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    Video played in VLC and MPC had different colors!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by seiyafan, Dec 3, 2011.

  1. seiyafan

    seiyafan Notebook Evangelist

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    I was watching H.264 movies using both VLC and Media Player Classic and noticed that video played in VLC gives a more saturated color then MPC. I captured what I saw in the following picture:

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    Left is VLC, Right is MPC

    I also tried Windows Media Player and it has the same output as MPC.

    So which one is showing the right colors? :confused:
     
    seiyafan, Dec 3, 2011
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  2. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Hard to say which is correct as MPC-HC and WMP's default EVR video output are easily influenced by video card's enhancements like noise reduction, and dynamic contrast.

    You could try check against a non Microsoft video renderer like Haali's renderer or madVR.
     
    namaiki, Dec 4, 2011
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    seiyafan Notebook Evangelist

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    Since I calibrated my monitor before, I even had color management enabled in MPC, but still got the same result.
     
    seiyafan, Dec 4, 2011
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