Converted DVD too dark!

[Thalion]

Hi @ll!

I discovered a strange problem and maybe one of you might help me out of it...:

Recently I installed the 1.0.9 Build 3 of DVD2SVCD (completely uninstalling 1.0.9 Build 2). Yesterday I tried to convert 3 DVDs all with the same result:
When looking at the result at seems like a complete black movie with every now and then showing up some light spots (colours blue and green). Looking like a problem with contrast and brightness
I double-checked it with the preview option and switched to different frames. The same! The options haven't been modified by myself so they are standard...

After uninstalling Build 3 and reinstalling Build 2 everything is okay again.

Any idea what might cause this?

[dvd2svcd]

Check out the luminance values in the dvd2avi tab, are they both 0 ?

[Thalion]

Hi DVD2SVCD,

uninstalled Build 2 and reinstalled Build 3: the problem is gone.
I will keep your hint in mind the next time this problem might appear.

Thanks in advise.
Markus

[FORC3]

I´m experiencing the opposite of this problem:

The last 3 Conversions i made (avi-source) were all too bright, but i didn´t change the luminance settings at all...
Even the black-borders, when converting a 16:9-Movie to 4:3 with added black borders, are not black but rather grey.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[markrb]

If you want finer control over the brightness and contrast check out the Tweak filter by Donald Graft.
You can find much info on this in the avisynth forum.

I used to use it all the time until I stopped doing SVCD encodes and now only do unfiltered DVD - DVD encodes.

Mark