Re: [gentoo-user] Adjusting brightness on videos. kmplayer in particular.

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Renat Golubchyk wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:16:58 -0500
> Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Renat Golubchyk wrote:
>>     
>>> On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:07:39 -0500
>>> Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Graham Murray wrote:
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>>>>         
>>>>> Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> writes:
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>>>>>> I downloaded CSI and a NCIS video a while ago.  I'm trying to
>>>>>> watch it but it is really dark.  I am using kmplayer with mplayer
>>>>>> for the backend.  I found where it says you can adjust brightness
>>>>>> and contrast but they don't do anything.  The screen looks fine
>>>>>> outside of watching a show.  Here is some emerge info just in
>>>>>> case I missed a USE flag or something:
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Have you tried changing the gamma?
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> I tried changing all the things in the menu that pops up.  None of
>>>> them do anything at all.  They move and they are not grayed out or
>>>> anything, they just don't work.  It reminds me of adjusting the
>>>> volume when it is muted. 
>>>>
>>>> Ideas?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Try other output drivers. Run "mplayer -vo help" to see what drivers
>>> are supported. I've just tried it with xv (default) and it didn't
>>> work. x11 driver works, but the brightness of the whole X changes.
>>> Using gl and gl2 output everything works as expected.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Renat
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>>>       
>> You da man !!  I first checked out the command you gave and I have a
>> lot of options listed.  After reading the man page, should I mention
>> that thing is HUGE, I then opened kmplayer and checked out the options
>> there.  I selected the OpenGL driver and it now works.  It goes from
>> completely black to blindingly white. 
>>     
>
> You can adjust contrast, hue, and saturation as well. Changing the hue
> doesn't work here anymore for some reason, though.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Renat
>   

I didn't check the hue but the others worked like they should.  I'll try
those in a bit.  I have to make a grocery run for a friend.

Dale

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