Re: Multiple profiles for a single screen

[Milan Knížek <knizek confy volny cz>]

Richard Hughes píše v Po 29. 11. 2010 v 13:31 +0000:
> Urgh, all the files are identical. This can happen for two reasons:
> * the monitor is sending the same edid for all selectable modes

Seems like the case. I tried switching off/on both pc and lcd and no
change. Also in MS Windows (using some sw for reading edid).

Samsung offers only sw (NCE) for calibration (stored in lcd for either
"Calibration" or "Emulation" modes) and the respective characterisation
(ICC profile w/o VCGT). The sw does not alow to change the lcd to other
existing modes (Custom/sRGB/AdobeRGB), this can be done only manually on
the panel and only when NCE is not running.

There is no Samsung sw running as the background service and watching
for lcd mode changes. The user must change the mode manually on the
panel and then change the profile in color aware apps (fairly stupid) or
Windows Control Panel.

Having googled a bit, I understand some NEC wide-gamut LED backlit LCDs
behave similarly.

> > How about keeping the predefined string for profile name and adding the
> > custom user string only when the user wants so? Possibly trigger the
> > extra question via gconf option?
> 
> Ideally we can detect common modes using their primaries and just
> append something like ("Abobe RGB") to the profile title and filename.
> 
AFAIK, not with Samsung XL20...

regards,
Milan