x264 video doesn't look right with VLC

[aufkrawall]

Hello,
this is how it looks with MPC HC and WMP (correct):
http://www.ld-host.de/uploads/thumbnails/870d4823eb625780599ec4244c6efae9.png (http://www.ld-host.de/show/870d4823eb625780599ec4244c6efae9.png)

And so it looks like with VLC (wrong):
http://www.ld-host.de/uploads/thumbnails/0773043af85de8991d0458aad8576b1e.png (http://www.ld-host.de/show/0773043af85de8991d0458aad8576b1e.png)

What's going wrong?
It should be a normal H.264 BT709 I420 8bit video with TV range, why does VLC mess it up? :(

I know that VLC is crap but unfortunately many people still use it and so the video has to work even with it.
Here's the sample video:
http://www.mediafire.com/?bmv6pd866f94oqb

:thanks: in advance.

[nevcairiel]

Maybe VLC trys to be "smart" and assumes that a PC resolution video is also PC levels?
I don't know.

[aufkrawall]

Maybe VLC trys to be "smart" and assumes that a PC resolution video is also PC levels?

Seems to be an accurate assumption - because if the video has PC levels it looks right.
But of course it looks wrong with other players then. :devil:

So, there may be no solution, I'm afraid?

[nevcairiel]

Complain on the VLC bug tracker, i would say.

[aufkrawall]

Just did it.
Thanks again. :)

[dukey]

it's the tv/pc brightness issue. Change video renderer to say, opengl, and it'll go away.