Why Dark Video Is A Terrible Blocky Mess

I can promise there are no jump-scares in here. And yes, I finally got an animator to do in a couple of days what would have taken me a couple of weeks...!

Literally thought this video was gonna talk about dark web stuff

i think that auto noise reduction thing you put in the video is too high the audio sounds strange

this block thing i always see it on the skyrim loading screens

He's talking about the Battle of Winterfell, right?

8 bit RGB color is plenty. Video doesn't have 256 values per color for 8 bit YUV spaces. It's limited to 16 to 235. Video compression is the secondary problem. 10 bit video solves it, and newer color spaces also add to the help.

3:22 but it is clearly visibile isnt it?

amazing editing

I am watching this in 144p and it is even blockier

Sometimes, particularly during the pandemic, the background falls asleep then gets noticeably compressed.

POLYGON! YAY!

The Royal game of ur

You have no idea how much I hate this dark effect when I tried to make an Alien Roller Coaster. Super dark, too much for RUvid

My monitor has so much colour banding does anyone know if there’s anything to do about it

I got scared

The editing in this in incredible 🤯

Your second reason is not really valid thanks to something called "gamma" (not sure, but I think you already had a video about that and in that case I don't know why you brought up the second point). Brightness levels are not linear so with increase from 200 to 201 you get way higher brightness increase than from 1 to 2. Btw - dithering is not an option even in bright areas - it is basically random noise (should be, not alway really is) and that is incompressible.

What a hell to edit, but great vid

i think this is a great artistic tool. it has a certain aesthetic to it.

This happend a lot in GoT's "the long night", question is, taking in account that there are 4k screens nowadays, is it possible to increase the number of colours?

This guy makes my brain hurt

Good that you got an animator, because this would be a headache to put together. I have a headache after watching it. Off to bed to recover.

Tom must have not experienced 4k hdr....

I just watch this video in 144p and didnt notice because i thought it is the whole point of the video

I just cant beleive this guy is good at everyting....ormaybe he's the last descendant of Albert Eistien

is it just me or is the color banding at 3:19 very noticable

SloMo Guys broke the RUvid compression with glitter 😂

You should've seen how bad Game of Thrones looked on HBO Nordic.

"up to 60 times a second" *cries in 240Hz gaming monitor*

thanks I hate myself now

im able to see color banding on a standard 8-bit color screen, am i going to be ok

A bit harder to notice with AMOLED.

This video destroyed my eyesight

Is it weird that I can see the banding on the bright blue background.

Very well explained on a level everyone can understand

this why i hate dark movies, they suck on modern tv when you add theses issues

Your videos are amazing. I've binge-watched them since the beginning of the lockdown 😅

If you want to see the difference for yourself and you have an iPhone , take a screenshot at 3:24 save edit photo turn the contrast all the way up and then turn the brightness all the way up on the photos it’s cool

tom i feel dirty

Brilliant, video, as usual. Keep up the good work, Tom! 😊

1:18 *just add some 💯 & 😂 emojis and you’ll be a deep fried Tom*

I pretend that I understand this video.

That game of thrones episode" the long night" made me realize why a dark war scene needs very high resolution to just even barely make out the details.

There is one big thing that i might not known why youtube is recommending me all shetty stufs that i never searched for .

I notice this all the time. It's one of the reasons I still buy movies on physical mediums.

This is why analogue signals are better than digital signals, I've been saying this for years. A good strong analogue TV signal will knock spots off an analogue signal for quality but according to the government who switched off analogue, digital is better.

i’ve always noticed that there’s a lot of extra compression in the red channel on videos. often scenes in films that use mostly red look awful compared to the rest of the film. anybody have any insight why red is always the worst colour for compression?

Watched this video in 144p

Brb, going to watch 256 shades of grey before continuing

3:25 I can see those color banding things and there are everywhere!! Even when its bright games movies apps... I just ist the worst

I still see color banding even on height brightness

Correction: There are 24 bits per pixel. The red, green, and blue lights in a pixel each have 8 bits.

I hate the dark I get hella scared which means if I hear something I raise my fist and get ready to fight

I actually knew all this but I enjoyed watching anyway!

Up to 60 times a second? 240 hz monitors be laughing rn

Every frame of this video is a masterpiece, love the effort Tom

The menacingly eerie thumbnail can become a dank meme real fast...

FINALLY, Oil fried Tom Scott! 1:17

At 3:28 when Tom is describing why you can't see the bands, and after he's already showed you what it could look like, I see lots of semicircular banding. It's distracting. Is this because of a possible technical error when they created the video? Is Tom showing what should be invisible banding but accidentally set the colors wrong? I wonder if anyone else has the same problem. To be fair, I always notice the black banding, too.

"is my monitor a waste of money"

This video hurts to watch

All comes down to money...

256 shades of grey.

Can anyone else see the colorbanding on bright backgrounds without even having to zoom in?

anyone else see color banding at 3:22 even without the zoom in?

My phone is at 1%

Bruh im on 144p

Damm that jumpscare at 6:10 really got me lmao

I'm colorblind 😬

A expensive HDR monitor isnt going to fix that crappy youtube video Samsung: I MADE TECH THAT DOES THAT ARE YOU MOCKING ME?

Absolutely brilliant and without frills. You just won a subscriber.

OMG thank you this was driving me nuts

They can update more than 60 times a second

You look like one of those baldi's basics chars in thumbnail

My phone says 24 bits Does that mean 24 bits per pixel?

4:50 Thats why NoCopyrightSounds’ purple circle’s doesnt look great

What are the solutions?

but I don't care

I watched all videos on Computerphile featuring Tom, and I just now found out he's got his own channel. What a joy.

Will HDMI 2.1 fix this issue because of the faster transfer speeds?