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MP4 colors off vs AVI and PNG screenshot

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 10:39 am
by FallenTF
So something is wrong with MP4 recording (Nvidia NVENC), colors are off. Seems like it's some kind of combination of partial color range or some 601/709 mixup.

I have video quality at ultra, bitrate 100%, input range at full 0-255.

Here are lossless PNG examples.

GAME PNG - Image
AVI PNG - Image
MP4 PNG - Image

Re: MP4 colors off vs AVI and PNG screenshot

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:52 am
by Piotr
AVC does not perform a lossless compression and that may be the reason.

Re: MP4 colors off vs AVI and PNG screenshot

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 12:48 pm
by Claunator
Question: Does the color issue appear when u play back the video in actionplayer or a video app like VLC? Also do they look faded, like as if they're sort of greyed out or something along those lines?

Video quality after recording

Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 12:26 pm
by kQsi
Hi, this is my recording settings
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My PC - I3-2120, Radeon 550, 4GB RAM, records without slowing or jamming.
Here >http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/124088/< you have a comparison (the first picture is straight from the game, the second is from the recording). The problem is that the recordings seem to lose their saturation and get slightly blurred after recording. The problem disappears as I change the format from mp4 to avi, but then the size of the recording is practically 4x bigger and I do not have enough disk space to allow it. Is there any other chance to solve the problem? Maybe it can be solved by codecs, change of settings, of course without loss of quality, or when editing a video with a program? Please help.

Re: MP4 colors off vs AVI and PNG screenshot

Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 1:24 pm
by kQsi
Hi, I got the same problem, it appears in Action! player and other movie players.

Re: MP4 colors off vs AVI and PNG screenshot

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:57 pm
by Claunator
If my assumption is correct, u peeps are having a color "washout" problem. If u have Nvidia cards, check the color range setting in it. To do so, right-click the video card icon (Nvidia) in ur task manager and pick "Nvidia control panel" or something along those lines. In the screenshot included in this post, go to the upper section in the "video" category and u should see a color range option in "advanced settings", set it to full and apply it.

Re: MP4 colors off vs AVI and PNG screenshot

Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 3:10 pm
by kQsi
What about AMD?? How can i change color in Radeon settings? Please help...

Re: MP4 colors off vs AVI and PNG screenshot

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2018 10:31 am
by Piotr
Open Radeon Settings and change profile in Video section.
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Re: MP4 colors off vs AVI and PNG screenshot

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2018 12:56 pm
by kQsi
Thank you for your reply! Also can you tell me which mode is best (most natural/standard) for recording?

edit:

I tried all the modes and none of them look like during the recording. Please help, I care a lot about that. :(

Re: MP4 colors off vs AVI and PNG screenshot

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 8:22 am
by Piotr
Try using custom profile and adjust settings to your needs.