Auto change screen brightness using webcam on pc's that don't have ambient light sensor.

Head on to the latest release and download an asset of your choice.

Type dpkg -i autobrightness*.deb

Unzip and put autobrightness.exe file to somewhere of your choice.

unzip

You have a unix executable in zip file.

Unzip the file and goto directory where setup.py is. Type pip install .

Note that also you have to add executable to your window manager startup.

Type autobrightness to run. The tray icon will appear and you will see settings window.

usage: autobrightness [-h] [-v] [--start | --set] [--config CONFIG]

Auto change screen brightness using webcam.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
  -v, --version    show program's version number and exit
  --start          Start the daemon
  --set            Set brightness and exit
  --config CONFIG  Use alternative config file instead of .autobrightness in
                   home directory.

Application language.

Technology to reach screen brightness.

• sysfs: Default backend for *nix systems. You have to select correct interface.
• powercfg: Default backend for Windows. You have to select GUID of Display Brightness.

Adds the value you selected from here to calculated brightness. For example; if you select 5%, brightness of your screen will be 5% more.

Camera number or path. If you have 1 camera only, just type 0.

If you select 30 seconds from here, your screen brightness will be adjusted every 30 seconds.

Keycode(ex: 123), key name(ex: f12) or key combination(ex: ctrl+f12).

Sets brightness to maximum value when a full screen application(video, game...) on the screen.

Calculate and set brightness one time on application startup.