[MPlayer-users] Re: Latest CVS breaks XVATTR (unable to change brightness)

[daniel carter]

Have you tried this (from the main documentation page)


(the following keys are valid only when using -vo xv)

1 or 2 adjust contrast
3 or 4 adjust brightness
5 or 6 adjust hue
7 or 8 adjust saturation


Dan \"Jago\" Naumov wrote:

>[Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>Hey.
>
>Today I decided to try out the latest CVS (MPlayer CVS-020221-01:19-2.96) 
>I am using an  utility called XVATTR (http://freshmeat.net/projects/xvattr/) to change the brightness of XV as I find the default setting to be very dark for my 
>monitor/vidcard combo. It worked fine with MPlayer until I decided to 
>try  the CVS version.
>
>Apparently, as soon as MPlayer starts playing a DiVX movie (havent tried 
>anything else), it changes the XV_BRIGHTNESS value from 65 (where I 
>usually keep it at) to 0. This is very unfortunate, as I find myself 
>forced to not use the CVS build because practically, it's so dark I can't 
>see anything. The resetting of XV_BRIGHTNESS does not happen when using 
>MPlayer 0.60, so for now I am reverting to that version.
>
>Any ideas ?
>
>Sincerely,
>Dan "Jago" Naumov
>
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