[mpeg2] Re: kfir encodes dark

[Lawrence Gold <gold@shell.aros.net>]

On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 01:53:21AM -0600, Paul Holcomb wrote:
> 
>  I've been encoding some more, and I've noticed that without exception
>  that the kfir board encodes too dark.  In fact, rather than
>  everything being darker, it seems that only the most bright colors
>  are darker than they should be.
> 
>  I played around a bit with some of the settings in InitParams(),
>  notably,  P->VAD_LuminanceBrightness and P->VAD_ChromLowPass.
>  Neither seemed to have any effect.  Any idea where I should be
>  looking?

I have the same problem, but haven't found any solutions except for
playing the mpegs on a Mac with its lower gamma setting.  ;-)