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I recently installed VLC and really like it, but I decided to fire up a video in both VLC and WMP12. WMP12's contrast looks much better. I can't believe that people watch videos in VLC with the default settings if they look like this? Is there something I can change on the VLC Video output to match WMP12?

Thanks

Hello smithj33
Yes you can adjust contrast, brightness in VLC, please have a look at the following pictures :

Step 1 :
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/7070 ... ilters.jpg
Menu Tool => Effects and Filters => Video Effects => Tick Image Adjust => Move the sliders in Contrast, Brightness etc...
(as you can see in the pic, I always add a bit of brightness)

Step 2 :
But...you have (unfortunately) a 2nd step to think about, as shown in the following pic :
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/1736/2savepref.jpg
Menu Tools => Preferences => Save

If you forget Step 2, then the adjustments you made in Step 1 will disappear during your future VLC sessions and you'll have to readjust them all again.
I never understood why VLC requires 2 steps to modify basic effects, then save preferences in another menu, when many other software require only one step, here is an example in the following pic :
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/4508 ... impler.jpg

It's an old ACDSee version (an image viewer) and as you see in the pic, you can save defaults in the same screen where you tick the options you need, which means :
* You click their "Ok" button if you want to use the modifications for this session only
* Or you click "Save Defaults" if you want those modifications to become default for the future

But their both options ("Ok" / "Save defaults") are in the SAME screen, which unfortunately is not the case in VLC
j-b is aware of this request, but maybe it's more complicated in VLC to add a "Save default" button inside the "Adjustment and Effects" window (the pic in Step 1)

Well, if you have nVidia, just deactivate RGB->YUV conversions in preferences.

@j-b - ATI 5830

@solazy - Thank you! A couple of small tweaks to contrast, brightness and saturation and it looks better than the defaults in WMP12.

Glad we could help, have a great day

I recently installed VLC and really like it, but I decided to fire up a video in both VLC and WMP12. WMP12's contrast looks much better. I can't believe that people watch videos in VLC with the default settings if they look like this? Is there something I can change on the VLC Video output to match WMP12?

Thanks

Extremely right, but what a pity i noticed that annoyance after having VLC more than a year! Because i don't watch too much video. WMP 12 in Windows 7 has VERY VERY better contrast/brightness combination when compared to VLC's default. VLC videos are much brighter and less contrast wheres WMP 12 is almost perfect!

Yep, i have Nvidia card!

Then do what I said.