Video issue: tinted, 'stobe-like' issue every half second on recorded video

steelin4u

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Video issue solved: tinted, stobe hue caused by Windows 10 and Movies & TV app!

Hello all,

After searching on this forum and the internet in general, I haven't been able to find comments on the problem I'm having, and I'm hoping someone here can help out. I'm experiencing D3200-recorded videos that display a 'tinted hue', almost like a weird disco light effect, that changes hue every .5 seconds or so. It is not a fluorescent/led issue, as it happens when outside. I don't think it is a light metering issue, as the whole screen isn't getting lighter/darker. It's like a filter is applied, mostly to the lighter areas in the frame, and it is similar to auto-metering, but is turns 1/2 of the frame (sometimes almost the whole frame) different color hues.

Am I simply experiencing a problem with the 'auto' settings, and this would be solved going to manual video mode? Are there other settings I should try? This problem happens with fixed 50mm, 55-200mm, and 18-55mm, I think.
 
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cwgrizz

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@480sparky, He said it is doing it outside too. I wouldn't think that AC frequency would have anything to do with it, but I don't do videos so I could be wrong. ;)
 

steelin4u

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Solved: Windows 10 Movies & TV application issue with video!

Mystery partially solved! I should have tinkered more before posting my issue. Maybe this will help someone else out in the future. Check this out:

-Video viewed on my camera (SD card) - no problems
-Video viewed on my PC (file on HD) with Windows Media Player - no problems
-Video viewed on my PC (file on HD) with iTunes - no problems
-Video viewed on my PC (file on HD) with Windows 10 'Movies & TV' (the default video playback app in Windows 10) - STROBE PROBLEM!

I don't know why, as there are no application settings to mess with, but something in the Windows 10 Movies & TV application doesn't jive with the file.
 

480sparky

Senior Member
Re: Solved: Windows 10 Movies & TV application issue with video!

Mystery partially solved! I should have tinkered more before posting my issue. Maybe this will help someone else out in the future. Check this out:

-Video viewed on my camera (SD card) - no problems
-Video viewed on my PC (file on HD) with Windows Media Player - no problems
-Video viewed on my PC (file on HD) with iTunes - no problems
-Video viewed on my PC (file on HD) with Windows 10 'Movies & TV' (the default video playback app in Windows 10) - STROBE PROBLEM!

I don't know why, as there are no application settings to mess with, but something in the Windows 10 Movies & TV application doesn't jive with the file.

I don't use that app, but is there an FPS setting at all? Maybe it defaults to 30 FPS and you're shooting at 25.
 

Bob Blaylock

Senior Member
Is the camera set to the same AC cycle as the lights are running on (50- or 60-Htz)?

Not an issue with modern electronic ballasts. Using the old magnetic ballasts, fluorescent lights would flicker at twice the frequency of the AC that was powering them.

Modern electronic ballasts run the lights at thousands of Hertz, typically 20,000 Hz for T8/T12 type lamps. This exceeds the persistence of the phosphors and other parts of the process, so the result is a steady, non-strobing light
 
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480sparky

Senior Member
Not an issue with modern electronic ballasts. Using the old magnetic ballasts, fluorescent lights would flicker at twice the frequency of the AC that was powering them.

Modern electronic ballasts run the lights at thousands of Hertz, typically 20,000 Hz for T8/T12 type lamps. This exceeds the persistence of the phosphors and other parts of the process, so the result is a steady, non-strobing light

Um.... you're preaching to the choir here.

Plus, how many of us have the ability to pull out the lamps and covers to see which ballasts are in them.
 
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