xboxboy Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Hi guys, I have a kodak camera which I'm generally happy with. Unfortunately when I try to watch movies I've made the colours are all incorrect. The picture is there, just the colours are terrible. Humans are Purple! I expect that this is a codec issue? From what I can gather I only have the 2009 Mandriva installed ones, as I haven't added any. Does this sound correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Do you know what codec the camera uses to make the videos? This will help, then we can ensure we have the relevant one installed for it to use. Unless you have this already installed, and it's just misinterpreted the colours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tux99 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 (edited) Try installing Mediainfo http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en (there is even a ready Mandriva rpm available to download on the web site) and run it against one of your video files from your camera to identify the exact specs of the file and the post the output here. Edited March 9, 2009 by tux99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Aye, mediainfo is fine. There's a CLI version as well as a GUI one (wxgtk). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medo3891 Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 If you are using a nvidia card, then this is a known bug. So if it's actually a nvidia try this: open menu>tools>system tools>nvidia display settings, this should correct the video colours instantaneously, if it persists open "X server XVideo Settings" and click "reset hardware defaults". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xboxboy Posted March 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 I found that if I open my movies using mplayer rather than the default dragon player then the result is fine. I'll have to find how to make mplayer my default. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 If you're using a 3D desktop, here's a section in the errata to help: 2009.0_Errata#3D-accelerated_desktop_and_video_playback Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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