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MPEG Streamclip HDV to DNxHD – Loss of Saturation / Washed Out
Hey Everyone!
This is my first time posting to this board so please let me know if I have any errors with etiquette or if I’ve posted this to the wrong section.
I’ve been trying to transcode a Quicktime that was encoded with the Apple HDV codec to Avid DNxHD using MPEG Streamclip [both version 1.9.2 and 1.9.3b4] and the resulting Quicktime movie is always considerably washed out / unnaturally less saturated.
I’ve tried both 709 and RGB at DNxHD 220 both 10-bit and 8-bit [Avid Codecs version 2.3.2] to no avail.
The odd thing is that converting the clip using Quicktime Pro did not create this issue.
Has anyone else had this issue with MPEG Streamclip?
Thank you all for your time!
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6 Replies
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Which of the RGB or 709 settings do you have set in the codec settings window?
Michael
Michael Phillips
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i have the same problem but i just import thru avid because of that but i would love to get this fix…
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What are the settings in MPEG Streamclip when selecting DNxHD codec; RGB or 709?
What are the settings in Media Composer when you import those files, RGB or 601/709?
Both of these will affect overall look of image.
Michael
Michael Phillips
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for me it doesn’t matter what color space I pick, it still looks washed out, this is way before importing to MC
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Michael,
I have used both RGB and 709 and both looked washed out before I even import them into Media Composer.
I took this screenshot as an example:
The frame in the lower right is the original file encoded as Apple HDV. The one on the upper left is DNxHD encoded with MPEG Streamclip de-interlaced. The one in the lower left is interlaced scaling. The one in the upper right is encoded using Quicktime Pro.
I’ve also tried non-interlaced and just about every combination of everything… no dice. I want to love MPEG Streamclip, but this is a deal-breaker.
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Hmmm… I take an original .mov file from a Canon 5D shoot, process through MPEG Streamclip to QuickTime wrapped DNxHD then open both the original .mov file and the DNxHD.mov file in MoviePlayer and they are the same.
Michae
Michael Phillips
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