Output is darker than input...why?

[OtakuGray]

Output on the left, input on the right.

So i have been having this problem with ALL of my clips.

All of my graphics card's drivers are up to date and im running on windows 7 64 bit.

I have rendered in wmv, mp4, avi, etc and they all do the same thing.

Uncompressed AVI does NOT do this however.

I have attempted to render output using premiere, after effects, wmm, and sony vegas and its the same for all. I have tried taking the uncompressed avi file and then either re-encoding with vdub into another avi file or taking zarxgui and making it into an mp4 and it just makes the output darker again.

Is this because of my hardware or is it a software issue? I cannot even do my school project because the output is so dark i cant even see it!

[Zarxrax]

By output, do you mean the playback output in your media player?
It looks like the saturation is cranked way up. Your video card usually has settings that affect video output color. Try checking those.

[OtakuGray]

I mean the output i render. Ive played the video in media player classic, windows media player, ive even tried uploading it to youtube, sending it to other people, etc. It's the same thing for everyone. .

[Zarxrax]

Sam you post a sample, both of the uncompressed and the rendered?
Very small sample of a few frames is fine.

[OtakuGray]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/6wu2a2 - uncompressed avi

http://www.sendspace.com/file/8h5pdy - compressed avi

Thanks for any help.

[mirkosp]

Post you script.
INB4 tweak/levels.

[OtakuGray]

Post you script.
INB4 tweak/levels.

mpeg2source("C:\RAMEN_FIGHTER_VOL_1\VIDEO_TS\ramen 1.d2v")
tfm()
tdeint(mode=2)
tdecimate()
crop(4,0,-4,-0)

[OtakuGray]

After checking my video card's calibration settings, i was able to fix it. Thanks anyways! I think i should not have any trouble from here on out.

[mirkosp]

Indeed, there was nothing wrong in the script that would have touched the luma.
Care sharing the info on your video card and exact settings you had to change? Might be useful knowledge for other people.

[OtakuGray]

I have an ATI Radeon HD 5470.

I went into the catalyst control center in basic mode and under quick settings i fixed it by going under video playback settings and checking "use application settings.