Tested it a bit further, mplayer backend used has no effect. However, I *can* reproduce this with just "xset -dpms". So it is disabling the DPMS, that makes the video card use the lower brightness on battery, even when the BIOS has been set not to lower the brightness.
-- mplayer brightness reduces on playback https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201544 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
