{"video_id":"fp_cKZ1Fby0u3","title":"Windows Dynamic Lighting Explained","channel":"Techquickie","show":"Techquickie","published_at":"2024-03-19T20:18:00.019Z","duration_s":242,"segments":[{"start_s":0.0,"end_s":5.44,"text":"RGB lighting has gone from a niche gimmick to, well, it's still a gimmick, but now it's an","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":5.44,"end_s":10.4,"text":"incredibly common way to customize your PC. But even though we're just talking about flashing","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":10.4,"end_s":16.4,"text":"colored lights, they're surprisingly annoying to control. Look at all these different RGB ecosystems,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":16.4,"end_s":22.4,"text":"each with their own app, and many of them are notoriously buggy and not particularly user-friendly.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":22.4,"end_s":27.2,"text":"And even if you've become an expert in how to use the five different RGB apps you have installed","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":27.2,"end_s":32.96,"text":"on your one system, it's undoubtedly inconvenient to have to tweak settings in all of them","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":32.96,"end_s":37.04,"text":"whenever you want to change your PC's overall look. Although there have been other attempts","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":37.04,"end_s":42.56,"text":"to deal with this problem, such as Signal RGB, Microsoft is trying to integrate its own solution","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":42.56,"end_s":47.6,"text":"directly into Windows through a feature called Dynamic Lighting, which popped up in Windows 11","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":47.6,"end_s":54.0,"text":"in late 2023. Instead of having separate apps, you can control all of the RGB in your computer","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":54.0,"end_s":59.12,"text":"through Windows settings. Although sticking a bunch of RGB LEDs in gaming peripherals has been","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":59.12,"end_s":64.32,"text":"pretty popular for around a decade now, the technology took time to grow in terms of both","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":64.32,"end_s":69.68,"text":"product offerings and penetrating the market enough to hit the mainstream and not just be a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":69.68,"end_s":75.2,"text":"niche feature for enthusiasts. But now, a good amount of people, including those without high-end","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":75.2,"end_s":81.12,"text":"setups, have multiple RGB components, so it makes sense that an easier-to-use, unified solution","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":81.12,"end_s":85.92,"text":"is now popping up. Windows is taking these disparate RGB products from different companies","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":85.92,"end_s":91.92,"text":"and putting them under the same proverbial roof, using a standard called HID Lamp Array.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":91.92,"end_s":97.84,"text":"So at the heart of Dynamic Lighting is an open standard called HID Lamp Array, which is itself","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":97.84,"end_s":104.08,"text":"part of the USB specification. HID Lamp Array provides a variety of options to address each","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":104.08,"end_s":110.08,"text":"LED individually, which should allow similar customizability to the various proprietary apps.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":110.16,"end_s":114.72,"text":"And indeed, you can see that Dynamic Lighting provides various effects on its page","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":114.72,"end_s":119.6,"text":"in the settings menu. Dynamic Lighting can also respect overrides from other programs on your","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":119.6,"end_s":124.8,"text":"computer, notably games that sync with your RGB lights depending on what exactly is happening","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":124.8,"end_s":128.8,"text":"during gameplay. To enable this, you just have to tick the slider that says,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":128.8,"end_s":133.36,"text":"Compatible apps in the foreground always control lighting. If it's not working for you,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":133.36,"end_s":139.44,"text":"however, you might have RGB hardware that doesn't support Lamp Array. To use Dynamic Lighting,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":139.44,"end_s":145.76,"text":"RGB devices have to either support it in their firmware or throw a special driver called a VHF","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":145.76,"end_s":150.64,"text":"driver. But here's the good news, Microsoft is already working with a good number of RGB device","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":150.64,"end_s":157.44,"text":"manufacturers, including Razer, ASUS, HyperX, SteelSeries, HP, Logitech, MSI, ADATA, and NZXT,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":157.44,"end_s":162.32,"text":"to promote broad support for the standard. There are already some laptops, keyboards,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":162.32,"end_s":167.12,"text":"and mice that support Dynamic Lighting, but more products should be following, especially as Dynamic","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":167.12,"end_s":172.48,"text":"Lighting is intended to provide benefits for manufacturers as well as users. Instead of having","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":172.48,"end_s":177.84,"text":"to write software or proprietary firmware on their own, brands can instead just take advantage of the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":177.84,"end_s":183.92,"text":"Lamp Array standard, leaving them free to instead focus on making the actual hardware better or","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":183.92,"end_s":188.4,"text":"more innovative. And let's face it, it's not like they were doing a great job with their own software","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":188.4,"end_s":194.16,"text":"to begin with. Ooh, sick bird. Dynamic Lighting also makes it much easier to have all the RGB in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":194.16,"end_s":198.8,"text":"your system sync up in terms of color and effects, even if you've got parts from several different","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":198.8,"end_s":204.96,"text":"brands. Unfortunately, hardware manufacturers still use different kinds of LEDs that reproduce","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":204.96,"end_s":210.8,"text":"colors differently, so it can't alleviate that annoying effect where white looks yellow on your","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":210.8,"end_s":216.08,"text":"fans, but looks purple on your RAM sticks. Here's us crossing our fingers that over time,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":216.08,"end_s":221.68,"text":"greater mixing and matching of RGB parts from different brands, which Dynamic Lighting incentivizes,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":221.68,"end_s":228.64,"text":"pushes manufacturers to make their LEDs look the same as well. Please. Please. Hey, that was a tech","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":228.64,"end_s":232.32,"text":"quickie. Thanks for watching. Like the video if you liked it. Dislike it if you dislike it.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":232.32,"end_s":235.84,"text":"Check out this video on the best Windows 11 settings to tweak for gaming.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":236.64,"end_s":239.76,"text":"And comment below with video suggestions. Don't forget to subscribe and follow though.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":240.48,"end_s":242.32,"text":"Gamers, am I right?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"RGB lighting has gone from a niche gimmick to, well, it's still a gimmick, but now it's an incredibly common way to customize your PC. But even though we're just talking about flashing colored lights, they're surprisingly annoying to control. Look at all these different RGB ecosystems, each with their own app, and many of them are notoriously buggy and not particularly user-friendly. And even if you've become an expert in how to use the five different RGB apps you have installed on your one system, it's undoubtedly inconvenient to have to tweak settings in all of them whenever you want to change your PC's overall look. Although there have been other attempts to deal with this problem, such as Signal RGB, Microsoft is trying to integrate its own solution directly into Windows through a feature called Dynamic Lighting, which popped up in Windows 11 in late 2023. Instead of having separate apps, you can control all of the RGB in your computer through Windows settings. Although sticking a bunch of RGB LEDs in gaming peripherals has been pretty popular for around a decade now, the technology took time to grow in terms of both product offerings and penetrating the market enough to hit the mainstream and not just be a niche feature for enthusiasts. But now, a good amount of people, including those without high-end setups, have multiple RGB components, so it makes sense that an easier-to-use, unified solution is now popping up. Windows is taking these disparate RGB products from different companies and putting them under the same proverbial roof, using a standard called HID Lamp Array. So at the heart of Dynamic Lighting is an open standard called HID Lamp Array, which is itself part of the USB specification. HID Lamp Array provides a variety of options to address each LED individually, which should allow similar customizability to the various proprietary apps. And indeed, you can see that Dynamic Lighting provides various effects on its page in the settings menu. Dynamic Lighting can also respect overrides from other programs on your computer, notably games that sync with your RGB lights depending on what exactly is happening during gameplay. To enable this, you just have to tick the slider that says, Compatible apps in the foreground always control lighting. If it's not working for you, however, you might have RGB hardware that doesn't support Lamp Array. To use Dynamic Lighting, RGB devices have to either support it in their firmware or throw a special driver called a VHF driver. But here's the good news, Microsoft is already working with a good number of RGB device manufacturers, including Razer, ASUS, HyperX, SteelSeries, HP, Logitech, MSI, ADATA, and NZXT, to promote broad support for the standard. There are already some laptops, keyboards, and mice that support Dynamic Lighting, but more products should be following, especially as Dynamic Lighting is intended to provide benefits for manufacturers as well as users. Instead of having to write software or proprietary firmware on their own, brands can instead just take advantage of the Lamp Array standard, leaving them free to instead focus on making the actual hardware better or more innovative. And let's face it, it's not like they were doing a great job with their own software to begin with. Ooh, sick bird. Dynamic Lighting also makes it much easier to have all the RGB in your system sync up in terms of color and effects, even if you've got parts from several different brands. Unfortunately, hardware manufacturers still use different kinds of LEDs that reproduce colors differently, so it can't alleviate that annoying effect where white looks yellow on your fans, but looks purple on your RAM sticks. Here's us crossing our fingers that over time, greater mixing and matching of RGB parts from different brands, which Dynamic Lighting incentivizes, pushes manufacturers to make their LEDs look the same as well. Please. Please. Hey, that was a Techquickie. Thanks for watching. Like the video if you liked it. Dislike it if you dislike it. Check out this video on the best Windows 11 settings to tweak for gaming. And comment below with video suggestions. Don't forget to subscribe and follow though. Gamers, am I right?"}