Histogram Use in Virtual Dub

A video showing how to use the histogram in Virtual Dub to set the brightness and contrast ("the levels") to within the safe range before or during analogue video capture.
This video is using Virtual Dub 2. For Virtual Dub 1.xxx the Capture AVI command is in the File menu.
You do not have to capture with VDub; get the correct proc amp settings using this technique then capture with your preferred program.
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[@michaelbinbc]

I usually use AmarecTV to capture, and I adjusted my Hauppauge's proc amp until things looked correct on both my pc's monitor and my lcd tv. But when trying to tweak the colors in Davinci Resolve using the Parade scope, everything's already clipped, even though it's not maxed out in the scope. So now I'm trying to use the histogram in Virtualdub 1.10.4 to find the proper proc amp settings, but the histogram is just a black box... no activity whatsoever. Is it just this version of Vdub? Also, just a note about the proc amp disappearing on you... instead of the Capture Filter, you can access the basic brightness, contrast, hue, saturation and contrast in the Levels tab as well (L).
edit: never mind... it's working in Virtualdub2.

[@user-yf6di1rd7d]

what dll did you choose for proc amps adjusting via graphstudio? thank you in advance.

[@aaprods]

No need to choose any DLLs, just choose one of the entries for your digitiser in the Graphstudio filters list. Check out my Graphstudio setup guide on my website here: www.aaproductions.net/grahpstudio.htm