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Monitorian (Windows monitor control app)

81 points by xattt 5y ago

fgblanch 5y ago
Cool tool! It would be great to change not just brightness/Contrast but the rest of monitor parameters such as display input.
gligorot 5y ago
A phenomenal tool that “just works”. Saved me lots of fiddling with the physical monitor buttons.
nyc640 5y ago
Similar tool for macOS that also controls built-in displays and Apple monitors: https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl Not aware of a similarly polished GUI tool on linux, but I use this: https://github.com/rockowitz/ddcutil https://github.com/rockowitz/ddcutil It's been super convenient having found all these tools (I use all 3!) for software control of monitors recently.
- pabs3 5y ago
  On Linux there are ddcui and gddccontrol (from ddccontrol), although they probably aren't as polished as the options for Windows/macOS. There is also the non-mainline ddcci driver, which lets Linux systems manage external monitor brightness just like it would internal screens on laptops. https://github.com/rockowitz/ddcui https://github.com/rockowitz/ddcui https://github.com/ddccontrol/ddccontrol https://github.com/ddccontrol/ddccontrol https://gitlab.com/ddcci-driver-linux/ddcci-driver-linux https://gitlab.com/ddcci-driver-linux/ddcci-driver-linux
- lelandfe 5y ago
  MonitorControl is the most native Big Sur UI I've seen from an open source project. Nice.
kevingadd 5y ago
Effortless to install off the windows store and just works. I've wanted something like this for a while and it was nice to see it show up on HN.
zebracanevra 5y ago
Never knew this protocol existed! And as usual, Nirsoft have a tool: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/control_my_monitor.html https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/control_my_monitor.html On my monitor I can even adjust the dark boost settings too (0xEF on the VG279QM)
senectus1 5y ago
seems like something that should be folded into powertoys.
- hoseja 5y ago
  It apparently has a subscription version for additional features.
bmh 5y ago
Nice feature: You can adjust brightness of multiple monitors simultaneously. Every night I set brightness of both monitors to 15, and every morning I raise it back to 30. I've been hoping for a tool like this for years.
ale42 5y ago
Awesome, I was looking for this a few days ago. I can't understand why such a basic function is not integrated in Windows directly!
Terry_Roll 5y ago
How does this work with nVidia Mosaic? https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/design-visualization/solutions/nvidia-mosaic-technology/ https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/design-visualization/solutions/... So Mosaic works with certain nVidia graphics cards to make monitors appear differently to the operating system like Windows, ie you could have 2 or more monitors but windows will see only 1 ultra wide monitor.
- xattt 5y ago
  I think that will depend whether nVidia presents the monitor as one or two monitors.
retSava 5y ago
This is a nice tool! An alternative for us preferring CLI tools, is the nir-set of tools. Put nircmd (https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html) somewhere in path and add an alias to it. Something like this, alias bri='nircmd setbrightness' This allows me to run eg 'bri 80' to set brightness to 80%. Works perfect on my laptop, but I'm unsure how well it works with multiple monitors. When I had an external monitor plugged in, I used monitoran.
sequence7 5y ago
This is a great tool and I'd happily pay for the addon features but a subscription pricing model really doesn't work for me. If the developer's reading please have a buy option so I can give you some money :)
- xattt 5y ago
  The app can be installed for free as a standalone app through the installer listed on GitHub.
  - sequence7 5y ago
    I know, it's always free to install but to unlock the addon features (e.g. keyboard shortcuts) requires a subscription.
    - xattt 5y ago
      Oh jeez, I didn’t realize. I didn’t run into the limitations… yet!
jmrm 5y ago
I've been using this app since I knew it existed. Changing the desktop monitor brightness with the mouse scroll makes your life a lot easier.
Snuupy 5y ago
I love this app except when it has issues detecting when I dock/undock my laptop (which plugs/unplugs the same monitors again), and then Monitorian won't show any of the monitors that I have connected.
hoseja 5y ago
Is there any possibility of interoperating with f.lux?

81 points by xattt 5y ago

Cool tool! It would be great to change not just brightness/Contrast but the rest of monitor parameters such as display input.

gligorot 5y ago

A phenomenal tool that “just works”. Saved me lots of fiddling with the physical monitor buttons.

nyc640 5y ago

Similar tool for macOS that also controls built-in displays and Apple monitors: https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl Not aware of a similarly polished GUI tool on linux, but I use this: https://github.com/rockowitz/ddcutil https://github.com/rockowitz/ddcutil It's been super convenient having found all these tools (I use all 3!) for software control of monitors recently.

pabs3 5y ago
On Linux there are ddcui and gddccontrol (from ddccontrol), although they probably aren't as polished as the options for Windows/macOS. There is also the non-mainline ddcci driver, which lets Linux systems manage external monitor brightness just like it would internal screens on laptops. https://github.com/rockowitz/ddcui https://github.com/rockowitz/ddcui https://github.com/ddccontrol/ddccontrol https://github.com/ddccontrol/ddccontrol https://gitlab.com/ddcci-driver-linux/ddcci-driver-linux https://gitlab.com/ddcci-driver-linux/ddcci-driver-linux
lelandfe 5y ago
MonitorControl is the most native Big Sur UI I've seen from an open source project. Nice.

kevingadd 5y ago

Effortless to install off the windows store and just works. I've wanted something like this for a while and it was nice to see it show up on HN.

zebracanevra 5y ago

Never knew this protocol existed! And as usual, Nirsoft have a tool: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/control_my_monitor.html https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/control_my_monitor.html On my monitor I can even adjust the dark boost settings too (0xEF on the VG279QM)

senectus1 5y ago

seems like something that should be folded into powertoys.

hoseja 5y ago
It apparently has a subscription version for additional features.

bmh 5y ago

Nice feature: You can adjust brightness of multiple monitors simultaneously. Every night I set brightness of both monitors to 15, and every morning I raise it back to 30. I've been hoping for a tool like this for years.

ale42 5y ago

Awesome, I was looking for this a few days ago. I can't understand why such a basic function is not integrated in Windows directly!

Terry_Roll 5y ago

How does this work with nVidia Mosaic? https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/design-visualization/solutions/nvidia-mosaic-technology/ https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/design-visualization/solutions/... So Mosaic works with certain nVidia graphics cards to make monitors appear differently to the operating system like Windows, ie you could have 2 or more monitors but windows will see only 1 ultra wide monitor.

xattt 5y ago
I think that will depend whether nVidia presents the monitor as one or two monitors.

retSava 5y ago

This is a nice tool! An alternative for us preferring CLI tools, is the nir-set of tools. Put nircmd (https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html) somewhere in path and add an alias to it. Something like this, alias bri='nircmd setbrightness' This allows me to run eg 'bri 80' to set brightness to 80%. Works perfect on my laptop, but I'm unsure how well it works with multiple monitors. When I had an external monitor plugged in, I used monitoran.

sequence7 5y ago

This is a great tool and I'd happily pay for the addon features but a subscription pricing model really doesn't work for me. If the developer's reading please have a buy option so I can give you some money :)

xattt 5y ago
The app can be installed for free as a standalone app through the installer listed on GitHub.
- sequence7 5y ago
  I know, it's always free to install but to unlock the addon features (e.g. keyboard shortcuts) requires a subscription.
  - xattt 5y ago
    Oh jeez, I didn’t realize. I didn’t run into the limitations… yet!

jmrm 5y ago

I've been using this app since I knew it existed. Changing the desktop monitor brightness with the mouse scroll makes your life a lot easier.

Snuupy 5y ago

I love this app except when it has issues detecting when I dock/undock my laptop (which plugs/unplugs the same monitors again), and then Monitorian won't show any of the monitors that I have connected.

hoseja 5y ago

Is there any possibility of interoperating with f.lux?