best settings for Colossus 2 , with Window's 10

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Published on August 23, 2015 12:00:00 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiU0u2c6iw4

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1. 14.5 58.5 55 50
2. 15 57 56 50

1.'s record profile:

255 255 0 ( down )

Deltas
254 255 D0 +1 ( 254 clips )
253 254 D1 +1
252 253 D1 +1 ideally , Dx's should all be D1
251 251 D2 +1
250 250 D1 0

245 246 D4 +1
240 241 D5 +1 ideally , Dx's should all be D5
235 236 D5 +1
230 230 D5 0

127 127 0

32 31 -1
28 28 0
24 24 0
20 20 0
16 16 0
8 8 0
4 3 -1
3 2 -1
2 2 0
1 1 0
0 0 0

Red 253 30 4
Gre 0 208 10
Blue 0 17 238

Cyan 0 224 248
Magenta 254 46 244
Yellow 255 239 15
Black 0 0 0


2.'s record profile

255 248 - 7 ( down ) - 2.7 %
Deltas
250 244 D4 -6
245 241 D3 -4
240 234 D7 -6 ideally , these 5 Dx's should all be D5
235 229 D5 -6
230 225 D4 -5

127 125 -2

32 33 +1
28 28 0
24 24 0
20 20 0
16 16 0
12 13 +1
8 8 0
4 5 +1
0 1 +1

Red 255 28 3
Gre 0 205 2
Blue 0 17 242

Cyan 0 221 245
Magenta 255 43 244
Yellow 249 233 5
Black 1 1 1

manually adjust siena proc amp settings :

a. open Capture , then open file
c:\users\public\hauppauge capture\config.xml
b. update the digit in config.xml :
( keep the left\right delimiters )
SienaProcAmpBrightness forceUpdate="true" 14.5 /SienaProcAmpBrightness
SienaProcAmpContrast forceUpdate="true" 58.5 /SienaProcAmpContrast
and save the file .
c. close Capture
d. re-open Capture
e. record
g. stop recording and keep Capture open .
h. inspect two files :
config.xml
SienaProcAmpBrightness forceUpdate="true" 14.5/SienaProcAmpBrightness
SienaProcAmpContrast forceUpdate="true" 58.5/SienaProcAmpContrast

capture.log
2015-08-23 13:46:55.731 [DEBUG][5] ProcAmpValue(0, percent=14.500000, min=0, max=10000, delta=39)
2015-08-23 13:46:55.731 [DEBUG][5] ProcAmpValue(0, 1450)
2015-08-23 13:46:55.732 [DEBUG][5] ProcAmpValue(1, percent=58.500000, min=0, max=10000, delta=39)
2015-08-23 13:46:55.732 [DEBUG][5] ProcAmpValue(1, 5850)

both files should have 14.5 and 58.5 .

The above was a huge effort .

The goal is to get the best possible recorded data into the *.ts file .

1. my reference setup
2. recorded Wallace and Gromit .

14 58 60 49 ( Capture's default )
MAX recorded white 249 .
whites are a little pale ( contrast 58 )
dark grays go dark , too quickly ( brightness 14 ) .
default has that "contrasty" look .

brightness adjusts the darker gray bars

contrast adjusts the light gray bars
( if desktop icons have screaming white text ,..
the TV's contrast might be set too high )

Most settings should be near default .

hue 49 ,..no matter what settings i ever used , skin tone becomes yellow'e

saturation :
1. has slight increased brightness 14.5 and increased contrast 58.5 . Then saturation was reduced to 55 , to prevent color clipping .

Capture's default has saturation 60 , causing color clipping\truncation .

recorded quality using 1.
requires Manual setup of config.xml file
white's are full white
dark levels are revealing .
hue's are close ( colors are mostly accurate )
color saturation looks ok

recorded quality using 2.
easier to setup
white's are slightly pale
dark levels are revealing .
hue's are close ( colors are mostly accurate )
color saturation looks ok

you MUST make your own color and gray bars .
Uploads have already been transcoded at least once ,... the colors are most likely NOT true anymore .
i used Microsoft Paint . In Paint , use the eye dropper to sample a color . Use the Edit Colors tab to view the RGB values of the sample .
To analyze recording , play it , pause it , LeftShift-PrintScreen and paste into Paint .
R G B
Cyan 0 255 255
Magenta 255 0 255
Yellow 255 255 0
gray 127 127 127
black 0 0 0
to test color clipping , i used 235 instead of 255's
two sets of color bars .

Witcher 1 , recorded as 14.5 58.5 55 50 with Colossus 2 ,
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