Problem with WMP/VLC/BCP <-- darker picture than normal

[supperl]

Hi there
I have a little Problem with my players.
Ok the Problem:
When I play a file in a random player the picture is darker than normal.
Ok I started to pause the playing file and than I open the file in another Player. The picture I get than (playing the file in the new player/window while the other is pauseing) is like it should be (not dark).

First I thought I had an currupted file but its the same for all my files(divx/xvid).
It´s also no Problem with the player cause i can start with every of these players.

Well I hope I was able to explain my Problem in total and that you guys can help me.

ThX and bye

Thorsten

[setarip_old]

Hi!

Usually, when you open two instances of a player, the first one uses video acceleration, but the second one doesn't...

[supperl]

Hi and thx for the answere.
Is there any way to prevent that any instances uses video acceleration? Can this be the Problem?


Thx and Bye

[KoD]

Maybe you need to adjust your monitor's brightness and contrast. That is, it's currently set too dark.

Can you notice an increase in brightness on the following gif ?
(0,0,0 is complete black 255,255,255 is max white)

http://xs412.xs.to/xs412/07076/blackramp.gif.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs412&d=07076&f=blackramp.gif)

[supperl]

Hi there,
yeah I can see an increase of brightness on that gif. I don´t think that the monitor is wrong adjusted cause one window is darker and every following (when the first is paused) is normal..

Thx and bye

[Delerue]

Have you looked at your video card settings? Try to see if using VLC (http://www.videolan.org/) you have the same problem.