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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