[X4U] Change video brightness on the fly

[Kirk McElhearn]

On Jul 31, 2006, at 11:16 AM, Charles Howse wrote:

>>> Other than QuickTime, what video players feature the ability to
>>> change the brightness on the fly?
>>> I have VLC, MPlayer OS X, WMP for Mac, and Real Player.  Can't find
>>> any brightness controls in any of them.
>>> And speaking of QT, I just tried it with an .mpg, and nothing  
>>> changed
>>> when I slid the brightness slider.  Why would that be?
>>>
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>> In VLC 0.8.5 command+e brings up the 'extended controls' window  
>> even while
>> playing full screen video. Image adjustment can be altered here.
>> Andy
>
> Great Tip, thank you....however, when I tried it, the only slider  
> that was enabled was "Opaqueness".  When I ticked the "Enable" box,  
> it killed the video.
> Any ideas?

Would simply changing the screen brightness not be a solution? You  
can do this with the keyboard...


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