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In Theatre mode the add-on will dim your lights as a movie starts playing, and increases the brightness when you're done. Just as described above.
Ambilight mode turns your Philips Hue in a room-sized ambilight.
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2015-02-03, 01:55
(This post was last modified: 2015-02-03, 01:56 by ldplusse.)
I want to use the script.xbmc.hue-master with my 2 Hue Lux. But it will not work.
When starting the script it finds my master and i push the blue button. Then comes and error and the lights do not get controlled.
Found this in the kodi.log:
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00:37:24 T:20344 ERROR: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
- NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
Error Type: <type 'exceptions.KeyError'>
Error Contents: ('hue',)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\mce\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\script.xbmc.hue-master\default.py, line 152, in <module>
hue = Hue(settings)
File "C:\Users\mce\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\script.xbmc.hue-master\default.py", line 67, in __init__
self.update_settings()
File "C:\Users\mce\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\script.xbmc.hue-master\default.py", line 124, in update_settings
self.light = Group(self.settings.bridge_ip, self.settings.bridge_user)
File "C:\Users\mce\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\script.xbmc.hue-master\resources\lib\tools.py", line 117, in __init__
Light.__init__(self, bridge_ip, bridge_user, 2)
File "C:\Users\mce\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\script.xbmc.hue-master\resources\lib\tools.py", line 72, in __init__
self.get_current_setting()
File "C:\Users\mce\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\script.xbmc.hue-master\resources\lib\tools.py", line 88, in get_current_setting
"hue": j['state']['hue'],
KeyError: ('hue',)
-->End of Python script error report<--
How do i fix this?
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I would think that th8s is related to the lux bulbs. I have kinect controllers that trigger hue lights and the lux bulbs raised havoc on my system with them added until the developer fixed it. There must be something different with return info from 5he lux bulbs.
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2015-02-03, 03:36
(This post was last modified: 2015-02-03, 03:50 by stabu.)
I can get only 1 out of 4 lights to work. doesnt matter what settings i switch.
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2015-02-03, 11:56
(This post was last modified: 2015-02-03, 12:59 by jmcguire525.)
I got this up and running today, Kodi 14.1 on a rooted FireTv and the latest version of the addon. The lights work great but it has caused a 5-10 drop in FPS when watching movies (stored on a local NAS in a share file) CPU usage hasn't seen much of an increase, at least not enough that I think it would cause issues. Any suggestions?
Edit: does it in theater mode as well, which I would assume shouldn't cripple video playback. Once the addon is disabled all goes back to normal.
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Which addon? I assume the ambilight one, but you don't actually say.
If so, there is obviously quite a lot of processing involved. Possibly your FTV is just too inadequate to do the processing.
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2015-02-04, 03:10
(This post was last modified: 2015-02-04, 03:10 by Ned Scott.)
Should we move this thread to the hardware sub-forum or an add-on help sub-forum?
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It's possibly got past the 'feature suggestion' stage.
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2015-02-06, 00:01
(This post was last modified: 2015-02-06, 00:04 by theSilent.)
I came across this recently and really like the idea so I'm considering. I don't have any Hue lights yet, so are there any recommendations on which lights work best for ambilight? Hue light bulbs, LightStrip or LivingColors Bloom?
Thanks for any advice! I didn't really find anything on this.
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Well the bulbs certainly work. The bloom, I think I saw here a page or so back some errors reported?
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If I would go with the bulbs, how many and in which setup do make sense? One or more directly behind the TV (in different directions?)?