Re: MCE 2005 *IS* miscalibrated on input
From: Quilty (quiltyfilms_at_hotbirdmail.com)
Date: 12/28/04
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Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:36:48 -0000
Wow! It works! Thanks!
Hibernate seems to keep the settings but, as you say, restart kills them.
Now .... those settings it reverts to ... where do they come from?
Thanks,
Tony
"Bob [MVP]" <bob@nospam.org> wrote in message
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> You can use GraphEdit to adjust the brightness, contrast,
> color, etc. of your video capture device. I don't have
> NVTV, but you should be able to find the filter under
> WDM Streaming Encoder Devices.
>
> Insert the filter in a new graph, right-click on it,
> and select Filter Properties.... Next click on the
> Video Proc Amp tab. From there you can make the
> adjustments.
>
> The problem with this method, is that your custom
> settings will be lost if the PC is restarted, or
> goes into the standby or hibernate states.
>
> I've been complaining about the inability to make
> these types of tuner adjustments within Media Center
> for a couple years now. It seems like such a
> basic feature... <grrrr>
>
> GraphEdit is included in the Microsoft DirectX SDK,
> but I think some download sites have the executeable
> available by itself. Try searching google.
>
> --
> -Bob
> ____________________________
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>
> "Quilty" <quiltyfilms@hotbirdmail.com> wrote in message
> news:rbqdnTZMxMsRulHcRVnyjA@giganews.com...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I posted around a while back about the recordings from my STB losing
>> detail
>> towards the top end of the brightness scale, resulting in the image
>> looking
>> "washed out".
>>
>> Finally, I can provide definitive proof! Microsoft/Nvidia/Hauppauge et
>> al,
>> please, please sort this out!
>>
>> YES: the set up wizard with videos dealing with brightness and contrast
>> levels are great, and make sure videos played are properly calibrated on
>> the
>> display device.
>>
>> NO: Videos being captured in via a set top box via MCE approved hardware
>> are
>> NOT properly calibrated.
>>
>> You can see in these test images I made:
>>
>> http://www.brightonbeautiful.com/MCE2005captureimages.zip (800 kbs)
>>
>> The NVTV images are captured in MCE 2005 with a XFX NVTV card (PAL) via
>> s-video from a Denon 2900 DVD player, using driver 2045 from Point of
>> Views
>> website. Testcard is from THX segment of the PAL edition of Indiana Jones
>> and the Last Crusade.
>>
>> The Reference images are literally ripped direct from the VOB.
>>
>> The same program was used to grab the capures, and both were from an
>> MPEG2
>> source, so there can be no discrepancies there. If MCE 2005 input is
>> calibrated correctly, both should have roughly the same RGB values. As is
>> clear from the images, they do not.
>>
>> The contrast image shows very clearly the problem. In the reference image
>> the whitest box is at top video white (RGB 235), and whilst this is also
>> the
>> top of the NVTV captured image, as we can see that the lower levels of
>> white
>> are also blown out to this level - meaning loss of detail.
>>
>> Does anyone know how to adjust the levels the NVTV captures at? I found
>> some
>> registry keys, but they seem to have no effect.
>>
>> --
>> N. B. To reply to me, remove a word in my email address after the at
>> symbol,
>> to leave the name of a popular MS-owned web mail service!
>>
>>
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