What monitor preset for viewing video?

[HulkHoganRules]

Didn't know where to post this but here goes.

What monitor preset should I be using for viewing peoples encodes and my own captures? My captures are either YV12 or Lagarith YUY2 etc if that matters.

Some searching seems to suggest I should use the sRGB preset for everything besides photo editing? Personally I like Adobe RGB as it seems better but I just wanted some opinions I guess.

[Brazil2]

http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/

[Sparktank]

sRGB and Adobe RGB are two different gamuts. Adobe RGB is wider, thus looks richer in color.
But not everyone is going to be using Adobe RGB. Everyone's going to be sRGB (why they told you to use it).

I don't know what you're going to be doing with the encodes.

editing? if you're going to edit, using Adobe RGB will askew the results.
Whoever gets it back will not see what you see, since they're going to be using sRGB.

If it's just for plain viewing and nothing objective, then it doesn't matter. You're the only one that's ever going to see it.

[Asmodian]

Sadly most monitors, in my experience, don't have a good "for video" preset. sRGB is correct for developing Web or desktop apps but is usually lower contrast than optimal for video. Adobe RGB or any wide gamut option is the wrong gamut so colors are off, depending on the exact white point this can cause skin tones to be very odd in different ways (red, green, etc.).

When calibrating I usually get best results with a custom or "Standard" option, especially if it allows R, G, and B modification. Calibrating to BT.1886 is much better for video than sRGB, I prefer BT.1886 in video games as well.

[foxyshadis]

sRGB is basically BT.709. If you're editing SD video you MUST either convert to 601 (ugly) or tag your video as 709 (better). HD is already assumed to be 709.

If you're going to edit in one of the wider colorspaces, like Adobe or xvYCC (or the rarely used BT.1361), when encoding convert to BT.2020, which is THE standard for high bit depth video. If you're using 8-bit encoding, however, stick with 709; the expanded gamut only means extra banding on most displays today. The only exception is if your audience is primarily users of high-end calibrated monitors and TVs. That might change in the next few years as BT.2020 gains more traction.

[foxyshadis]

When calibrating I usually get best results with a custom or "Standard" option, especially if it allows R, G, and B modification. Calibrating to BT.1886 is much better for video than sRGB, I prefer BT.1886 in video games as well.

BT.1886 is just an annex to BT.709, for all intents and purposes, describing how LCD can be more like CRT. On any monitor it should be identical to sRGB, but I don't doubt that it sometimes isn't.

[affter333]

most videos are too dark for me..

[shae]

On what monitor?