WMP playback brightness

[FourWheelDrift]

My monitor brightness settings are maxxed out and without going into my video card settings and going over 100% (which would be too much for normal use) is there a way of increasing the brightness of Windows WMV media as on playback they seem to have got darker. Probably down to a completely useless Microshaft update.

Any ideas?

[d-man]

Most video is played back using an overlay. Depending on your graphics card and drivers you might be able to adjust brightness, contrast etc for overlays.

You'd have to dig around in the display properties to find it though.

[stuuu]

don't slap me down but..... your monitor is not in an economy mode or something is it? I've seen this more on TFTs that CRTs mind.

OR

Graphics card may have brightness settings for playback

[FourWheelDrift]

stuuu said:

don't slap me down but..... your monitor is not in an economy mode or something is it? I've seen this more on TFTs that CRTs mind. OR Graphics card may have brightness settings for playback

Nope it's a CRT and it's not in economy mode.

And also as I have mentioned if I turn the video card settings for brightness up, it's set at 100% at the moment, anything above 105% for any difference in playback and it's far too bright for normal windows use.

I just wondered if there was an internal setting for media player somewhere which independantly set the playback.

[FourWheelDrift]

d-man said:

Most video is played back using an overlay. Depending on your graphics card and drivers you might be able to adjust brightness, contrast etc for overlays. You'd have to dig around in the display properties to find it though.

I found the overlay bit, turned brightness/contrast up to about 140% seems to have done it. But I'll have to check things later.

[malman]

If its media player 9 then goto "view menu" then "enhancements" then "video settings".

Should have hue, saturation, brightness and contrast. Some video card (eg my nvidia) have separate settings for video overlay only that do not adjust brightness etc on your desktop. in advanced setting usually.

[FourWheelDrift]

That seems to do the business, easy to adjust on the fly but it seems that it has to be done everytime WMP is started. Do you know if the settings can be saved anywhere as the default?

[kojak69]

FourWheelDrift said:

That seems to do the business, easy to adjust on the fly but it seems that it has to be done everytime WMP is started. Do you know if the settings can be saved anywhere as the default?

I'd like to know that. I have to alter mine everytime also.

[malman]

Don't think you can save them. I think you are meant to setup your video card for playback then use the ones in media player for on the fly adjustment.

Bit pants really