On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:07:39 -0500
Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Graham Murray wrote:
> > Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> writes:
> >   
> >> 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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