dvd ntsc colors bad after dv to dvd conversion

[troy]

I captured some video from my minidv camcorder using mediastudio and edited it and created an avi file for conversion.

I used cce with avisynth script:

avisource("d:\video.avi")
doubleweave().selectodd()
converttoyuy2()

CCE colorspace was 0-255


My resultant m2v file looks fine on my computer but when I create a dvd with dvdlab the colors look very bad.

bright blues look aqua
bright purples look gray
dark blues look black
yellows look beige
pinks look almost white.

the whole video looks kind of gray.

why would the computer display a good video but after conversion the dvd look so bad.

[FredThompson]

Don't do this:

doubleweave().selectodd()

Just encode with the setting for bottom field first.

You don't say if this is PAL or NTSC.

You've either messed something up with DVD-Lab or need to tune you TV.

[bb]

The DoubleWeave.SelectOdd() has nothing to do with your problem. As your m2v file plays fine on the computer, there's probably an issue in the authoring process. What happens if you select "16 to 235" for the "Luminance level" setting?

bb

[troy]

Sorry about the confusion. I found out that the colors get a lot better when ALL 3 dvd player component video inputs are connected properly. DUH

[FredThompson]

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