@@EverythingSmartHome I will have a bathtub inside the bedroom, and in front of it will have a wall covered with a 2x1 tv wall , and around the bathtub we will have a rgbw strip that will glow with the image on the tv. So when the girl is taking a bath to the mood of waves or etc... I will have a more relaxed wife!
I have been trying to do this for almost a year now. I have it set up, but the problem is when I boot up the Rpi the led's don't light up. It worked for an hour or so then stopped after I set everything back up. I know this isn't all that hard but dang. It's been beating me
I built one of these a while back, but I didn't use a capture card. Since I watch everything through my android TV device I installed the Hyperion grabber to that. It sends the image to the Pi via WiFi. Works well and removes the need for the capture card.
Simon Eatough I have a strange quastion for you.. so I have a xiaomi mi-box android tv box. Will it be possible to transmit data signal to PI from mi-box, via wifi?
Thank you very much for this video. DIY Ambilight has come a LONG way since I started dabbling with it in ~2006. At that time I bought a custom pcb kit which captured via SCART. Good times :) Then I tried (and failed) with Rasberry Pi and settled on a (now discontinued) DreamScreen. It works like a charm but need a second Ambilight for my ManCave. This is exactly it! No need for a (imo overpriced) Hue Sync Box, though it has it's merits in many usecases.
This looks awesome, and the idea of doing this with Raspberry Pi and Home Assistant instead of buying into the Phillips Hue ecosystem (prison?) makes it even better. Can’t wait to see a detailed guide for folks like me that are just getting started tinkering with HA and Pi.
I'd love a full tutorial, this was the first video I've seen from you. Inspired me, I've purchased the hardware to do this myself. My setup is slightly different as I am using an android TV I am using the Hyperion Android Grabber for screen capture. I am hopeless on the electronics side however, I know it's only five wires but could you possibly post a digram or even a photo of the wiring?
Awesome Sam, glad you liked it and I could help! Hop in the discord server if your not sure or just want to join the community and sure we can help you out!
I'm going to try running 2 windows monitors with the windows capture utility, each with their WLED controller, plus a capture card for a chromecast on the TV
Had a raspberry pi 3 collecting dust and a thrift store near my work that has plenty of 5v 10a PSUs in stock so I'm gonna buy the LEDs and other accessories and get some use out of it.
Just bought everything and it will be delivered in 2 days, really curious how the setup wil be. It would be awesome if you would make a in depth video of this. Keep up your great work!!
great video, I've been keeping half an eye on 3rd party off the shelf options for a while. but like you not having hdr is not an option... this is a great little project 😃
WS281x devices must run under root. So to make this LED-strip work you need to run these 2 commands: sudo chmod +x /usr/share/hyperion/scripts/updateHyperionUser.sh and sudo updateHyperionUser -u root After that it will work. If it doesn't work check the log.
@@EverythingSmartHome all your thanks Lewis, although I'm falling behind with your videos, I think I've got two of your longer ones still to watch 😂 Hope all's well along the road too?
Power supply calculations assume full-white at 100% brightness. With lower brightness and never displaying a full-white (or white borders) screen, you should be safe with less. You could also use a fuse to be safe.
Great video, something we want to set up on our TV. Is this only possibly with external devices? We watch everything through the apps installed on the tv, not with a chromecast for instance. Though we do use a chromecast in the motorhome, now theres a thought 😂
@Everything smart home, I really enjoyed your your video, this is something I believe many many people like myself would be interested in getting a more indepth video on. With all other backlighting on the market your always missing onething so IMO it is what are you willing to do without, even with the HUE system you still don't get everything that your project has shown. But one question all my HDMI ports on my TV are 2.1 it's the LG OLED C1 55 inch, will running a HDMI 2.0 on your review into a 2.1 on my TV have me loosing picture quality ? I know with all the other systems out you do loose on something, I am not very tech savvy but if your able to put a more indepth video I may just be able to do this project myself, congratulations on the way you explained everything, a well presented educational video. 10/10 from me my friend
Great video! Really want to do this when during my time off, so a in depth video would be great. Maybe with a Pi Zero? You've got a new subscriber either way, thanks!
Will this work if I used my wall led panels which are connected to my esp32, instead of buying extra lights for the back of the tv and possibly connect the esp32 to the raspberry pi through Bluetooth or wifi
We're just about to move to a new house and I will definitely be utilizing this idea. I currently have three raspberry pis that I want to use for a few projects and this will definitely be one of them. However, I am definitely interested in the raspberry pi zero version of this I definitely be down for an in-depth tutorial
Your using the Power Supply to power the PI as well, and it's already underpowered for the LEDs. Arent you losing about 3amps for the PI making the 8 amps down to 5, when you needed closer to 12, yet it still works. Fair play
3 amps would probably be a bit ambitious for the Pi but say 2 to be safe. The LED calculation of 0.06a per LED is pretty conservative since that assumes max brightness at "white" colour, in practice it doesn't use as much as that. Hope that helps!
@@EverythingSmartHome I am curious about the wiring setup. I see that the LEDs supplied cable that you only used for the data cable to the PI right? Could you not have used the same wires as the data wire, cut and connected to the barrell jack connector, or is that wire not good enough to handle the voltage?
Hey, just came across this as i’m fed up tripping over my box of bits & decided it’s about time i finished the project off. Was particularly interested in your choice of 4k video capture/pass through device - my project stalled as i could only seem to get a goodish capture if i set my sky box to output 1080p instead of 4k - using a duplicate 2nd output from a Denon AV box. Having already spent a much of money on this, i was reluctant to then spend another £60 on another card without proof of it working well. So thanks for that too! 👍
Thanks Stewart, good luck with the project! Although its worth noting that this doesn't capture in 4K, only passthrough of 4K - the a capture is done in 1080p but that is more than enough for ambilight to do its thing. Perhaps I misunderstood what you meant but just wanted to make sure you knew that!
Yes exactly what I m looking for. Is that a Chromecast dongle there? how's it used? Let's get into it and see how it's done. Is there a wiring writeup yet? Thank you!
@@EverythingSmartHomehi. If i were to use a raspberrypi zero w. Connecting my capture card to my raspberry pi using a micro USB shouldn't be an issue right? Asking cuz when i plugged it in. Didn't seem to capture anything.. Probably not enough power?
Great, but if I understand it correctly it only work from video sources which are connected to tv TV via HDMI right? It doesnt work with TV's integrated youtube/netflix/Plex?
Hi Everything smart home - really enjoy your channel! Have gone ahead and set this up - and the colours track the screen, however, I keep getting flashing white - particularly when the screen goes completely black. Any suggestions?! It's very infuriating!
Hi guys. So I set this up last month and it's been running great, but I had to change my router and couldn't keep the same SSID. So I logged into the Pi through SSH beforehand and updated that WPA for with my WiFi details and saved. But now I'm sort of stuck in limbo it doesn't seem to be connecting to my new router but also I still can't see it on my old one. I'm trying to not have to take the SD card from the pi as I'd have to take the TV off the wall as I didn't think about accessing the pi afterwards lol
muy buen video lo vi y me anime hacerlo tengo unos inconvenientes tengo raspberry pi 4 antes tenia separado las fuente con respecto a los led y titilaba, los puse junto los led con la rasberry y no me encendio mas los led, te ecribo mas que nada para saber si te paso desde gracias.
Fab video mate, It's really got my thinking - an hour ago I was considering the Hue Sync box and Gradient strips - Now I just don't know. Pricing the parts you've got here I'm wondering what you didn't include, as I assume you have quoted the upgrade cost of your current setup. I'm currently using a 4k firestick and a second input (its a non 4k source) and I do use Diz+, Nflx and Plex (plex mostly 1080p content) and drawing out my plan I guess I can use a 1080p capture if I use a 4k switch so a rough outline of my costing is Pi Zero - £32 1080p Capture - £18 4k Switch - £22 PSU - £22 5M 60leds/m WS2812b - £36 Consumables - £25 Total running about £145 I think this is still good value compared to the £330 the hue is going to cost, and I imagine this will be cheaply upgradable with a standards change in the future, but something I'm not 100% sure of is would that 4k switch you have shown, show the protected content on my TV ok, and work with the 1080p capture card (from what I understand the capture card only needs to feedback the edge blocks, so I guess my bottlenecks going to be the HDMI switch). Its a lot of money for it not to work for me :/
Thanks Chris, sure I already had a Pi and I didn't include the switch in the price because it wasn't required for a single input so that would reduce the price a bit, but the Pi Zero W is like £6? Shouldn't be anywhere near £32 anyways so that should reduce the total price for you. The switch works fine in my environment but you'll need to check your own requirements to make sure everything matches up.
@@EverythingSmartHome Hi mate, I managed to pull together from various sources for about £100 inc some bits off your wish list, so thanks for that. I am overly impressed with the ease of setup and how amazing it looks. Don't suppose you know how to make a switch so I can have a static bias colour do you?
Had none stop issues while trying to make one of these myself. Capture card broke, LEDs won’t even light up. Not sure what to do now. Documentation is less than useless as well
I cant seem to get the light to catch up to my video, it's seems to log behind by like 200ms when using Hyperion NG. WHen I had this setup with the OG hyperion using analog video capture light and video are spot on. Your lights seems to lad behing as well, there is a smoothing option to slow the light down in case it is going too fast, but there's non for making it go faster like the old hyperion
Hmm I don't have any noticeable lag in real life, it might be the video. Although 200ms is pretty acceptable IMO. Yes the smoothing option is there but from my experience using it, it does speed them up and make them more responsive but it's very jarring to use them like that, hence why the smoothing effect is there.
Hello. Is there a video capture capable of 4k HDR? Because if I use the device shown in the video, the apple tv switches back to SDR mode. Another question: If the image is dark gray (e.g. a menu), the LEDs will blink dimly. Can this be eliminated somehow? I guess some sort of sampling threshold or something. Thanks
Thanks! Hmm I'm not sure, I've never seen that number quoted anywhere before and haven't had any issues with mine but could be I missed it. Do you have a source for that spec?
Great Video .Just have one question..If i separate the power of my raspberry pi and led strip.Do i just need to connect one of the ground from gpio to the ground of the led?Thank you
Great Video but your link to the capture card for the US doesn’t work. Do you know of any other capture card with HDCP 2.2 for the same price that work?
Thanks! I've not found a good way to use existing smart displays unfortunately, the only way I know of is by using a camera pointed at the TV which isn't the nicest looking solution!
Hope you guys enjoy this project and video, I spend FAR to long making it but had a blast doing so!
Are you planning building one!?
yes! i def wanna build mine cause i need the strips to be waterprooff
What are you doing with your TV sir!? 😳😂
@@EverythingSmartHome I will have a bathtub inside the bedroom, and in front of it will have a wall covered with a 2x1 tv wall , and around the bathtub we will have a rgbw strip that will glow with the image on the tv. So when the girl is taking a bath to the mood of waves or etc... I will have a more relaxed wife!
I have been trying to do this for almost a year now. I have it set up, but the problem is when I boot up the Rpi the led's don't light up. It worked for an hour or so then stopped after I set everything back up. I know this isn't all that hard but dang. It's been beating me
That is strange, if you have a meter then try measuring power and amps on the power supply. I had one of the barrel jack terminals go bad on me
I would love a in depth tutorial! Specially about the ground wire connection! Awesome vid bro 👊🏻
Thanks man!
@@EverythingSmartHome agree with @felps, do you have a written manual about the wiring connection? Thanks
Check out the full video guide!
@@EverythingSmartHome sorry, where's the link again?
@@EverythingSmartHome where is the link?
I built one of these a while back, but I didn't use a capture card. Since I watch everything through my android TV device I installed the Hyperion grabber to that. It sends the image to the Pi via WiFi. Works well and removes the need for the capture card.
Good idea! How's the latency?
@@EverythingSmartHome latency is non existent from what I can tell
Im guessing that's because you have an android TV.
Simon Eatough I have a strange quastion for you.. so I have a xiaomi mi-box android tv box. Will it be possible to transmit data signal to PI from mi-box, via wifi?
I just spent 69 bucks on a GOVEE IMMERSION and you can even add other lights to it... far easier and cheaper...
Great video, a full tutorial will be good including the HA integration/automation and using the HDMI splitter.
Thanks Luis, glad you enjoyed it!
Do I need this? No. Am I going to do it? Absolutely, yes! Thanks for the vid!
Haha! That's what I like to hear!
Very Awesome video. Thanks for breaking it down. The Pi and Hyperion really make everything very simple. Thanks for not overcomplicating it.
Thanks my friend, very much appreciate the support and comment!
@@EverythingSmartHome Absolutely
Thank you very much for this video. DIY Ambilight has come a LONG way since I started dabbling with it in ~2006. At that time I bought a custom pcb kit which captured via SCART. Good times :) Then I tried (and failed) with Rasberry Pi and settled on a (now discontinued) DreamScreen. It works like a charm but need a second Ambilight for my ManCave. This is exactly it! No need for a (imo overpriced) Hue Sync Box, though it has it's merits in many usecases.
I enjoy the quick blast of information I get from your videos!
Thanks Philip, glad it's useful!
I'm so glad you've made this video, I've got all the parts ready on the draw and forgotten the process of setting it up!
Glad it helped Nicolas! 🙌
Definitely need a full tutorial! Awesome!
Thanks Jason!
yes full tutorial please. Great video, thanks
Thank you!
100% love the ambilight stuff and would love to see more of it
Thanks, coming up!
This looks awesome, and the idea of doing this with Raspberry Pi and Home Assistant instead of buying into the Phillips Hue ecosystem (prison?) makes it even better. Can’t wait to see a detailed guide for folks like me that are just getting started tinkering with HA and Pi.
Thanks! The detailed guide CA.e out a few days ago! :)
Good video. Just a small tip. A cheap HDMI splitter will remove hdcp data and you should be fine for protected contents.
Thanks!
Another great video...Yes, please do a full tutorial.
Thanks Jesse!
I've been waiting for so long for a good solution to do this, thanks for the video!
Awesome, let me know how it goes! Thanks for the comment
@@EverythingSmartHome Sure will! Ps: subscribed
Never really tried ambient lighting, but definitely interested now! Great video as always ;-)
Thank you! Let me know how it goes if you decide to build!
Tip: if you get a capture card that has issues with HDCP, you can use an HDMI splitter (in then out) to bypass, as they do not see or transmit HDCP
I would love an in depth tutorial as well!
Love to see a full tutorial.
This is amazing please do a full tutorial! 😍
Thanks!!!
@@EverythingSmartHome did you ever get the raspberry pi w to work instead of the pi 3? Can't decide which one to go for
Well this is great - would definitely love to see an in depth tutorial!
Thanks Alex!
I'd love a full tutorial, this was the first video I've seen from you. Inspired me, I've purchased the hardware to do this myself. My setup is slightly different as I am using an android TV I am using the Hyperion Android Grabber for screen capture. I am hopeless on the electronics side however, I know it's only five wires but could you possibly post a digram or even a photo of the wiring?
Awesome Sam, glad you liked it and I could help! Hop in the discord server if your not sure or just want to join the community and sure we can help you out!
Finished mine yesterday 👍👍
I'm going to try running 2 windows monitors with the windows capture utility, each with their WLED controller, plus a capture card for a chromecast on the TV
Awesome, are you enjoying it?
@@EverythingSmartHome the watching experience is awesome 👍👍
Had a raspberry pi 3 collecting dust and a thrift store near my work that has plenty of 5v 10a PSUs in stock so I'm gonna buy the LEDs and other accessories and get some use out of it.
Just bought everything and it will be delivered in 2 days, really curious how the setup wil be. It would be awesome if you would make a in depth video of this. Keep up your great work!!
Nice, send me some photos when you've installed it!
Yes bruv, this is sick!
Man wants to see video of how man makes it!
Pushhhoooohhhh
I'm looking forward to try this. I still have some days off left so plenty time to geek out at home :-)
Have fun!
Thank you! THIS is what i search!
please can you doa full in depth tutorial!!
“I didn’t expect it to add much to the experience”
Yet you HAD TO do it and you spent far too much time on it!
I like your style! 😁
Full tutorial please!
great video, I've been keeping half an eye on 3rd party off the shelf options for a while. but like you not having hdr is not an option... this is a great little project 😃
Thanks! Definitely worth a try! 😁
Please go in-depth on Patreon! Def would support for this!
Full guide is already up :)
@@EverythingSmartHome mvp! Def going to support 💪
Thanks buddy appreciate it!
I wanted to ask for detailed process description, but looks like it's already pretty detailed! :)
Thanks!
Thanks Andrii!!
WS281x devices must run under root. So to make this LED-strip work you need to run these 2 commands:
sudo chmod +x /usr/share/hyperion/scripts/updateHyperionUser.sh
and
sudo updateHyperionUser -u root
After that it will work. If it doesn't work check the log.
That's really effective Lewis, good video too! 👍🏻
Thanks Rob, hope your well!
@@EverythingSmartHome all your thanks Lewis, although I'm falling behind with your videos, I think I've got two of your longer ones still to watch 😂
Hope all's well along the road too?
Ah that's why I haven't seen your comments for a couple of videos, I made them too long and your still catching up 🤣 I'm doing good thanks for asking!
@@EverythingSmartHome I can't believe you started making money videos just to shut me up - rude 😉
Glad all's well with you!
Excellent, thanks. I will be doing this soon on my setup, so if you haven't done it already, an in-depth explanation would be great. 👍
Thank you, appreciate it and good luck with the setup!
what about the SK6812 LED. They are the best. How i can connect them? I think there is a level shifter needed? How is the layout then?
Power supply calculations assume full-white at 100% brightness.
With lower brightness and never displaying a full-white (or white borders) screen, you should be safe with less.
You could also use a fuse to be safe.
Yep that was my entire reasoning for using less but also why I wrote "safe" recommendations. Thanks!
Thanks for this amazing project can you please do a full tutorial.
Second that, would like a full tutorial as well please.
You could also just obs stream to the pi and bypass the need for a splitter.
Are you going to do an in-depth tutorial on how to build this? I would absolutely be grateful for it!!!!
Great video, something we want to set up on our TV. Is this only possibly with external devices? We watch everything through the apps installed on the tv, not with a chromecast for instance. Though we do use a chromecast in the motorhome, now theres a thought 😂
This is awesome. Let me know if there is a full guide
@Everything smart home, I really enjoyed your your video, this is something I believe many many people like myself would be interested in getting a more indepth video on. With all other backlighting on the market your always missing onething so IMO it is what are you willing to do without, even with the HUE system you still don't get everything that your project has shown. But one question all my HDMI ports on my TV are 2.1 it's the LG OLED C1 55 inch, will running a HDMI 2.0 on your review into a 2.1 on my TV have me loosing picture quality ? I know with all the other systems out you do loose on something, I am not very tech savvy but if your able to put a more indepth video I may just be able to do this project myself, congratulations on the way you explained everything, a well presented educational video. 10/10 from me my friend
Great video! Really want to do this when during my time off, so a in depth video would be great. Maybe with a Pi Zero? You've got a new subscriber either way, thanks!
Thanks Ian, definitely give it a go!
Curious about 4k capture card power consumption. And isn’t there a raspberry that can do it internally with own hdmi ports?
i think the win solution for hdr is. buy a splitter then buy the hdmi capture
Will this work if I used my wall led panels which are connected to my esp32, instead of buying extra lights for the back of the tv and possibly connect the esp32 to the raspberry pi through Bluetooth or wifi
Can you connect other lights around the room and not just the one behind the tv
Is okay to plug the raspberry and the LEDs with two different power supplys?
We're just about to move to a new house and I will definitely be utilizing this idea. I currently have three raspberry pis that I want to use for a few projects and this will definitely be one of them. However, I am definitely interested in the raspberry pi zero version of this I definitely be down for an in-depth tutorial
Very good job. It is possible to do it without rasberry pi ? I want to connect wled directly to my pc .
awesome please a full in depth tutorial would be fantastic with hiperion.ng, a long ago I did it with the old hyperion and WS2801 and Librelec.
Thanks friend! 🙏
Your using the Power Supply to power the PI as well, and it's already underpowered for the LEDs. Arent you losing about 3amps for the PI making the 8 amps down to 5, when you needed closer to 12, yet it still works. Fair play
3 amps would probably be a bit ambitious for the Pi but say 2 to be safe. The LED calculation of 0.06a per LED is pretty conservative since that assumes max brightness at "white" colour, in practice it doesn't use as much as that. Hope that helps!
@@EverythingSmartHome I am curious about the wiring setup. I see that the LEDs supplied cable that you only used for the data cable to the PI right? Could you not have used the same wires as the data wire, cut and connected to the barrell jack connector, or is that wire not good enough to handle the voltage?
Hey, just came across this as i’m fed up tripping over my box of bits & decided it’s about time i finished the project off. Was particularly interested in your choice of 4k video capture/pass through device - my project stalled as i could only seem to get a goodish capture if i set my sky box to output 1080p instead of 4k - using a duplicate 2nd output from a Denon AV box. Having already spent a much of money on this, i was reluctant to then spend another £60 on another card without proof of it working well. So thanks for that too! 👍
Thanks Stewart, good luck with the project! Although its worth noting that this doesn't capture in 4K, only passthrough of 4K - the a capture is done in 1080p but that is more than enough for ambilight to do its thing. Perhaps I misunderstood what you meant but just wanted to make sure you knew that!
Yes exactly what I m looking for. Is that a Chromecast dongle there? how's it used? Let's get into it and see how it's done. Is there a wiring writeup yet? Thank you!
I feel like this is something you need to get used to, but it looks great on a plain white backwall
It's actually surprisingly quick to get used to!
Cheers used ur guide works brill
Excellent!
You should check out luciferin for your computer monitor. Good DIY with ESP chips plus MQTT support
Definitely on the list already! Thanks!
Is possible just to intercept what is displayed on Smart tv (without using chromecast) ? Thank you
Could I use TWO HDMI capture cards, one from the PC and one from my Android TV, but use ONE RP module and a USB splitter?
I found that exact same capture card here in the PH for around 20$
Thanks for the video! Any plans for an in depth tutorial or HA integration?
Thanks for the comment! Yes I sure do hope so
Loved it ! but could you please do an indepth tutorial for this, will much appreciate it for step-by-step tutorial.
There is one already 😃
Thank you so much for this video. I could do mine by following your tutorial. I have a question, how do you turn everything off?
Thanks for the support! What do you mean sorry?
@@EverythingSmartHome I mean, when you turn off your TV, do you also turn off the Raspberry Pi, or do you always leave it on?
Ah gotcha, no I use Home Assistant to turn it on and off automatically
@@EverythingSmartHome Okay I understand. Again, thank you so much.
Your welcome, thanks for the support!
Why didn't you use any splitter you putted in the description ?
Even the cheapest 1080p capture card will still allow a 4k signal on the pass through. I baught a £15 one and works perfectly
Hi great video thx! will you do the full tutorial ?
amazing work man!!!!
Thanks my friend! 🙏
Can you do a video on how you display the color wheel control in Hyperion? Much thanks.
Definitely going to try this
Can't wait to see it!!
@@EverythingSmartHomehi. If i were to use a raspberrypi zero w. Connecting my capture card to my raspberry pi using a micro USB shouldn't be an issue right? Asking cuz when i plugged it in. Didn't seem to capture anything.. Probably not enough power?
Yep it works OK. Are you sure your plugging into the correct USB? One is power in only
Great, but if I understand it correctly it only work from video sources which are connected to tv TV via HDMI right? It doesnt work with TV's integrated youtube/netflix/Plex?
Thanks for your video.
Thanks for watching!
Hi Everything smart home - really enjoy your channel!
Have gone ahead and set this up - and the colours track the screen, however, I keep getting flashing white - particularly when the screen goes completely black. Any suggestions?! It's very infuriating!
Hey bro! Wanting to do this now. You done anything with it lately and recommend any upgrades or getting the same (similar stuff) still ok? Cheers.
Please do an in-depth review, please.
So i was wondering if I were to play movies from say a hard drive or usb will the ambient light work with it...
Hi guys.
So I set this up last month and it's been running great, but I had to change my router and couldn't keep the same SSID.
So I logged into the Pi through SSH beforehand and updated that WPA for with my WiFi details and saved.
But now I'm sort of stuck in limbo it doesn't seem to be connecting to my new router but also I still can't see it on my old one.
I'm trying to not have to take the SD card from the pi as I'd have to take the TV off the wall as I didn't think about accessing the pi afterwards lol
muy buen video lo vi y me anime hacerlo tengo unos inconvenientes tengo raspberry pi 4 antes tenia separado las fuente con respecto a los led y titilaba, los puse junto los led con la rasberry y no me encendio mas los led, te ecribo mas que nada para saber si te paso desde gracias.
Can you update links with products available in 2022 please :)
of course i want a tutorial of this, is amazing
Thank you!
Hope for in depth video
Please do a in depth tutorial. Thank you.
Fab video mate, It's really got my thinking - an hour ago I was considering the Hue Sync box and Gradient strips - Now I just don't know. Pricing the parts you've got here I'm wondering what you didn't include, as I assume you have quoted the upgrade cost of your current setup. I'm currently using a 4k firestick and a second input (its a non 4k source) and I do use Diz+, Nflx and Plex (plex mostly 1080p content) and drawing out my plan I guess I can use a 1080p capture if I use a 4k switch so a rough outline of my costing is
Pi Zero - £32
1080p Capture - £18
4k Switch - £22
PSU - £22
5M 60leds/m WS2812b - £36
Consumables - £25
Total running about £145
I think this is still good value compared to the £330 the hue is going to cost, and I imagine this will be cheaply upgradable with a standards change in the future, but something I'm not 100% sure of is would that 4k switch you have shown, show the protected content on my TV ok, and work with the 1080p capture card (from what I understand the capture card only needs to feedback the edge blocks, so I guess my bottlenecks going to be the HDMI switch). Its a lot of money for it not to work for me :/
Thanks Chris, sure I already had a Pi and I didn't include the switch in the price because it wasn't required for a single input so that would reduce the price a bit, but the Pi Zero W is like £6? Shouldn't be anywhere near £32 anyways so that should reduce the total price for you.
The switch works fine in my environment but you'll need to check your own requirements to make sure everything matches up.
@@EverythingSmartHome Hi mate, I managed to pull together from various sources for about £100 inc some bits off your wish list, so thanks for that. I am overly impressed with the ease of setup and how amazing it looks. Don't suppose you know how to make a switch so I can have a static bias colour do you?
Had none stop issues while trying to make one of these myself. Capture card broke, LEDs won’t even light up. Not sure what to do now. Documentation is less than useless as well
How to turn off the led when not in use ? Or when you are watching tv during the day time ?
You can do it using Home Assistant if you like
Great video! How much for you to do this for me? I want it, but not smart enough to do this myself. 😳
I cant seem to get the light to catch up to my video, it's seems to log behind by like 200ms when using Hyperion NG.
WHen I had this setup with the OG hyperion using analog video capture light and video are spot on.
Your lights seems to lad behing as well, there is a smoothing option to slow the light down in case it is going too fast, but there's non for making it go faster like the old hyperion
Hmm I don't have any noticeable lag in real life, it might be the video. Although 200ms is pretty acceptable IMO.
Yes the smoothing option is there but from my experience using it, it does speed them up and make them more responsive but it's very jarring to use them like that, hence why the smoothing effect is there.
Hello. Is there a video capture capable of 4k HDR? Because if I use the device shown in the video, the apple tv switches back to SDR mode. Another question: If the image is dark gray (e.g. a menu), the LEDs will blink dimly. Can this be eliminated somehow? I guess some sort of sampling threshold or something. Thanks
Hi. If I want to use a D1 mini but not via network but connected to the pc with usb-C what controller type should I select into Hyperion?
Nice video - and great result!
- but is the barrel Jack, not only rated for 2.5 amps?
Thanks! Hmm I'm not sure, I've never seen that number quoted anywhere before and haven't had any issues with mine but could be I missed it. Do you have a source for that spec?
If i want to see content from my smart tv directly without any hdmi source(like chromecast or firetv) then will it be work?
Great Video .Just have one question..If i separate the power of my raspberry pi and led strip.Do i just need to connect one of the ground from gpio to the ground of the led?Thank you
I think so yes, just use a single power supply if you can!
Super video. Just subscribed. Quick question. Does adding the spitter and capture card add much lag.
Thanks, appreciate it! Not that I've noticed but I don't do any competitive style gaming on this so hard to say for sure!
May I ask why you didn’t split off your 4K hdmi signal to a cheaper video capture card using a 4k hdmi hdcp2.2 splitter?
It's definitely an option! The end result is the same
Great Video but your link to the capture card for the US doesn’t work. Do you know of any other capture card with HDCP 2.2 for the same price that work?
Thanks Richard, I've fixed the link! Let me know if it's OK
Looks good, I wonder how you would do this for an existing smartTV - how do you capture that
Thanks! I've not found a good way to use existing smart displays unfortunately, the only way I know of is by using a camera pointed at the TV which isn't the nicest looking solution!
@@EverythingSmartHome Hi. It works pretty good with Hyperion Android Grabber App form the playstore :-)
Already posted aerlier, sorry. I need to mentioned that with Android Grabber, you can't get the data of App using DRM like NEtflix :(
quick question, Why do you wanna go for a raspi 0WH instead of 3B? thanks and nice video.