[X4U] Change video brightness on the fly

[Charles Howse]

On Jul 31, 2006, at 4:19 AM, Kirk McElhearn wrote:

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

Interesting...what's the key combo for that?

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