pale picture, not enough color

[sh03z]

I compared my XviD rip with my DVD source, and the picture is a little pale...everything else is great though...


2 hour movie, not a lot of action, so I decided to do a 1 CD rip...

thanks,

-sh03z

[AmiRage]

Not knowing anything about the endcoding process, how you compared the original and the encoded movie ... etc. pp. ... this thread is IMHO pretty useless. ;)

[atreya2011]

Read on... and you will know the reason behind your predicament :D

http://www.vslcatena.nl/~ronald/docs/xvidfaq.html#A4

[mf]

Originally posted by atreya2011
Read on... and you will know the reason behind your predicament :D

http://www.vslcatena.nl/~ronald/docs/xvidfaq.html#A4
Great job, that has absolutely nothing to do with pale colors :rolleyes:.

[Teegedeck]

More likely it would be just differing saturation settings for playback.

[atreya2011]

Originally posted by mf
Great job, that has absolutely nothing to do with pale colors :rolleyes:.

Please correct me then, where have I gone wrong? :confused:

[mf]

Originally posted by atreya2011
Please correct me then, where have I gone wrong? :confused:
Only one small sentence mentions color (chroma) and it doesn't mention anything about paleness.

[sh03z]

(Global tab)
MSP - 6 Ultra High
QT - H.263
FourCC - xvid
VHQ mdoe - 3 - medium search
max I - 300
min I - 1
nothing checked except:
enable lumi masking, use chroma motion, GMC

B-frame:
max b - 2
B ratio - 150
B offset - 2
threshold - 0

everything below unchecked

next tab (quantization)
min I - 2
max I - 31
min P - 2
Max p - 31

(two pass tab)
everything here is default except I have payback with bias

alt curve is set to default, credits are set for my credits (at the end)

[sh03z]

and this is how I do ALL my rips, I don't see any reason to change it, even if it is interlaced (which I use kernldeint anyways) or a 2 CD rip, or 1 CD rip, or a high motion, or whatever.
I just use the same settings...

my theory behind that is I had 3 movies turn out pretty well, and other rips turn out shitty, so this seems to be the best settings...

am I wrong in doing this?

I read the unnoficial XviD FAQ (http://www.vslcatena.nl/~ronald/docs/xvidfaq.html) and what I got from it was a lot of settings that needed to be changed, and some options I could do with the matrices if I used the MPEG QT...
but nothing about paleness, or really much...it was a great faq though

I very much wish there was a XviD FAQ that explained the advanced parts of each setting, I found one of those by purpleman or somebody for DivX 3.11, and I really learned a lot. That was a couple years ago, and to be honest the reason I started playing with XviD was so I wouldn't have to relearn DivX 3.11...both are awesome codecs btw

Thanks, you guys are great =D

[sh0dan]

Does your encoded film look pale in vdub?

No? Then your overlay settings are probably at fault. Adjust them in your graphic drivers.

Yes? Your DVD-player could also be adjusting colors. Try opening the XviD input and see if it looks the same.

The chance it is Xvid's fault is close to 0 (0.1% perhaps).

[Koepi]

shoez:

please edit your posts instead of posting two times after yourself.

Koepi

[sh03z]

alright, I just tried editing instead of replying twice

I was having some trouble with color in my last rip, but oh well (that was my last rip)

I tried the new binary XviD (I had the one that came with Gordian Knot, 2003)

WOW!!!

There are so many more options to play with...

Thanks Keopi