Re: mpg brightness problems

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On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 23:47, Charles Howse wrote:
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> Hi,
> In FC1 it was so easy to install totem and the codecs.
> If I had a mpg that was a little dark, I could just open the video preferences 
> for totem and turn up the brightness.
> 
> Now, in FC2, I have totem-0.99.11-1.1.fc2.dag, as well as 
> mplayer-1.0-32_pre4.rhfc2.at, and xine-0.99.1-1.1.fc2.dag.
> 
> BTW, the black background and low contrast fonts in xine, are a real pain in 
> the ass if you're 54 and wear glasses.  I can't read 'em at all.  Why in the 
> world would someone make that the default?  Why not start out with something 
> everyone can see, and give the option for the black background?
> 
> I can't increase the brightness in totem, nor in xine, and mplayer fails to 
> start.  What can I do so that I can turn up the brightness in my mpg player?
> 
> 
> [charles@moe charles]$ mplayer
> mplayer: /usr/X11R6/lib/nvidia-graphics-1.0-4496/libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1: 
> no version information available (required by mplayer)
> Mplayer 1.0pre4-3.3.3 (C) 2000-2004 Mplayer Team
> 
> CPU: Intel Pentium III Katmai/Pentium III Xeon Tanner 600.5 MHz (Family: 6, 
> Stepping: 3)
> Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
> CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
> Reading config file /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf
> Reading config file /home/charles/.mplayer/config
> Reading /home/charles/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open 
> '/home/charles/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
> Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No 
> such file or directory
> Using built-in default codecs.conf.
> Usage:   mplayer [options] [url|path/]filename
> 
> Basic options: (complete list in the man page)
>  -vo <drv[:dev]>  select video output driver & device ('-vo help' for a list)
>  -ao <drv[:dev]>  select audio output driver & device ('-ao help' for a list)
>  vcd://<trackno>   play (S)VCD (Super Video CD) track (raw device, no mount)
>  dvd://<titleno>   play DVD title from device instead of plain file
>  -alang/-slang    select DVD audio/subtitle language (by 2-char country code)
>  -ss <timepos>    seek to given (seconds or hh:mm:ss) position
>  -nosound         do not play sound
>  -fs              fullscreen playback (or -vm, -zoom, details in the man page)
>  -x <x> -y <y>    set display resolution (for use with -vm or -zoom)
>  -sub <file>      specify subtitle file to use (also see -subfps, -subdelay)
>  -playlist <file> specify playlist file
>  -vid x -aid y    select video (x) and audio (y) stream to play
>  -fps x -srate y  change video (x fps) and audio (y Hz) rate
>  -pp <quality>    enable postprocessing filter (details in the man page)
>  -framedrop       enable frame dropping (for slow machines)
> 
> Basic keys: (complete list in the man page, also check input.conf)
>  <-  or  ->       seek backward/forward 10 seconds
>  up or down       seek backward/forward  1 minute
>  pgup or pgdown   seek backward/forward 10 minutes
>  < or >           step backward/forward in playlist
>  p or SPACE       pause movie (press any key to continue)
>  q or ESC         stop playing and quit program
>  + or -           adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second
>  o                cycle OSD mode:  none / seekbar / seekbar + timer
>  * or /           increase or decrease PCM volume
>  z or x           adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second
>  r or t           adjust subtitle position up/down, also see -vf expand
> 
>  * * * SEE THE MAN PAGE FOR DETAILS, FURTHER (ADVANCED) OPTIONS AND KEYS * * *
> 
> - -- 
> Charles Howse
> Jackson, TN
> Registered Linux User # 347576 (http://counter.li.org)
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Xine has it's own contrast & brightness controls. Have you tried them??
I use that too when some videos are a little too dark to view.

Wolf




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