I download a movie that's avi. Looks & plays great on computer, but when converted & put on dvd it's darker. Same thing if I play the vob file. I made a dvd slideshow yesterday & same problem. When I preview the slideshow it's great. Burn it on dvd, or play vob file -- too dark. Can someone please help. Thanks.

What program are you using to convert the avi to dvd? I use ConvertXtoDVD on the highest quality settings and have never experienced anything like you describe. The DVD comes out looking excellent.

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I used convertodvd & 5 others. I thought it was a converting problem until the same thing happened with wondershare dvd slideshow.

Is this happening all with the same movie file? Or is it happening with different movie files?

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Its probably your DVD encoder. Uninstall any encoder you have, Nero, PowerDVD, etc. And install k-lite codec pack "Standard". Its DVD encoder, is process thru ffdshow which is like a multi-pass. But im pretty sure that is the issue.

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You might be right kambodianbboi. I had k-lite codec pack awhile back, but went to xp codec pack. Will let you know. Thanks

Still the same. I guess I'll reformat in a day or two. My son has been staying with me & maybe he changed something. Thanks for your help.

Im sure its a codec issue, probably one of the codes used to encode is still on the PC. But try this application, to see what codec you have installed.

Free-Codecs.com :: Guides : Checking Installed VIDEO and AUDIO Codecs In Windows XP

Alot of cases, it could just be a the avi codec, divx,xvid,3ivx,ffmpeg, etc. They have an overlay setting, when that is not properly loaded, it will display wrong colors, disorted, etc.

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I reformatted --still the same. I can do without the movie, but I need my dvd slideshow. I can't understand how these two look good until I hit the burn button. BTW I went to codec.com & read & did what it said. They all showed up good.

ROFL...not to make light of your situation, but I couldn't help notice the title of this thread......I won't go there though

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