[PLUG] Blue Video

[Jim Garrison]

On 6/15/2012 7:17 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:46:12 -0700
> Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com> dijo:
> 
>> I used my Canon PowerShot SD780IS to record some videos in open shade
>> on a bright sunny day.  I transferred the resulting files to my Ubuntu
>> system.
>> The thumbnails (*.THM) look reasonable, but the videos (*.MOV) which
>> are
>> listed as QuickTime, are heavily tinted blue.  ( The subject was a Blue
>> Grass band, but not that blue.)  The instructions for the camera do not
>> offer choices for video white balance, although it does for the stills.
>>
>> One person suggested that that the problem may be in the display SW--I
>> am using Movie Player, the default on Ubuntu.
>>
>> How do I diagnose the problem?
> 
> I'd start by opening the videos on another computer and/or with another
> video player (VLC is what I usually use). If the videos are still blue,
> then the problem is in the file, not the computer and not the player
> program. In that case you need to fix the file. For that I suggest
> video editing software, but someone else will have to suggest what and
> how, as that is not my area of expertise.

Also, play other video of the same type on the same computer
to confirm that your setup can produce normal video colors.
It could be a monitor or video card configuration problem.

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