{"id":20607,"date":"2024-09-27T15:37:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T15:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=20607"},"modified":"2024-09-27T15:37:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T15:37:34","slug":"enable-auto-adjust-video-brightness-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/enable-auto-adjust-video-brightness-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Ways to Enable Auto Adjust Video Brightness based on Lighting in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is well known that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/fix-windows-11-changes-screen-brightness-automatically\/\">Windows can automatically adjust the monitor\/screen brightness<\/a> based on the intensity of the ambient light. If you&#8217;ve upgraded to Windows 11, you can configure the light sensor to automatically adjust the brightness of the video you&#8217;re watching, not changing the brightness of the whole screen. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you 2 ways to enable auto adjust video brightness based on the surrounding lighting in Windows 11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Enable Auto Adjust Video Brightness based on Lighting via Settings App<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/common-ways-to-open-settings-app-in-windows-11\/\">Open the Settings App<\/a> (Win+I). Select <strong>Apps<\/strong> on the left side and then click <strong>Video playback<\/strong> on the right pane.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/video-playback-settings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"372\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/video-playback-settings.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/video-playback-settings-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>If you can see the option called &#8220;<strong>Adjust video based on lighting around me<\/strong>&#8220;, you most likely have a light sensor. You can turn on this setting to enable auto brightness adjustment for video playback only.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/adjust-video-based-on-lighting.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"418\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/adjust-video-based-on-lighting.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/adjust-video-based-on-lighting-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The last but not the least, make sure you uncheck the &#8220;<strong>Don&#8217;t adjust video based on lighting when on battery<\/strong>&#8221; option.\n<\/li>\n<li>Close the Settings app.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Enable Auto Adjust Video Brightness based on Lighting via Registry Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-registry-editor-in-windows-10\/\">Open Registry Editor<\/a> and navigate to: <code>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\VideoSettings<\/code>. In the right pane, right-click the empty area and choose <strong>New<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>DWORD (32-bit) Value<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/VideoSettings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/VideoSettings.png 557w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/VideoSettings-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If the subkey <strong>VideoSettings<\/strong> doesn&#8217;t exist, you need to create it first.<\/li>\n<li>Name the newly-created DWORD <strong>EnableOutsideModeFeature<\/strong>, then double-click it and set its value data to 1. This will turn on the &#8220;Adjust video based on lighting around me&#8221; feature in Windows 11.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/enable-outside-mode-feature.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/enable-outside-mode-feature.png 557w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/enable-outside-mode-feature-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Next, create another DWORD <strong>DisableAutoLightingOnBattery<\/strong> and leave its value as 0. This will turn off the &#8220;Don&#8217;t adjust video based on lighting when on battery&#8221; option.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/disable-auto-lighting-on-battery.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/disable-auto-lighting-on-battery.png 557w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/disable-auto-lighting-on-battery-300x146.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Close Registry Editor. Log out of your account or restart Windows to see the changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is well known that Windows can automatically adjust the monitor\/screen brightness based on the intensity of the ambient light. If you&#8217;ve upgraded to Windows 11, you can configure the light sensor to automatically adjust the brightness of the video you&#8217;re watching, not changing the brightness of the whole screen. 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