[mythtv-users] Really washed out picture since upgrade to 0.24.0
Andre
mythtv-list at dinkum.org.uk
Sat Nov 20 18:17:31 UTC 2010
On 20 Nov 2010, at 17:47, Paul Gardiner wrote:
> I've just upgraded from 0.23.1 to 0.24.0 with the hope to avoid
> a problem that was causing my backend to crash every now and then,
> and now I have a washed out picture. Bright scenes don't look too
> different, but dark scenes are very grey and I don't get strong
> blacks at all now, during playback. The background of the "Please
> wait" notice is still black though.
>
> This is svn 27251 on an ION board. I've also jumped nvidia drivers
> from 260.19.12 to 260.19.21, but I wouldn't have imagined that was
> the cause.
>
> I've noticed the picture controls work, although I have them disabled,
> but I've never looked at them in 0.23.1, so I don't know if this is
> new in 0.24. I have all the picture controls set to 50%.
>
> I'm using the vdpaustudio filter. Perhaps I shouldn't now?
Sounds like studio levels on a display that is wanting full range to me.
Opposite case to the situation I used to have, crushed blacks in all the menus but correct in playback.
>
> Anybody else seeing this? Any work arounds, besides random
> adjustments to the picture controls.\
These days, with digital sources there's no good reason to ever use those controls, if you think you need them something is wrong somewhere.
Andre
>
> Cheers,
> Paul.
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