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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Adjusting brightness on videos. kmplayer in particular.
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:14:17
Message-Id: 4ABD8703.80705@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Adjusting brightness on videos. kmplayer in particular. by Dale
1 Dale wrote:
2 > Renat Golubchyk wrote:
3 >
4 >> On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:16:58 -0500
5 >> Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
6 >>
7 >>
8 >>
9 >>> Renat Golubchyk wrote:
10 >>>
11 >>>
12 >>>> On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:07:39 -0500
13 >>>> Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
14 >>>>
15 >>>>
16 >>>>
17 >>>>
18 >>>>> Graham Murray wrote:
19 >>>>>
20 >>>>>
21 >>>>>
22 >>>>>> Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> writes:
23 >>>>>>
24 >>>>>>
25 >>>>>>
26 >>>>>>
27 >>>>>>> I downloaded CSI and a NCIS video a while ago. I'm trying to
28 >>>>>>> watch it but it is really dark. I am using kmplayer with mplayer
29 >>>>>>> for the backend. I found where it says you can adjust brightness
30 >>>>>>> and contrast but they don't do anything. The screen looks fine
31 >>>>>>> outside of watching a show. Here is some emerge info just in
32 >>>>>>> case I missed a USE flag or something:
33 >>>>>>>
34 >>>>>>>
35 >>>>>>>
36 >>>>>> Have you tried changing the gamma?
37 >>>>>>
38 >>>>>>
39 >>>>>>
40 >>>>> I tried changing all the things in the menu that pops up. None of
41 >>>>> them do anything at all. They move and they are not grayed out or
42 >>>>> anything, they just don't work. It reminds me of adjusting the
43 >>>>> volume when it is muted.
44 >>>>>
45 >>>>> Ideas?
46 >>>>>
47 >>>>>
48 >>>>>
49 >>>> Try other output drivers. Run "mplayer -vo help" to see what drivers
50 >>>> are supported. I've just tried it with xv (default) and it didn't
51 >>>> work. x11 driver works, but the brightness of the whole X changes.
52 >>>> Using gl and gl2 output everything works as expected.
53 >>>>
54 >>>>
55 >>>> Cheers,
56 >>>> Renat
57 >>>>
58 >>>>
59 >>>>
60 >>> You da man !! I first checked out the command you gave and I have a
61 >>> lot of options listed. After reading the man page, should I mention
62 >>> that thing is HUGE, I then opened kmplayer and checked out the options
63 >>> there. I selected the OpenGL driver and it now works. It goes from
64 >>> completely black to blindingly white.
65 >>>
66 >>>
67 >> You can adjust contrast, hue, and saturation as well. Changing the hue
68 >> doesn't work here anymore for some reason, though.
69 >>
70 >>
71 >> Cheers,
72 >> Renat
73 >>
74 >>
75 >
76 > I didn't check the hue but the others worked like they should. I'll try
77 > those in a bit. I have to make a grocery run for a friend.
78 >
79 > Dale
80 >
81 > :-) :-)
82 >
83 >
84
85 Same here. The others work but not the hue part. Not sure what it does
86 but I couldn't see any difference when I changed it. Isn't that like a
87 red/green balance thing?
88
89 Dale
90
91 :-) :-)

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