[MEncoder-users] Black/gray showing as completely black.

[Phil Ehrens]

Mike Smith wrote:
> On 1/9/07, Nico Sabbi <nsabbi at email.it> wrote:
> >RC wrote:
> >
> >>On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 09:09:21 -0600
> >>"Mike Smith" <perlfu at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>The result looks great when played back with mplayer, but when I
> >>>actually burn it to dvd and view the video on various players it comes
> >>>out fairly dark,
> >>>
> >>
> >>Sounds like it's just the standard black-level issue.
> >>
> >
> >is this fixable with eq2 or with some other filter?
> >
> >
> I'd like to know that as well, I've heard some similar things while
> googling around to solve my issue.  I've tried pp=al:f.  Haven't tried
> eq2 much, haven't gotten great results so far, but maybe I'm using the
> filter improperly.  Do you have any suggestions as far as filters, or
> some way to convert the black level to the proper ntsc format?

I have had generally excellent results with eq2, but it does take
some fiddling to get the correct settings for any given file.
The most useful of the eq2 variables are gamma and brightness.
For what you are trying to do, something like:

 eq2=1.1:1:0.1

Might be a good starting point. If it's too light, try 0.05 for the
third value. eq2 is a lifesaver.