VLC Player doesn't recognize monitor .icm calibrations

[sanlyn]

Like most Windows media players, VLC doesn't appear to recognize monitor color profiles (.icm, .icc) created by calibration software such as iMatch(EyeOne Display) or Spyder2. Photoshop and many video editors (TMPGenc) can display using the .icm lookup tables. Re-adjusting user-menu colors and gamma undoes everything these calibrators set up. The image adjustment controls in VLC aren't nearly adequate for this purpose.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Noone seems to care about this feature, noone has been working on it.

[sanlyn]

Noone seems to care about this feature,

Not true. Anyone who correctly calibrates a monitor will immediately see the difference and ends up removing the player. I see a number of posts on the 'net concerning this. They'll usually go to PowerDVD, which has slightly better (but far from ideal) image controls, or they hook up their PC's to a calibrated TV to test videos. Pain in the neck both ways, and the latter method costs $$$.

noone has been working on it.

Apparently not.

This being the case, then:
(a) No particular reason why I should use this player. Except for a few weird formats that some players can't display, a video looks pretty much the same on VLC, MediaPlayerClassic, PowerDVD, and others.
(b) Gimme a year, I'll learn java and see if I can't design my own call to a DX transform that works with calibrated monitors. Or maybe java has the means to design something better than a "Hue" control, which is basically useless. A pro-grade monitor ($5,000.00 and up) works differently, as they ignore .icm's and use extensive built-in controls that affect everything displayed, including the color space, CIE corrections, grayscale, etc. . . . But who has 5 g's? Not most of us.

Take a look at a free video processor called VirtualDub or the TMPGenc 2.5 encoder. They apparently use Windows default .icm created by calibation software from iMatch and Spyder2. Unfortunately their preview screens are too small, and VirtualDub itself is designed as a procesor; it's not a good media player.

Why get into digital video in the first place if display devices can't play the material properly? Didn't the industry get rid of analog video for the sake of image accuracy, or is it just another gimmick that appeals to gamers?

[VLC_help]

Why get into digital video in the first place if display devices can't play the material properly? Didn't the industry get rid of analog video for the sake of image accuracy, or is it just another gimmick that appeals to gamers?

Normal consumer doesn't really care. And professionals tend to use way more expensive software were profiles are supported.

[sanlyn]

[Normal consumer doesn't really care. And professionals tend to use way more expensive software were profiles are supported.

I agree on both counts. Pro gear works in an entirely different way, and pro's don't use the calibration methods available to average users, even users who know how to use some of the $200 colorimeters on the market. Not everyone can afford $25,000 worth of studio gear.

I don't see why VLC couldn't be programmed with a more extensive image correction plugin, especially since it already accepts numerous gizmos that alter the image. I fully appreciate what you're saying, but if a basic image adjustment already exists, I think I could learn to design a better one that the average joe could use. Might take me a while, but all it should cost is time and persistence.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

I don't see why VLC couldn't be programmed with a more extensive image correction plugin, especially since it already accepts numerous gizmos that alter the image.

Oh, sorry, we have a misunderstanding here...
VLC can be program through a video filter to have .icm calibrations.
However, I know noone on the dev team that will do that, because noone of the dev is interested.

However, we would Welcome such a piece of code. This is just a matter of one video filter.

[sanlyn]

Appreciate that. It'll take a while, tho. My background is c++/VisualBasic GIU+database. So first I have to learn java. This will be self-taught programming language #8 since PL/1 29 years ago. Helluva way to spend my retirement...

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Java? What for? VLC is in C.

[eltouco]

Hi,

I also would be interrested in this feature.

any news on this ?

Touco

[VLC_help]

I haven't heard anything.