[PD] [gem] bad quality in playing mjpeg avi

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

Georg Holzmann wrote:
> Hallo!

> Does anyone have an idea what the problem could be ? Do players like vlc,
> mplayer, ... use additional filters to give better results ?
> 

it turned out that the problem was a badly configured X-server (set to a
depthof 16bit!)
Gem defaults to 24bit-depth; if it fails to get 24bits, it will fall
back to 8bit, which usually is _bad_ quality!

the other players obviously could make better use of the 16bit depth,
that is why they looked better.

so for all of you, who experience bad image quality:
 read carefully what Gem says on the console! there might be a hint,
saying "Only using 8 color bits"; make sure that you set the default
colour depth to 24bit (or higher)


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