Brigthness control for videos

BattleAxe · May 13, 2006, 08:26 PM

I'm sorry if i sound like a complete noob now, even though i have been playing PC games very actively, but this is my first Nvidia Card I have ever and there is just something that I can't figure out.

I got this 6800GS AGP, and - go ahead and laugh it off - I can't make the videos brighter than they are. I'm talking about those previews, movie trailer on the web, they are just too dark.
I tried to adjust it somehow, even tried to change the overlay only, but either get a very bright desktop as well, (which I don't want), or nothing happens.

I tried searching the forum, but I only got an info about a powerstrip program. Is there anyway to control the brightness without downloading/installing another program?
Sorry, if i am just damn blind to see how brightness is controlled on the Nvidia card, but I can't find it.

Jukeboxman · Jul 28, 2006, 10:23 PM

BattleAxe, I, too, am new to using Nvidia video cards, but I think that I can answer your question. In the color correction settings of the control panel, you need to choose "Overlay" and then you can set the brightness and contrast settings. As I understand this setting, it is only for Video and not for full screen 3d gaming. That is the problem that I am having. Need For Speed Underground 2 does not have an in-game brightness control and I have not found any way to increase the brightness for full screen 3d games. I have a 6800XT and am using an older driver- 84.91 I think. Hope I helped some.

kn00tcn · Jul 31, 2006, 03:41 AM

he said he already did overlay... though possibly messed up cuz it shouldnt alter the desktop

maybe you could use ffdshow codec & use its internal options to adjust brightness/contrast/gamma/etc

May 13, 2006, 08:26 PM	#1
BattleAxe DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 61 Rep Power: 0	Brigthness control for videos I'm sorry if i sound like a complete noob now, even though i have been playing PC games very actively, but this is my first Nvidia Card I have ever and there is just something that I can't figure out. I got this 6800GS AGP, and - go ahead and laugh it off - I can't make the videos brighter than they are. I'm talking about those previews, movie trailer on the web, they are just too dark. I tried to adjust it somehow, even tried to change the overlay only, but either get a very bright desktop as well, (which I don't want), or nothing happens. I tried searching the forum, but I only got an info about a powerstrip program. Is there anyway to control the brightness without downloading/installing another program? Sorry, if i am just damn blind to see how brightness is controlled on the Nvidia card, but I can't find it.

Jul 31, 2006, 03:41 AM	#3
kn00tcn DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 649 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	he said he already did overlay... though possibly messed up cuz it shouldnt alter the desktop maybe you could use ffdshow codec & use its internal options to adjust brightness/contrast/gamma/etc __________________ PM me if i dissappear from helping you in a thread XP - Athlon XP-M (Barton @ 2.4ghz) \| 2x1024 Mushkin ddr400 DC \| x800XT-PE + Zalman VF700-CU \| Abit AN7 \| Seasonic S12 E+ 550w 2K - Pentium4 (Northwood @ 2.3ghz) \| 2x512 OCZ \| 9800pro + Iceberq5 \| Asus P4S333-VM \| 300w (~20A) generic

Jul 28, 2006, 10:23 PM	#2
Jukeboxman DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Santa Maria, CA Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	BattleAxe, I, too, am new to using Nvidia video cards, but I think that I can answer your question. In the color correction settings of the control panel, you need to choose "Overlay" and then you can set the brightness and contrast settings. As I understand this setting, it is only for Video and not for full screen 3d gaming. That is the problem that I am having. Need For Speed Underground 2 does not have an in-game brightness control and I have not found any way to increase the brightness for full screen 3d games. I have a 6800XT and am using an older driver- 84.91 I think. Hope I helped some.