2015-06-10, 12:23
Looks very nice :-)
(2015-07-14, 02:46)Doc.Ex Wrote: Hi, really like your setup. Got an ambilight system myself. I built it with a raspberry pi and am using hyperion as ambilight software. However if I can suggest some simple improvements: I would get rid of the back wall of your cupboard and mount the tv directly on the wall. Would look a lot better and your ambilight will have more accurate colors, since the wall is rather white instead of wood colored. Also you should increase the distance between your front speakers. You will have a much better "stage" when listening to stereo music for example. Because right now it looks like you are sitting quite far away for the distance between your speakers.
Anyway I like it.
(2015-07-13, 16:46)KenV99 Wrote: This looks interesting:
http://lightberry.eu/
(2015-07-14, 18:09)Doc.Ex Wrote: I built mine with the same components lightberry uses. There are plenty of tutorials. I run Kodi on the Pi as well, on OpenELEC. There is a OpenELEC version from .bismarck that includes a CEC Patch and a script that switches the Ambilight input automatically when the source on the TV is changed. The tutorial however is in german. I don't know whether there is an english one somewhere as well but here is the link.
(2015-07-14, 18:28)KenV99 Wrote: Thanks. Using Google's translate, I can pretty much read all of it. I will definitely use the posted OpenELEC versions when I put this together!
Have you experienced any problems with HDCP content?
(2015-07-14, 20:31)Doc.Ex Wrote: No not at all. I watched Iron Man 1 & 2 as well as The Hobbit on BluRay on the PS4 and everything worked as expected. But it might depend on what HDMI Splitter you use. I use a generic one from Amazon. It annoys me a little since that one has no CEC support, so I have to switch the ambilight inputs manually via buttons on the remote control. But today my Harmony Hub arrived so that shouldn't be a problem anymore.
PS: When you buy a USB Videograbber make sure it has the STK1160 chipset. .bismarcks OpenELEC version has a framescaling patch integrated that allows the grabber to reduce the resolution before outputting the image to the Pi. This is important because it reduces the load on the usb bus of the pi. Otherwise you might encounter flickering.