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MainConcept AVC/AAC MP4 produces dark videos
Hello friends!
I was wondering whats wrong with the videos I produced using 2 different codecs. I video captured a clip from a game using FRAPS and went to render in 2 different codecs.
My problem is the video produced using the MainConcept AVC/AAV MP4 is darker compared to the ones I produced using the WMV codec. It appears that the original AVI outputed by FRAPS is similar to the color range of the WMV one. So the MP4 video has a color problem.
Here’s a screenshot of the MP4 and WMV videos I uploaded in Youtube.
MainConcept AVC/AAC MP4
https://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3917/ytddmp4.jpgWMV
https://img121.imageshack.us/img121/4121/ytddwmv.jpgI used the same render settings for both.
I hope anyone has an input regarding this. Thanks!
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5 Replies
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You just answered your own question when you said “It appears that the original AVI outputed by FRAPS is similar to the color range of the WMV one.”
Different codecs will always give different results.
If you want the end result to match your source footage as closely as possible, you’re going to have to come up with a set of adjustments (curves, levels, gamma, etc.) to be applied to the master output.
These adjustments can be saved as a preset so that you don’t have to recreate them each and every time. -
Hi mike thanks for replying.
Looks like I have to stay with WMV. Less tweaking and all that. I mean, everybody says good things about MainConcept AVC/AAC MP4, but the high contrast its video produces destroys the original color of the original video.
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Tommy, try dropping the Secondary Color Corrector and use the “Computer RGB to Studio RGB” preset on the output.
I just tried this with the images you posted and they seemed to match pretty closely once I did that. -
Thanks Mike!
The applied filter looks very close to the original.
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Actually I came to this post because I have someone who sent me avc/aac footage that has the same dark issue, leaves trails, and sometimes flickers in with brighter color when on highest render preview. I have find someway to use this footage for the current project. Any ideas?
http://www.persistencerecords.com
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