[MPlayer-users] Mandrake 9.2 contrast problem

[Goetz Waschk]

Am So 07 Dez 2003 00:50:51 GMT schrieb Alexandre Aractingi:
> I'm back with my contrast problem. I can change the mplayer settings as
> Goetz suggested, but I made another test: I booted with GeexBox (linux +
> embedded mplayer) and played an avi file, the contrast was fine, without
> any change from me.

Hi,

are you sure the GeexBox uses the xv driver for mplayer video output?
Or maybe they use a different XFree86 version?

> Back under mdk 9.2 (same PC, same soft, same driver), the contrast /
> brightness is again very dark... could there be a parameter that could
> solve the problem, instead of correcting it with manually-entered
> equalizer values?

I have no idea. But I'm sure there's some obscure tool for tuning the
XV brightness and contrast settings from the command line. 
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