online vids too dark.. why ?
in [UK Mac]
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From: Steve Firth on 28 Feb 2010 16:39 Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: > Tonight I was watching this series on Youtube.. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7IoSDKBAMU&feature=related > > Each is way to dark ... even at max brightness... Have you tried other videos? Because those videos do look to be incredibly dark when viewed here, but other videos on YouTube are fine.
From: Peter Ceresole on 28 Feb 2010 17:33 Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: > Tonight I was watching this series on Youtube.. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7IoSDKBAMU&feature=related > > Each is way to dark ... even at max brightness... I guess it could just be a matter of taste. I just had a look at that- at least the first few minutes where he walks and talks and waves his hands in New York and then three interviews- and on my iG5 it's perfectly okay, not too dark at all. -- Peter
From: Gwynne Harper on 28 Feb 2010 17:41 Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7IoSDKBAMU&feature=related > > Each is way to dark ... even at max brightness... Looks fine here; Firefox 3.6 & Mac 10.6.2. The answer to the question on the video is, of course, 'yes'. Gwynne -- My real email is net, not line.
From: Peter Ceresole on 28 Feb 2010 17:55 Gwynne Harper <g.harper(a)gmx.line> wrote: > The answer to the question on the video is, of course, 'yes'. It was an interesting piece, as far as I watched it. I think the answer is really 'better'. Relating to the original query about darkness, what machine are you using to view it? Because, like you, on both the macs I have used to view it, the brightness is absolutely fine. -- Peter
From: Ben Shimmin on 28 Feb 2010 19:49
Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>: > Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: >> I have no idea of the answer, but I can report that you are, at least, >> not alone: >> >> <URL:http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=848194> > > Interesting. It looks like it might be a peculiarity of Intel iMacs. All > I can say is that I see absolutely no sign of it on my iG5, or on Anne's > MBP. > > I've looked at plenty of video material- not via VLC- on a friend's 21" > Intel iMac, and on her machine there doesn't seem to be a brightness > problem, but I wasn't looking for it. Does it affect iPlayer streams as > well? Because on her iMac it looks fine. Couldn't say. I've never had a problem with video brightness on Intel Macs either. And, given the MacRumors thread above, and no one here knowing anything about it, it doesn't seem like many people, aside from poor Howard, have encountered this problem... >> Are they still too dark if you use YouTube's HTML 5 beta? >> >> <URL:http://www.youtube.com/html5> > > Looking at that, I can see no difference at all in the brightness on > either machine- although the iG5 (on the same ADSL feed) struggles quite > a bit with the HTML5 version at 360p, although the Flash version is > smooth as a smooth thing... The MBP doesn't struggle at all, but the > picture quality is identical. What's the big deal with HTML5 anyway? > There doesn't seem to be much point to it. HTML 5 is not Flash (or Silverlight or Java FX -- not that anyone cares about those all that much). That's the big deal. b. -- <bas(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> `Zombies are defined by behavior and can be "explained" by many handy shortcuts: the supernatural, radiation, a virus, space visitors, secret weapons, a Harvard education and so on.' -- Roger Ebert |