HdrSwitcher

Description

This application provides a command-line interface for managing High Dynamic Range (HDR) settings on Windows systems. It allows users to list available displays, enable or disable HDR, and toggle HDR settings.

Features

• List Displays: Lists available display devices.
• Enable HDR: Activates HDR on supported displays.
• Disable HDR: Deactivates HDR.
• Toggle HDR: Switches HDR state between on and off.
• Status: Reports whether HDR or SDR is currently enabled.

Building the Application

Run build.bat to compile the application for a release build using CMake.

Download

To download the latest version of the HDR Control Application, visit the releases section: https://github.com/Vaiz/HdrSwitcher/releases.

Usage

• HdrSwitcher.exe list - Lists displays.
• HdrSwitcher.exe enable [[--all]|[--index <i>]|[--id <id>]|[--name <name>]] - Enables HDR.
• HdrSwitcher.exe disable [[--all]|[--index <i>]|[--id <id>]|[--name <name>]] - Disables HDR.
• HdrSwitcher.exe toggle [[--all]|[--index <i>]|[--id <id>]|[--name <name>]] - Toggles HDR.
• HdrSwitcher.exe status [[--all]|[--index <i>]|[--id <id>]|[--name <name>]] - Shows current mode.
• HdrSwitcher.exe --help - Shows help.
• HdrSwitcher.exe <command> --help - Shows help for specific command.

Examples

Help

PS C:\> .\HdrSwitcher.exe
Usage: HDRSwitcher [--help] [--version] {disable,enable,list,status,toggle}

PS C:\> .\HdrSwitcher.exe enable --help
Usage: enable [--help] [--version] [[--all]|[--index VAR]|[--id VAR]|[--name VAR]]

Enable HDR

Optional arguments:
  -h, --help     shows help message and exits
  -v, --version  prints version information and exits
  --all          Apply to all displays
  --index        Choose display by its index received from `list` command. The first index is 0
  --id           Choose display by its id received from `list` command
  --name         Choose display by its name received from `list` command

List displays

PS C:\> .\HdrSwitcher.exe list
Target ID   : 8388688
Target name : Acer XV275K
Adapter ID  : 0000000000000000-00000000
Adapter path: \\?\PCI#VEN_8086&BLAHBLAHBLAH

Target ID   : 12345
Target name : AOC Q27G3XMN
Adapter ID  : 0000000000000000-00000000
Adapter path: \\?\PCI#VEN_8086&BLAHBLAHBLAH

--all

PS C:\> .\HdrSwitcher.exe status --all
SDR
SDR

PS C:\> .\HdrSwitcher.exe toggle --all
HDR is enabled for display with id 8388688
HDR is enabled for display with id 12345

--index

PS C:\> .\HdrSwitcher.exe disable --index 0
HDR is disabled for display with id 8388688

--id

PS C:\> .\HdrSwitcher.exe disable --id 12345
HDR is disabled for display with id 12345

--name

PS C:\> .\HdrSwitcher.exe toggle --name "AOC Q27G3XMN"
HDR is enabled for display with id 12345