Imported video plays back dark on MVP

[tomfisk]

Is there any way to modify the brightness of imported videos (divx, xvid) played back on the MVP? I've seen the endless discussions about the overall brightness of the MVP, but I only have the issue when I play back imported videos. Otherwise the brightness level of my MVP for Live TV and Recorded TV is fine.

Thanks!

[AngelofDeth]

Did you jack up your levels on your encoder cards? The only fix for this is plugging the MVP into another device, such as a DVD player or VCR... Or there is a modification of removing a resistor that is the top thread in this forum. Someone also posted Hauppuage took his MVP in for warranty for this dark issue. Maybe they finally have a fix for this...

[stevech]

cranking up encoders may fix MVP problem but breaks non-MVP viewing, right?

[AngelofDeth]

Yeah, pretty much. I asked because I would think shows you are recording would be dark as well, unless you turned up the settings in the encoder settings.

When I was running my MVP directly to the tv, I found the opposite to be true actually. Stuff I had downloaded, like tv shows or whatever, would usually look a bit better (not as dark), compared to stuff I encoded myself. If you have a VCR or DVD player with a video input you might also want to try that. Do these imported videos look normal on other clients, assuming you have one?