Dark scenes are far to dark

[stadd]

Hi

ripped my first dvds in a long time this week , and had a few problems with it.
i ripped at 5 pass ,and all settings seem right, but the dark scenes are far to dark , and the last 2 occasions, the start of cd2 is always dark.

The dark scenes people faces are orangey red all the time

Anyone any ideas why this is?

Log is below

[stadd]

Heres the log by the way

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- 16/06/2002 01:51:42
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2SVCD ver. 1.0.6 build 3
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Initializing
Initializing finished.

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- 16/06/2002 01:51:44
- Free on drive C: 15986.03 mb
- Internal rip
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Preparing vobfiles to be ripped:
- E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_1.vob
- E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_2.vob
- E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_3.vob
- E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_4.vob
- E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_5.vob
- E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_6.vob

Ripping: E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_1.vob
Ripping: E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_2.vob
Ripping: E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_3.vob
Ripping: E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_4.vob
Ripping: E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_5.vob
Ripping: E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_6.vob
Ripping finished. Speed: 2246

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- 16/06/2002 02:33:27
- DVD2AVI
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Creating DVD2AVI INI file:
- C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.INI

Variable settings:
iDCT_Algorithm: 32-bit SSE MMX

Executing DVD2AVI.
Executing DVD2AVI. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exe" -IA=1 -CS=2 -YR=1 -EXIT -OF=[C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VTS_02_1.vob,C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VTS_02_2.vob,C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VTS_02_3.vob,C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VTS_02_4.vob,C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VTS_02_5.vob,C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VTS_02_6.vob]
Framerate: 25000
DVD2AVI processing done.

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- 16/06/2002 02:36:37
- Free on drive C: 10498.25 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Found AC3 stream id: 0x80
Filename: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Audio1 delay: 0 ms
Audio extraction finished.

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- 16/06/2002 02:44:25
- Free on drive C: 10120.32 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Converting Audio to MP2. Filename: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal ) -ota( -g max ) -2lame( -e -b 192 -m s )
Audio conversion of C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 16/06/2002 03:01:39
- Free on drive C: 9958.34 mb
- Video Encoding
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Current CPU Usage: 1 %
Closing program

Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 1667869728
AudioSectors: 172034100
VideoPAPO: 23171292
ScanOffsetBytes: 265365
SeqAligningBytes: 16865420
VideoEndHeader: 8
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 1.00
PureMPEGStream: 1455533543.00
Seconds: 7072.40
CDSize: 800.00
Cut point 795.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 176910
Anti Noise Filter: 2
Passes: 5
Image Quality: 17
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: Multipass VBR
Min. bitrate: 300
Max. bitrate: 2530
Avg. Bitrate: 1646
Closing program
Video Encoding finished.

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- 16/06/2002 18:07:33
- Free on drive C: 8524.63 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 16/06/2002 18:07:37
- Free on drive C: 8524.63 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 16/06/2002 18:07:40
- Free on drive C: 8524.68 mb
- Multiplexing and cutting
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
Offset in Seconds: 2
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 2 seconds
Cut point: 795 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Length of C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
3551 Seconds
Offset in Seconds: 3553
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 2 seconds
Cut point: 795 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Multiplexing and cutting finished.

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- 16/06/2002 18:22:27
- Free on drive C: 6946.77 mb
- Determining length of audio
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Analyzing: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
3553.128 seconds C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
Analyzing: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg
3523.464 seconds C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg
Analyzing finished.

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- 16/06/2002 18:23:24
- Free on drive C: 6946.77 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
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- No. of chapters to create: 9

CD image #1: CD_Image_File_CD1.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe" --cue-file="C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD1.cue" --bin-file="C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD1.bin" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VCDXBuild_Script_1.xml"
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- 16/06/2002 18:27:07
- Free on drive C: 6141.15 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
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- No. of chapters to create: 7

CD image #2: CD_Image_File_CD2.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe" --cue-file="C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD2.cue" --bin-file="C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD2.bin" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VCDXBuild_Script_2.xml"
CD-Image creation finished.

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- 16/06/2002 18:30:40
- Free on drive C: 5347.22 mb
- SVCD Creation finished!
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Shutdown cancelled.

[mrbass]

far too dark on your computer monitor or TV? Cheap monitors even if you max out the brightness and contrast it'll still look dark regardless. Now if it's too dark on your TV then I guess you can increase the luminace...try a setting of 5 or 10.

[stadd]

On tv i am talking about, tried two tvs and they are the same

[dvd2svcd]

First of all upgrade to the latest build. If it's still too dark adjust the luminance in the dvd2avi tab.