Recording / Streaming colors are too dark

[Kalach]

Sup all,
Straight to the point? I gotcha!

I wish my color were brighter just as the image below,
Instead there are way too dark for me and I wish to change that somehow
If it's possible to do this while recording it would be perfect, if not, I would be glad to hear other solutions

Spoiler: The way it look without OBS

Spoiler: After Recording in OBS

You can see there's no enchancments in the video player aswell

Spoiler: My Settings

Small note is I noticed a different threads discussing this subject but talking separately between Recording & Streaming, If you could summarize both options here it would be perfect.

Thanks

 

[Kalach]

I also noticed now different colors are actually brighter than actual for example this green

Spoiler: Before OBS

Spoiler: After OBS

 

[Kalach]

Any opinions?

 

[deFrisselle]

What are the settings for your source

 

[Kalach]

What are the settings for your source

By source are you referring to the monitor?

I've just reset to standard cause I've applied filters to the monitor, Completely forgot about that, But the colors are still not accurate

 

[deFrisselle]

The Capture Source

 

[Kalach]

Default, Nothing unique

 

[AaronD]

In the Settings screenshot in your first post, change the Color Range to Limited.

That exists because of analog TV broadcasts. Nothing is ever equal in analog, so they overdrove it slightly to make sure that white and black, at least, are displayed as intended. When those signals are digitized, to play back on the same analog gear, it's important that the digital scale include the overdrive. Thus, the Limited color range, in the sense that the display device can only handle a limited amount of what can be encoded.

Full, as you might imagine, implies that only 0% is actually black and only 100% is actually white. Anything even slightly off of that is displayed differently.

Mismatching that setting will result in the colors and brightness being slightly "off".

 

[istheriskworthit]

In the Settings screenshot in your first post, change the Color Range to Limited.

That exists because of analog TV broadcasts. Nothing is ever equal in analog, so they overdrove it slightly to make sure that white and black, at least, are displayed as intended. When those signals are digitized, to play back on the same analog gear, it's important that the digital scale include the overdrive. Thus, the Limited color range, in the sense that the display device can only handle a limited amount of what can be encoded.

Full, as you might imagine, implies that only 0% is actually black and only 100% is actually white. Anything even slightly off of that is displayed differently.

Mismatching that setting will result in the colors and brightness being slightly "off".

I noticed I have the same issue - my streams show up much darker than what I actually see on OBS. However, my settings are already set to limited. I know this isnt an issue with my capture device as its not just my game play showing up dark but my camera as well.

 

[AaronD]

I noticed I have the same issue - my streams show up much darker than what I actually see on OBS. However, my settings are already set to limited. I know this isnt an issue with my capture device as its not just my game play showing up dark but my camera as well.

Try the other setting. *You* might need it to be the other way.

Settings exist to be changed for various reasons. If it should always be <this>, then it wouldn't be a setting.

 

[istheriskworthit]

Try the other setting. *You* might need it to be the other way.

Settings exist to be changed for various reasons. If it should always be <this>, then it wouldn't be a setting.

I will try the other setting, but may I ask why, given the original explanation, that I would need the other setting? I understand settings exist to be changed, but if I comprehended what you said correctly wouldn’t switching it to the other just exacerbate the problem? Or am I just stupid?

 

[AaronD]

I will try the other setting, but may I ask why, given the original explanation, that I would need the other setting? I understand settings exist to be changed, but if I comprehended what you said correctly wouldn’t switching it to the other just exacerbate the problem? Or am I just stupid?

If you're perfectly centered in brightness, it would only saturate or desaturate slightly, depending on which direction the mismatch is. If you're brighter or dimmer than 50% on average, then the mismatch will also change that average and make you brighter or dimmer overall. Again, which direction that is, depends on which side of 50% you're on, and which direction the mismatch is.

 

[istheriskworthit]

If you're perfectly centered in brightness, it would only saturate or desaturate slightly, depending on which direction the mismatch is. If you're brighter or dimmer than 50% on average, then the mismatch will also change that average and make you brighter or dimmer overall. Again, which direction that is, depends on which side of 50% you're on, and which direction the mismatch is.

I appreciate you but I honestly don’t know how to fix it because before my stream was showing very dark - I didn’t touch the settings at all - and then my next stream was showing normal. Why did it go dark and then get better without me changing any settings yet? I can’t say. I’m just gonna leave it be for now, but thank you for the help.