From: Chris P. <cj...@ea...> - 2004-09-29 21:23:20
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Michael Roitzsch wrote: >Hi Chris, > > > >>With XIG Accelerated X drivers, DVD playback in xine is too dark. I >>cannot make the playback brighter with the ui controls. xvinfo with xig >>drivers is as follows: >> >> >> >[snip] > > >>These XV values are different than those of XFree86. I have played with >>the values in my /home/.../.xine/config file, but no good that way >>either. I have contacted XIG and they maintain that their XV values are >>"correct" and that XFree86 has deviated from the standard. >> >> > >I guess you have played with the sliders in xine's control window, but even >the maximum brightness setting is not enough? If that is so, there is >definitely something wrong with X, since xine just sets the Xv attributes and >passes the decoded frames on to Xv. Everything from there, including image >scaling, colourspace conversion and brightness/contrast setting is done by >the driver or the card itself. > >However, there is a possible workaround: Go to the chain reaction window, >which you find under Video->Post Process. There you can add some image effect >plugins. Try "eq" or "eq2", which will allow you to tweak the brightness. >Unfortunately, xine does not save the post processing settings, but you can >pass them on startup with the --post option. Once you have found a good >setting, you can store the --post option in the file ~/.xine/xinerc to make >it permanent. > >Michael > > > I'll look into your suggestions. XIG is not responding to my requests. I get the feeling they are ignoring me; hoping I get a new video card with different drivers. NVidia next time for me. Or just stick to DRI which works just fine. Thanks, Chris |