Re: mpeg4 vs mpeg2

MrHooper (hooper@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote in alt.tv.tech.hdtv:
> Then why are all mpeg4 encodes washed out / desaturated when compared to
> source material

I don't know why *yours* are, but mine are fine.

I've compared HDTV that I have recorded locally with MPEG-4 downloads from
the web (same show), and although there are slight differences due to the
decode/recode, the colors are the same.

> I can immediately see the color
> saturation reduced from the mere memory of seeing it in mpeg2. You can do
> a side-by-side to see the difference dramatically...

Perhaps your MPEG-4 decoder is broken?

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