F17 video annoyances, old hardware

[stan]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:54:20 -0400
Adam Jackson <ajax at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 3/30/12 10:46 AM, stan wrote:

> > - mplayer can't adjust brightness and contrast.  This is strange
> >    since qiv can.
> 
> What video output method is mplayer using?  xv, gl, ...

Thanks for the hint.  It turns out that the gl, gl2, and gl_nosw video
output drivers work fine, and have the ability to adjust the brightness
and contrast, though not the hue (5 and 6), in mplayer.  I'll live with
that.