Minimal configuration help please!

[door665]

Hi all,

This application is a lifesaver for someone with a 1440p 34" UW like myself. Thank you so much for it.

I'm only using the app itself to set to 2752x1152 HiDPI which looks amazing.

Now my main question is, what can I disable in the app itself for everything else? I already disabled a ton of stuff because I don't need to control anything like brightness or dimming or XDR/HDR etc. All I want is for the app to set this resolution to my external monitor and when I grab the laptop, the internal one should be 100% untouched, no added features or anything like that.

It's stuff like this on "Overview" for example, that I don't know if it affects the internal display or not. These are the options by default.

On the specific monitor settings I already turned off everything except for flexible scaling to allow me to select the resolution I wanted.

Is there anything else I'm missing?

TLDR: I want the app to only apply the resolution to external monitor, EVERYTHING else should be the default behavior as if the app doesn't exist.

[waydabber]

I don't think you should do much in particular. Simply turn off keyboard control for brightness if you don't need that and the app won't interfere at all with anything. Or do you have any issues while the app is running?

[door665]

I turned off the keyboard settings already. My main point of concern was with the option on the first image, XDR/HDR section etc!

[waydabber]

If you don't want any of that to interfere, simply turn off native upscaling (not enabled by default) and software XDR upscaling (enabled by default) under the built-in display. You can generally turn off color table adjustments under Displays/Overview, that will disable software XDR upscaling and any color adjustment features for all displays.

[door665]

Thanks for the help. I can find the "Allow colour table adjustments" setting which is shown on my first screenshot above under Overview. So safe to turn that off?

Also, regarding "software XDR upscaling" that's turned on by default? What about Native XDR Upscaling?

I'm asking all these question because as far as I understand XDR Upscaling is essentially "unlocking" higher brightness levels without inducing clipping etc right? So if I don't touch any of these settings, when using the built in display it will allow a higher brightness range by default by just running betterdisplay?

[door665]

Hi, apologies for necro'ing. Just wanted to bump so I can understand my question above.

For example, why is software XDR upscaling enabled by default? What's the advantage? I essentially, like I said above. Just want to use this for hidpi res on my one external monitor. I don't want a different OSD, change XDR upscaling, colors, nothing. Mainly on the built-in display. Just want the regular native experience, with 0 software interference.

Why would this be turned on by default on Displays > Overview for example? What's the advantage over native?

[waydabber]

It has no advantage over the native upscaling (quite the contrary). You can disable software XDR upscaling under the display. If you don't want the app to interfere in any way, simply turn off software control for the built-in display altogether and also disable native brightness keys under Settings/Keyboard.