[MPlayer-users] CRT settings for MPlayer

[Ergzay]

On 2005/10/16, at 19:22, Phil Oleynik wrote:

> Roger Andreassen wrote:
>
>> DaveG wrote:
>>
>>> On Sunday 16 October 2005 19:57, Roger Andreassen wrote:
>>> > I also asked for a decent gamma setting. I'd say from 1.0 to 1.7  
>>> improves
>>> > the contrast significantly. I'm going with the nvidia-settings  
>>> adjustments
>>> > without touching the monitor itself. How does this sound?
>>>
>>> Doesn't sound right.
>>>
>>> Have a look at
>>> http://www.aim-dtp.net/aim/calibration/blackpoint/ 
>>> crt_brightness_and_contrast.htm
>>>
>>
>> Yes, that's funny because the gamma for a Mac suggests 2.5/1.45 which  
>> is 1.72. That's what I tried.
>>
>> The link suggests a gamma for 2.5 which makes everything white here.  
>> I've settled for 1.68 which makes tvtime much nicer but I have no  
>> clue what's going on.
>>
>>
> Funny thing - I tried the link and the best value revealed to be 2.6.  
> It is quite tough, as my eye is comforted
> when gamma is set to 1.2 ;) I watch many photos on screen, and they  
> are all displayed good, much better than
> on other systems. So I really doubt I understand what 2.6 exactly  
> means. Not kgamma's values for sure.
>
> I think your problem is somehow garbled settings of graphics chip,  
> since it can set gamma for usual screen
> and overlay surface independently. Possibly, it thinks about gamma 0.5  
> on overlay or so. But I do not know
> how to tune it in linux, unfortunately. I also wish sometimes to alter  
> overlay's gamma, but nVidia driver does
> not allow me to do it.

It could be monitor decay. Over time your monitor will slowly loose its  
ability to give good contrast. If that is what it is, going for a new  
monitor might be good.

Ergzay