Why does ProCoder output end up darker?

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I am not a big ProCoder fan, and one of the things that always bugged me was
that it tends to darken the output quite a bit compared to the original
source, or even other encoders. I have never been able to figure out why it
does this, or how I can stop it.

Does anybody have any experience or thoughts on this?

 

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> I am not a big ProCoder fan, and one of the things that always bugged
me was
> that it tends to darken the output quite a bit compared to the
original
> source, or even other encoders. I have never been able to figure out
why it
> does this, or how I can stop it.
>
> Does anybody have any experience or thoughts on this?

I've had a similar problem when converting mpeg2 files to avi so I could
edit them in Premier Pro. When converting them to uncompressed RGB
format and then dragging them to the PP timeline, the files would darken
_considerably_, with no manipulation in PP whatsoever. This was
obviously frustrating. I finally found that if I used the Huffy codec
for conversion, the files did not darken.

Unlike you, I am a _big_ ProCoder fan. Converting files to multiple
formats in one operation is a big timesaver for me. When converting from
avi to mpg format, the output is about the best you can get, unless you
want to spend a couple of grand on CCE. See here:

http://videosystems.com/ar/video_mpeg_encoder_shootout/index.htm

 

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> I've had a similar problem when converting mpeg2 files to avi so I could
> edit them in Premier Pro. When converting them to uncompressed RGB
> format and then dragging them to the PP timeline, the files would darken
> _considerably_, with no manipulation in PP whatsoever. This was
> obviously frustrating. I finally found that if I used the Huffy codec
> for conversion, the files did not darken.

Odd. I am doing AVI -> MPEG2, and my imput files are Huffy AVIs. I might try
uncompressed RGB to see if it makes a difference.



> Unlike you, I am a _big_ ProCoder fan. Converting files to multiple
> formats in one operation is a big timesaver for me. When converting from
> avi to mpg format, the output is about the best you can get, unless you
> want to spend a couple of grand on CCE. See here:
>
> http://videosystems.com/ar/video_mpeg_encoder_shootout/index.htm
>

Thanks, but I have already denounced the results of that article in another
group, due to the fact that they apparently are too clueless to get TMPGenc
to produce a compliant file. That said, I can't get ProCoder to produce a
file that isn't too dark, so what do I know?