WPF MediaElement white color is shown as gray

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I try to show a MP4-Video using the MediaElement in WPF. Playing the video works just fine. However, the white colors are displayed grayish. When I open the video file in some other video player, the white color is shown as it should. Has anyone else experienced this?

<MediaElement LoadedBehavior="Play"
              Source="Resources/Videos/TestVideo.mp4" />

Video played as WPF MediaElement: enter image description here

Same video played in Windows Media Player: enter image description here

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wpfvideomediaelement
Do you have a background color set to gray in the element that contains MediaElement? Maybe that the background is transparent. – Gianluca Conte
Yes, I see the same in other software that supposedly uses the same MediaElement component. But note that it's not just "white colors [that] are displayed grayish" - the entire image is "grayish". It's just that the whiter areas are far more noticeable. For example, compare the red arrow from both images. In the bottom image this is 255,65,24 (RGB). But in the top (gray) image this is 243,72,37 (RGB) - slightly darker. @GianlucaConte – DocRoot

1 Answers

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votes

Changing the dynamic range to "Full (0-255)" in NVIDIA Settings solved this issue.

NVIDIA Settings - Adjust video colour settings