-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 07 June 2004 08:59 am, Wolfgang wrote: > > 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? > 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. I would, **If they had slider buttons on them**!!!! I installed the Krystal skin, so I could see the gui well enough, and opened video settings. All I see is 4 vertical columns, with no way that I can see to adjust anything! That makes me wonder if maybe I have a problem with my video driver, since I can't adjust brightness in either totem or xine...? - -- Charles Howse Jackson, TN Registered Linux User # 347576 (http://counter.li.org) GnuPG ID - 1F5130A8 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAxIFm/S+VsB9RMKgRAp/MAJwJ3BCoTTZHe9NzcGpBXbRaFVTlPQCfTLZm JEy2JBKwyX1tT3p1m8o31u4= =mfnl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----