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[djs]

Hoping for some guidance here. When playing a video file in MC24, the colour always looks too red and orange. The file I am playing is an H264 mov file generated from DaVinci Resolve, Youtube publish setting, but this happens on all other video files as well. When I play the file with VLC, it looks normal. I have attached two stills, one from JRiver and the other from VLC.

Do I need a special codec or change a setting somewhere?

Many thanks.

[Hendrik]

Looks like the saturation is cranked up for some reason.
You can check this in the Color Controls, in the menu Player -> Display Options -> Color Controls

They should all be set to neutral at 0

[djs]

Thanks Hendrik

But I don't have that menu option. See attached.

Regards
David

[Hendrik]

You need to be playing a video for the option to be available.

Its also possible that the video settings are changed in a similar manner in the graphics cards control panel. I would also check there. The settings there don't affect all players, but MC uses video playback components that actually would be impacted by it (while VLC would likely not)

[djs]

Thanks again. I tried the controls when playing a video. They were set to default and even when sliding them around nothing changes in the colour displayed. Could this be a clue to what's wrong?

The video card (Intel UHD630) controls are also set to default and all my other video software plays the files with correct colour. DaVinci Resolve, Edius 9 Pro, and web browsers. It is only MC24 that shows the incorrect colours. Very puzzling and frustrating.

[Hendrik]

You could try switching to Red October HQ in the video settings. That usually avoids the majority of weirdness from graphics drivers etc.

[djs]

Many thanks Hendrik, that did it! It was set to Red October Standard. I changed to Red October HQ, it said Adding required components, I restarted MC24 and now, proper colours. Many thanks for your help.