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feat: scripts - ddcutil script to handle brightness control for exterrnal monitors #1

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@Melk0rr Melk0rr commented Aug 22, 2024

A new script based on the default brightnesscontrol.sh but using ddcutil to control the brightness of external monitors.

The main issue is : DDC/CI protocol is slow

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Description

  • This script tries to achieve what the original brightnesscontrol script does with brightnessctl but for external monitors
  • As I use 3 external monitors, I lacked a utility to easily change brightness. So here it is
  • Dependencies: ddcutil only
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A script following model of the original brightnesscontrol.sh but using ddcutil to control external monitor brightness

Only issue is: DDC/CI protocol is slow
@Melk0rr Melk0rr merged commit abb89a4 into main Aug 22, 2024
@Melk0rr Melk0rr deleted the ext-monitor-brightness branch August 25, 2024 12:49
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