mpg brightness problems

[Charles Howse]

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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 * * *

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Charles Howse
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[Wolfgang]

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

[Charles Howse]

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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...?

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[Chadley Wilson]

>  > > 
>  
>  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...?
>   
I don't think there's a problem with your driver as mine does the same.
Only i have sliders for my sound too that are greyed out noway to get
them working either.

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[Charles Howse]

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On Monday 07 June 2004 09:54 am, Chadley Wilson wrote:
>  > 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...?
>
>  I don't think there's a problem with your driver as mine does the same.
>  Only i have sliders for my sound too that are greyed out noway to get
>  them working either. 
OK, this is where the guru is supposed to step in and tell us what we've done 
wrong.  Someone knows what's wrong, let's just hope he reads this 
thread.  :-)

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[Wolfgang]

On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 09:53:26 -0500, Charles Howse wrote
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>  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)
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You are probably running the latest version of
Xine. With this version I found
that the skin RPM is not compatible. So what I did was to upgrade the library
only and left Xine at the original version which I use. So that the skins
still work for this version. (With the new version it states that the version
of skins are not compatible). So, from the previous version I use the 'clowdy'
skin, which is much easier to see.

Wolf
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[Robin Laing]

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 Howse
>  Jackson, TN
>  Registered Linux User # 347576 (http://counter.li.org)
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My monitor has a setting for viewing films/DVD's.  A press of a button 
and all is fixed and is bright enough.

The blame could be put onto the makers of the DVD's and movies but 
they are designed for a different medium.


-- 
Robin Laing

[korgull]

On Monday 07 June 2004 15:47, Charles Howse wrote:
>  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? 
You can change the font and size through the setup menu in xine (misc tab).
If you're not happy with the type of font, you can read on how to change font 
types here:
http://xinehq.de/index.php/faq#SUPPORTEDFONTS

If you have questions regarding the font types, please post them to the 
xine-user mailing list, which is the better place to ask this.

>  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? 
Normally you would want to use the xv video driver (you'll get this by 
starting xine like this : xine -V xv). In this case xine will activate 
seperate controls for brightness/contrast/saturation/hue if they are 
supported by your video card and driver.
When you use xshm output you probably don't have these controls.

>  [charles@moe charles]$ mplayer 
Sorry I never use mplayer, so I can't help you with this one :-(

Regards,
Marcel