<p>Wow, this was a VLC problem. Its the playback of the video recording that has got darkened!</p>

<p>The left program is "Film &amp; TV" provided by windows.</p>

<p>If I in VLC was unchecking the option "use hardware conversions YUV -> RGB", the playback was not washed out anymore. Describe in <a href="https://wiki.videolan.org/VSG:Video:Color_washed_out/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://wiki.videolan.org/VSG:Video:Color_washed_out/</a>.</p>

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Anders Lindén
<p>I am recording from screen</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/3umqX.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/3umqX.png" alt="source"></a></p>

<p>however, the video when recording with a recording program, (screen around cursor mode) gets grayish</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/TyWWE.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/TyWWE.png" alt="recorded"></a></p>

<p>why?</p>

<p>Video settings are H264 - NVENC (VBR)
30 fps, 100q</p>

<video><video-recording><h.264><nvenc>
Getting gray instead of white when recording screen activity
Anders Lindén
# Getting gray instead of white when recording screen activity

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-24)

I am recording from screen

[![source](https://i.sstatic.net/3umqX.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/3umqX.png)

however, the video when recording with a recording program, (screen around cursor mode) gets grayish

[![recorded](https://i.sstatic.net/TyWWE.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/TyWWE.png)

why?

Video settings are H264 - NVENC (VBR)
30 fps, 100q

**Tags:** video, video-recording, h.264, nvenc


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2018-02-24. Score: 1

Wow, this was a VLC problem. Its the playback of the video recording that has got darkened!

The left program is "Film & TV" provided by windows.

If I in VLC was unchecking the option "use hardware conversions YUV -> RGB", the playback was not washed out anymore. Describe in <https://wiki.videolan.org/VSG:Video:Color_washed_out/>.

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