Hello,
following issue:
After transcoded a DVD video via HB to x265 576 present, the color looks "washed out".
Source video screenshot (via VLC 3.0.6)
https://i.imgur.com/LVCxkKY.jpg
HB transcode screenshot (via VLC 3.0.6)
https://i.imgur.com/Lbg6FTV.jpg
HB Log (HandBrake 1.2.2, Win10)
https://pastebin.com/raw/2J4TZ9nb
I tried this several times with different options. In the above HB Log, I tried "pix_fmt=yuv420p", but without any effect.
Didn't know HB can affect the colors like this :-/ Actually a color-correction-feature would be great, but in this case the result is not good :-/
Any idea what happens or how to "fix" it?
Greetings
eusi
HB DVD to x265 transcode, colors look "washed out"
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Re: HB DVD to x265 transcode, colors look "washed out"
Try with a better player, for example mpv
Re: HB DVD to x265 transcode, colors look "washed out"
Thanks for the answers!
That means:
New HB transcode looks via MPC-HC and VLC identical (washed out)
Original video looks via MPC-HC also washed out, but on VLC way darker.
So there are some color-flags in the original video that are interpreted by VLC on a different way? Or how to understand this?
Hm? Is the following log not an activity log?
eusi wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2019 1:38 pm ...
HB Log (HandBrake 1.2.2, Win10)
https://pastebin.com/raw/2J4TZ9nb
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Eventually, when I open original video and new mkv (made via HB) in MPC-HC, they almost look identical... How on earth is this possible?
That means:
New HB transcode looks via MPC-HC and VLC identical (washed out)
Original video looks via MPC-HC also washed out, but on VLC way darker.
So there are some color-flags in the original video that are interpreted by VLC on a different way? Or how to understand this?
Re: HB DVD to x265 transcode, colors look "washed out"
VLC never tried to display colors correctly. It can do HDR to SDR tone mapping, but nothing more (if I remember correctly, on Mac it was uber broken, never tried on Windows). However, it should not look so different. But you might have better luck asking this question on VLC support forums or irc channel.
Re: HB DVD to x265 transcode, colors look "washed out"
Really weird. Thanks for your answer.Ritsuka wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2019 5:30 pm VLC never tried to display colors correctly. It can do HDR to SDR tone mapping, but nothing more (if I remember correctly, on Mac it was uber broken, never tried on Windows). However, it should not look so different. But you might have better luck asking this question on VLC support forums or irc channel.
I try my luck on VLC forum. But not yet got an answer. We will see
Re: HB DVD to x265 transcode, colors look "washed out"
Oh, I forgot to post the VLC thread:
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=148580
Last answer and current result:
@Ritsuka what do you think about their answer?robUx4 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2019 1:02 pm Hi,
I looked at the files. The source file is marked as BT.470 for the Transfer Function and the Matrix Coefficients (according to MediaInfo). In the destination file the values are BT.709 for the Transfer Function and BT.601 for the Matrix Coefficients.
You are using Direct3D11 so the colours are adjusted for your display in both cases, but the adaptation is different. It should not be an issue if Handbrake did the color space conversion correctly. But it seems it didn't. I believe MPC-HC also doesn't do the BT.470 handling and it also looks washed out for both, which gives the impression the transcoding worked as expected.
Comparing the source file in Direct3d9, where the conversion is not done properly/at all, and Direct3D11 the colors of the source look like the transcode in D3D9. But these are are the wrong colors. It should be more saturated.
So I think it's an issue in handrake which doesn't do the color conversion or set the flags correctly.
Re: HB DVD to x265 transcode, colors look "washed out"
He's right, bt470bg transfer function is gamma 2.8, and HandBrake doesn't support it yet (probably because so few DVD-Video used it? Who knows after all this years).
And we can't just pass the tag through because it's not supported by modern players. I think there are some plans to add a color space conversion filter to HandBrake, but there is no ETA.
One point to VLC this time
And we can't just pass the tag through because it's not supported by modern players. I think there are some plans to add a color space conversion filter to HandBrake, but there is no ETA.
One point to VLC this time
Re: HB DVD to x265 transcode, colors look "washed out"
Many thanks for clarification!Ritsuka wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2019 6:03 pm He's right, bt470bg transfer function is gamma 2.8, and HandBrake doesn't support it yet (probably because so few DVD-Video used it? Who knows after all this years).
And we can't just pass the tag through because it's not supported by modern players. I think there are some plans to add a color space conversion filter to HandBrake, but there is no ETA.
One point to VLC this time
Last question to this issue: Because this is not supported, is it already possible to change gamma via additional options in Handbrake?
(similar like filters for ffmpeg like brightness=...)