On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 10:00:51PM -0700, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > > On Sat, 8 Apr 2006, Nicolas wrote: > > > Steven, > > > > I'm now running some tests with the filters on, and the parameters you > > suggested. The result is nice. I mean, the video isn't very blurry, and > > the noise is reduced. > > Super! > > > You asked me why I don't use FinalCutPro? Well, probably because > > Open-Source is my philosophy. > > I'll respect your decision to restrict your choices and limit the > size of the toolkit. But when you want to move up from DV you're > going to find the choices very limited... > > A wise craftsman knows 1) to use the proper tool to do the job and > 2) welcomes a larger toolkit even if that means combining free and > commercial tools.
Well, I'm a wise "open-source only" geek encoding his family videos. I'm sure there are better tools on Windows or Mac OS-X. But I just don't want to use commercial OSes or software. My philosophy about software is in fact more important for me than a "little better" video. I've got no problem with Macintosh, but Microsoft stuff and everything which runs on that OS is forbidden in my home. > > As regards to the color correction, I know I can modify the histogram of > > the pictures in Cinelerra. However, do you know of any automated method > > Actually it wouldn't be the histogram that's used when doing > color correction. It'd 1) use the vectorscope, and 2) an external > calibrated monitor. > > > of doing the correction you talk about? A command I could include in the > > mjpegtools pipe for example. ;-) > > None that are compatible with your philosophy ;) Besides color > correction needs to be done scene by scene in many cases (you do need > to make sure that scenes "match" so that you don't have disruptive > chroma shifts between scenes) using an external monitor - NOT just > stuffing a command in the encoding pipeline. > > Oh, the tool that could do it IF you could see what you're doing to > arrive at the correct parameters is 'yuvcorrect'. > > > reference was what was displayed on my monitor. Unfortunately, the video > > Aieeee - you can NOT and should not under ANY circumstances use a > computer monitor for color correction. But you know that NOW :) You are right. I have an ADVC-110, which convert analog to digital, and digital (DV) to analog. There's probably a way to use that little box to display my DV videos on a TV, but I still have to figure out how to make it work. > > looked really different when displayed on a TV. I then discovered the > > way the luminance is displayed on a monitor and a TV is really > > different... :-/ > > Not just luminance. It's the color range that can be displayed. > TVs do not handle highly saturated colors well either. > > Something like a Sony PVM14L2 (which is what I use) is a good > inexpensive production monitor. > > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&kw=SOPVM14L2&is=REG&Q=&O=productlist&sku=271229 I have a normal small TV set near my monitors. For the moment, I have to encode my videos, burn them on a DVD, and then look at them... :-/ Thank you! Nicolas. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Mjpeg-users mailing list Mjpeg-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
