No, this isn't another thread about Mac vs. PC gamma. This is about Quicktime Player playing movies much darker than VLC.
See here:
http://www.mindbendtoo.biz/qtvsvlc/qt_vs_vlc_a.jpg
Per this thread, I have been trying to find the perfect way to rip DVDs in preparation for iTV:
Preparing DVDs for iTunes/iTV
Nobody responded, but I think I've got a workflow I'm reasonably happy with (Macthe Ripper to extract the VBO and ffmpeg to reencode).
However, there's one big problem. Quicktime Player is playing the exact same movie files darker than VLC Player. So basically any movie I play on this same exact machine, but using the two different players, QTP is too dark. VLC looks excellent. I have noticed this on two different machines, so it's not a fluke.
I can't find any preferences in QTP to use a different color profile or anything like that.
At first I thought it was a side effect of the encoding process, but then I realized that even if I use the master video file before re-encoding it, it's still too dark in QTP.
I also tried playing the movies via iTunes. Same issue. In fact, it may have even been darker still, though I didn't bother to prove that to myself. I haven't tried other players yet.
What's going on!