if I used it?

The best thing to do is encode the move with as few adjustments as possible and then adjust yout video card/monitor if necessary for playback.

The movies really aren't dark, it's your equipment that needs calibrated. I went through a period like that as well.

[MadeIn1983]

The best thing to do is encode the move with as few adjustments as possible and then adjust yout video card/monitor if necessary for playback.

I guess that's what I'll do in the future.

Thank you very much Cyberia.