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Hallo!
I use
KODI 17 + HUE Bridge 2.0 at AFTV 4 K
i can find the brige
IP + key will be found
but
Theatre Mode is not working
when i start a movie nothing happens
only when i press multiple time pause/Play
it dimms and Switch on again ?!?
Ambilight Mode
nothing happens
i use the0.8b2 Version
any ideads
or is there a newer Version or a alternative plug in
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2017-03-26, 23:08
(This post was last modified: 2017-03-27, 01:37 by iAzriel.)
Hi all! I just got the latest Philips Hue starters kit. I installed everything OK and I am using only one lamp at the moment in my living room where the home cinema is. I am running LibreElec 8.0.1 on an Intel Nuc. I install the addon from a zip file, it finds the bridge just fine, I configure the ambilight mode (the one that I am only going to use) to use Hue Lamp 1, everything seems fine so far. When a movie or an episode starts though nothing happens and when I restart the system it gives me an error message at the beginning about an addon's error and I suspect that the addon fails to start. Have in mind that I am also using Hyperion from my ambilight led strips behind my TV (just mentioning it in case it causes a conflict or smt). Needless to say I am using the latest version 1.0 of the addon. Thx for the effort and the time to answer my problem!
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2017-03-27, 01:55
(This post was last modified: 2017-03-27, 01:56 by Sungolfer.)
iazriel Make sure you set hardware acceleration. Go to System -> Settings -> Video (switch to "Advanced settings level") -> Acceleration -> and toggle off "Allow hardware acceleration - MediaCodec (Surface.) This allows it to start working. Cheers
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Mediacodec(surface) has nothing to do with a NUC does it?
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2017-03-27, 14:31
(This post was last modified: 2017-03-27, 14:32 by iAzriel.)
Sungolfer thx a lot for your reply, I made some changes recently with hardware acceleration options and that might cause the problem (some are not compatible with Intel hardware as it seems). Will test it when I get back home, thx again. Cheers.
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Hi
In my case, i had setup lamps and rooms with special characters within the Hue app. Switching from the swedish "Kök" to "Kitchen" made it work in Kodi.
I hope that this will help
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OK so I think I have isolated the problem. First of all I set a static IP (inside the DHCP range for starters). Secondly, I got today another update from Philips, maybe it helped maybe it didn't. I did a hard reset on the hue after the update. Thirdly, I tried the following and it worked. I reset the app settings. I disabled and re-enabled the app. Run the configuration again, it found the bridge, I put a movie on, boom everything works like a charm!
BUT: I reboot the system and after the restart I get the same app error at the start up of LibreElec and the app doesn't work. If I do the above procedure again with the settings reset etc it will work like a charm but it will crash again with every system reboot. Setting an IP outside the DHCP range or a conflict with Hyperion isn't the case since the app is working, as long as I don't reboot the system. Hope this helps a bit... Cheers!
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I have everything working, however i have an issue. If the philips lights are turned off when kodi starts and they then get turned on afterwards, they will not dim in theatre mode. If the lights are on when kodi starts everything works fine.