Mplayer, Xine, TV, and various video apps use the Xv extension of the X Window, which in turn uses the YUV overlay. As I recall, my Nvidia card has configuration that lets you configure the YUV overlay colors separately using a custom Nvidea tool. The name escapes me for the moment but it probably begins with `nv`. Worth taking a look.
BTW, you can test to see if the overlay is causing problems by running Mplayer with a different video output, such as "x11", "gl", or "gl2": mplayer -vo x11 myvideo.mpg The TV application should also have a similar option. -Mark On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 12:20:08AM -0400, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > hi all, > > a few weeks ago, (probably after an aptitude upgrade) mplayer started to > display desaturated, washed out colors. people look like ghosts. it's > nearly black and white. > > same thing happens with gxine and gtv, so it's a general video problem. > static images (jpg, pdf, etc) look fine. > > i'm kind of stumped. any ideas on how to fix the colors? > > thanks, > pete > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
