Dale wrote: > Renat Golubchyk wrote: > >> On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:16:58 -0500 >> Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Renat Golubchyk wrote: >>> >>> >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> 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 > > :-) :-) > >
Same here. The others work but not the hue part. Not sure what it does but I couldn't see any difference when I changed it. Isn't that like a red/green balance thing? Dale :-) :-)
