XviD encoding and colours

[LonelyPixel]

Hi,

when I encode an MPEG-2 video that I captured from TV (DVB-S, 16:9 PAL) using the XviD codec in DVDx, I get somewhat pale colours in the AVI file. I've tried every option the XviD codec provides but it won't get better. I'm using xvid.cvs.head.MTK.2007.03.10. (Compiling my own doesn't work.)

What can I do to get the exact colours like in the MPG file?

Or is it just a decoder issue and Media Player Classic applies different video filters on MPEG-2 and XviD content? I have ffdshow installed, along with a few other things to get Windows XP Media Center working.

[Teegedeck]

XviD encodes exactly the videostream it receives. Please use the 'Colormatrix'-filter in AviSynth to correct color-rounding when you encode from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4.

Read here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=82217

[LonelyPixel]

Ehm... Avisynth, I guess that's what you're talking about, really sounds unintuitive. I can't use it with DVDx, can I? Also, I don't want to keep an AVI file and an extra script file to get it played right in only some players. I want to keep a single AVI file that has correct colours. Is that possible, too?

[Teegedeck]

You cannot correct your AVI afterwards; it's the encoding-process I'm talking about.

You could pester the author of DVDx and try to get him to come up with a solution. Other than that, you'll have to drop DVDx. Use AutoGK (Auto Gordian Knot) instead.