"Chose not to accept it"? I'm just not a fan of anecdotal evidence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anecdotal_evidence
That said, since you're grapsing at straws to try to make me out like a bad guy, here, have some MORE proof that the flaws exist in the original video file, using your more recent example.
MPC
Three color samples, from left to right.
RGB 151514 - HSV 60,5,8
RGB 161615 - HSV 60,5,9
RGB 171716 - HSV 60,4,9
VLC
RGB 141414 - HSV 0,0,8
RGB 161616 - HSV 0,0,9
RGB 171717 - HSV 0,0,9
So we can come to two conclusions from comparing the values.
1 - The relative difference between the two IS THE SAME. Between the three spots, the difference is ONE point in each of the the R, B, and G values in both situations.
2 - MPC appears to be doing color-correction to make the banding in the original source file less evident. VLC seems to be displaying it as is without color-correction.
I don't have time right now to do the earlier example as well, I'll do it later tonight or tomorrow, gotta' run as it is.
As for the subtitle rendering errors. I don't have anything to say in defense about that, if that's how VLC was rendering it, that's VLC's fault.
EDIT: I'm back, and looking at the previous example you gave it looks like there's upscaling going on, meaning that's not the original resolution, so measurements of the colors will be incorrect. Grab a different example from me at 100% display, like the bartender one?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anecdotal_evidence
That said, since you're grapsing at straws to try to make me out like a bad guy, here, have some MORE proof that the flaws exist in the original video file, using your more recent example.
MPC
Three color samples, from left to right.
RGB 151514 - HSV 60,5,8
RGB 161615 - HSV 60,5,9
RGB 171716 - HSV 60,4,9
VLC
RGB 141414 - HSV 0,0,8
RGB 161616 - HSV 0,0,9
RGB 171717 - HSV 0,0,9
So we can come to two conclusions from comparing the values.
1 - The relative difference between the two IS THE SAME. Between the three spots, the difference is ONE point in each of the the R, B, and G values in both situations.
2 - MPC appears to be doing color-correction to make the banding in the original source file less evident. VLC seems to be displaying it as is without color-correction.
I don't have time right now to do the earlier example as well, I'll do it later tonight or tomorrow, gotta' run as it is.
As for the subtitle rendering errors. I don't have anything to say in defense about that, if that's how VLC was rendering it, that's VLC's fault.
EDIT: I'm back, and looking at the previous example you gave it looks like there's upscaling going on, meaning that's not the original resolution, so measurements of the colors will be incorrect. Grab a different example from me at 100% display, like the bartender one?