[PLUG] Ambient light screen adjustment

[King Beowulf]

On 4/30/20 7:21 PM, Chuck Hast wrote:
> Folks,
> I have a HP Compaq 6300 I am using as a DVR terminal to my DVR which is
> elsewhere on the property. The 6300 just displays the critical camera
> screens.
> 
> My issue is that I am trying to figure out how to use the camera on the
> machine
> to detect ambient light and adjust screen brightness. I see a lot about Win
> 10
> doing so bidden or not. But do not see much about this in Linux. The issue
> is
> the screen is so bright at night that it bothers my wife. But we do not
> want to
> turn it off because if we hear something outside the first thing we do is
> look at
> the screen to see what the cameras are seeing. Since the machine is mounted
> on the wall for viewing there is no keyboard on it and even if there was
> wife
> probably would not try to adjust it.
> 
> Any ideas on how to use the on board camera to adjust screen brightness?
> 

These may be of use:

https://www.linuxlinks.com/clight-webcam-becomes-light-sensor/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/calise/


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