Change NVIDIA configuration through EventGhost

[dexter98]

I've found that it is possible to do some extensive control of your NVIDIA based graphics card through the command-line!
I wanted to switch the secondary display (in DualView config) between VGA2 output (my beamer) and TV-out (my TV), but normally this is only possible via the control panel, which is quite a few clicks and not user-friendly at all for a quick switch.

While searching, I stumbled on this document:
http://developer.download.nvidia.com/SD ... el_API.pdf

Scrolling to page 20 revealed the magic commands:
To switch the secondary display to TV out, use the command:
rundll32.exe NvCpl.dll,dtcfg setview 1 dualview #A0 #T0

To switch the secondary display to VGA2, use the command:
rundll32.exe NvCpl.dll,dtcfg setview 1 dualview #A0 #A1


If you read on, it is even possible to do all sorts of configuration tasks through this interface, such as refresh rate, tv-format, resolution etc etc. In the document they also describe how to directly access the nvcpl.dll API, so it might be possible to write a EventGhost plugin for it...


If more people are interested in a special plugin for this, I might be tempted to write yet-another-plugin for it....

[regi24]

(two years later..) A plugin for that would be great!