Hey everyone, I know this is a Hauppauge question and not a GB-PVR question, but it does have to do with the MPEG Video drivers that come with GB-PVR, so I'm going to ask here anyways.
Today I tried burning my first mpg files to DVD+RW and played them in the DVD player. On the DVD player downstairs (an APEX AD-1200) the contrast seemed very high, even though things seemed fine on my computer monitor upstairs.
Other details:
I used TMPGEnc's DVD Author software to make the DVD.
I'm using the Intervideo NON-CSS (?) Video codec on GB-PVR on my computer upstairs with the PVR.
**EDIT**: I'm using the latest drivers (the ones that are labeled as prerelease, but aren't. **123 I think.)
Basically I'm wondering if either:
a) Is there something wrong with my DVD authoring process where the DVD is brighter than the MPG file?
or
b) Should I use the Hauppauge tweak tools to make the image darker (lower the contrast), and if so, how can I brighten the image displayed in GB-PVR?
Something doesn't quite add up here. The display seems just fine on the computer, whether it's been recorded on the PVR or coming from another source *cough*. A DVD, that's right.
Do Windows MPEG decoders have some sort of "contrast normalization" that makes the images show up OK?
Have other users had to tweak the Brightness and Contrast settings of their Hauppauge PVR cards?
Thanks for your time...
**EDIT** One other piece of info. The media I was burning to DVD was a cartoon, large blocks of consistent colour. Not sure if this is relevant or not.
Today I tried burning my first mpg files to DVD+RW and played them in the DVD player. On the DVD player downstairs (an APEX AD-1200) the contrast seemed very high, even though things seemed fine on my computer monitor upstairs.
Other details:
I used TMPGEnc's DVD Author software to make the DVD.
I'm using the Intervideo NON-CSS (?) Video codec on GB-PVR on my computer upstairs with the PVR.
**EDIT**: I'm using the latest drivers (the ones that are labeled as prerelease, but aren't. **123 I think.)
Basically I'm wondering if either:
a) Is there something wrong with my DVD authoring process where the DVD is brighter than the MPG file?
or
b) Should I use the Hauppauge tweak tools to make the image darker (lower the contrast), and if so, how can I brighten the image displayed in GB-PVR?
Something doesn't quite add up here. The display seems just fine on the computer, whether it's been recorded on the PVR or coming from another source *cough*. A DVD, that's right.
Do Windows MPEG decoders have some sort of "contrast normalization" that makes the images show up OK?
Have other users had to tweak the Brightness and Contrast settings of their Hauppauge PVR cards?
Thanks for your time...
**EDIT** One other piece of info. The media I was burning to DVD was a cartoon, large blocks of consistent colour. Not sure if this is relevant or not.