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
