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

[Mike Smith]

On 1/9/07, Phil Ehrens <phil at slug.org> wrote:
> 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.

I'll try that, thanks for the suggestion.  Hopefully it won't take too
much fiddling, since mplayer plays the file perfectly regardless, and
the dvd playback is what's off I'm producing quite a few coasters in
the "fiddling process" sadly.