This is the first video I watched from this channel, and im subscribing simply because of how deep the explanations go. Not only do I now know what to do, I fully understand what it is I am doing, what choices to make, and why. This is the caliber of tutorial my neardy self loves to rave about.
I installed an early Hyperion version years ago, that's still working today. It's so much simpler and more user friendly than it used to be, I might upgrade it
I also have it running for at least 4 years now (on a 3b+) and it still works flawless. A lot of my other Pi projects hat to be reinstalled after a few months because error occoured, but this one just runs and runs..
I also installed the newest version. Luckily and another SD-Card because there was a crazy delay I couldnt get rid of. So I still run the older version now.
Excellent video, I followed some of your advice, in my case I do not use a USB capture device because I have the LG TV with root, I transmit the content through PicCap directly to the Hyperion, this helps me since I have less hardware to connect and I do not have content restrictions or hdmi inputs. Thank you very much for generating this content!
Great video! I do want to mention that if you want to use HDR content you have to tick the HDR to SDR Tone Mapping box, this corrects the washed out image you get when using HDR10 content. I'm using a PS5/Series X and Apple TV all with HDR on and only when I tick the box I get the right colors. Without it the LEDs are washed out. Another thing to keep into mind when using HDR content is to use smoothing. Took me some time, but with the hardware you recommend I finally have everything set up brilliantly on my OLED TV.
How did you get HDR10 to work? I have the same capture card and I’m running from a PS5 through the card to my 4K tv but I’m being told by I’m not getting the HDR or any of the other special settings you can get on the PS5.
I've been interesting in ambilight for a long time. I decided to do it by myself and this video helped me so much. I just ordered the materials which i needed for now. Thank you so much for this revealing video from Turkey bro
Thanks for the awesome guide! This is definitely on my list of projects to do in the new house that were building. We need to upgrade from 55" 4k to a 65" 4k TV after were moved in, so I can't do this quite yet. I didn't see in any other guides that Hyperion integrates with HA, so I was pretty excited to see that! Also, I wanted to mention that every time you said HDMI splitter, you were referring to an HDMI switch. A splitter will split one input to multiple outputs. A switch will let you switch between multiple inputs for one output. Its a pretty common thing to mix up (just read the Amazon reviews from people who ordered the wrong thing), just thought I'd let you know 👍 Keep the great content coming! Thanks!
I think it's worth mentioning here, that you got lucky that this worked, connected directly to the RPi GPIO pin. The LED strip is expecting a 5V PWM data signal...and the RPi only provides 3.3V. Trying this setup with SK6812 RGBW LEDs... doesn't work, and apparently requires a high speed voltage converter, between the GPIO pin, and the LED strip data connection, to step up the voltage. I have yet to make mine function...but I'm exploring the voltage converter IC solution, soon.
@@adamagrest8215 I did! ...using the Adafruit 74AHCT125 IC, by ungrounding the lower left ground on the IC according to their wiring info. I can't tell you WHY disconnecting that ground connection makes it function... but it does.
@@Ellington_Industrial_Arts I've got a similar situation where I've got SK6812 and a RPi 3B+. I cant get mind working at all, do you have a diagram or picture at all you could share? I'm trying to understand what I need to do to make this work.
@@Callum195 Adafruit has a diagram for their Voltage Converter. Follow that diagram, minus the second ground on the bottom left hand pin of the IC in their diagram. I tried posting a reply with links and pictures, and RUclips yanked it.
@@Ellington_Industrial_Arts You are a saint and a scholar. After getting it to work, do you think the RGBW strip was worth the extra effort? RGBW would fit better with the rest of the house, but not if it's too much of a pain lol.
I've just completed this project, after some tweaking in the settings I managed to get it to work. The one thing that I now need to sort out is a power supply issue, on the hyperhdr ui in the performance tab it states Undervoltage detected: YES, should I buy a seperate power supply for the Pi and connect the ground cables between power supplies? or do I just need a micro usb cable with thicker cables. I have everything wired up the same as in the video, thanks
A project that I would like to try myself! However, we watch streaming platforms natively on the TV apps, so I assume this wouldn't get captured by the HDMI capture box :(. So I would have to invest in a Roku 4K box or something, which have stumbling blocks of their own: - It would take up the final HDMI socket on my AV receiver (I don't like the thought of losing expansion capabilities, basically just for bias lighting) - An extra £40+ - No ethernet (stop congesting my WiFi!)
If your LED strips don't light up as mine did, check your control signal (green cable). Using WS2812 strips (don't know about other standards), the signal is *one-way*! Unlike 5V and Ground, it is important on which side you connect it to your RPi. I assume the direction is indicated on the strip itself by arrows for most products. If not, don't hesitate to try out, you can't damage it by doing so.
i finally got around to changing my analog setup (hdmi to av -> av -> usb capture -> pi) to your suggested hdmi capture card and my ambilight FINALLY works after literally months of struggling with my old setup. color calibration took me a while to make it look how i wanted it to but now it's looking awesome :D
I was having hell with setting this up! Finally opted to power pi zero w from its own power supply and jumped the grounds together between power supplies and now it works perfectly with both Home Assistant integration and the usb capture card.
Hi thanks for this video. I personally this is the best Ambilight video tutorial out there. I have seen a lot but this is damn good. Wish I had yours available when I did the project. I followed Steve does projects and it still remains the best outside of this tutorial.
I've followed everything in this tutorial, and wired the LED strip the same way as instructed. The LED strip I purchased will not turn on. The Raspberry Pi turns on but the strip does not. I'm using the SK6812 strip. What am I doing incorrectly?
Having the same issue here. I updated my HyperHDR to the latest version and after that, everything works except my lights. I've been searching online and found something about HyperHDR not supporting the drivers needed for the SK6812 but for me it makes no sense as it was working just fine on v16 (I updated to v19). I've seen comments about people changing their strips for "supported" ones and that usually does the trick but I hate the idea of having to change something that was working perfectly less than 24hrs ago...
Thank you for the instructions. Was able to get this one working. I did have flickering of the LED strip. Managed to get rid of it by adding an extra ground wire from the pi to the power supply.
Thanks, glad you got it working! I did mention in the video that you need a common ground otherwise you will get the flickering. How did you wire the power?
Followed the instructions and wound up with a really cool setup! Somehow my barrel jack connector was a dud (no connection on the negative!), but managed to work that out before too long. Using a RaspberryPi 3B+ and it's been super easy to follow these instructions and get it all working. Thank you!
@@EverythingSmartHome yea came in the box! Worked initially, but things got a bit dodgy then died… Have a few more arriving tomorrow so can make my little bodge fix a bit more tidy!
Whatdya know, mine did the exact same and I've been troubleshooting that same problem with others on discord and yeah always the problem with the included jack!
@@EverythingSmartHome I don’t know how they can get them so wrong! Thought it was the Pi getting hot - it was a bit toasty, and it seemed to struggle powering the capture card. Perhaps it was just not getting enough power through the jack? In any case, bodge job got it working happily, and I have new jacks (and a Pi heatsink) on the way!
@@EverythingSmartHome so new pack of jacks arrived! Swapped it out, everything worked... for about an hour. Then HDMI disappeared - looked like the capture device wasn't getting enough power. Pulled the plug, gave it a few seconds and plugged it back in and this time it seems the positive on the jack has failed... Did I just get unlucky with two dodgy ones? :-D
One of the best DIY guides for setting up Ambilight. Just missing the information on setting this up for a computer monitor instead of a TV. (in that case, you don't need the capture card just the Hyperion Windows App that outputs your computer monitor to the Hyperion app running on the Rasberry Pi on your network.
Hello, Thank you for this great tuto! I installed this system for the first time yesterday for a test and when the image is black the LEDs do not turn off completely. Is this normal? Do you have a solution? Also when I turn off the hdmi source the LEDs make a rainbow for several seconds before turning off. can we fix this? Thanks again.
Thanks for the awesome guide! I was looking for such a long time one that could cover 4k hdr. Also the international links S2, will make sure to use it.
First off, great and awesome video ones again :D However i got two questions: 1: Did you test it with a camera instead of HDMI as well and what is your opinion on that methode? 2. There's a home assistent addon as well, is it possible to connect other smart devices to hyperion with home assistent? For example connecting multiple light to the left part of the screen ledstrip and right lamps to the right part of the screen ledstrip
Looks really cool and I'd love to try it but having a bunch of loose wires behind my tv and the shipping time for getting all those things to Australia will probably keep me from doing it.
@@EverythingSmartHome Sure it was! I was wondering if you could help me out. My old capture card died recently. So i bought zasluke one according to your vidego. Unfortunately hyperion says no capture device discovered..lsusb shows nothing too!
Awesome and really detailed video. Thank you so much! Being a total noob in this kind of stuff though and having a 12V led strip and not a 5V one, I didn't understand what kind of wiring I should do in order to get this to properly work while powering the LED strip with its own power supply. How do we have a common ground between the LED strip and the Raspberry Pi?
This project is awesome. I got it working very easily. Encountered one issue that causes my PI to boot into my Capture Card instead of the SD card, so I'll have to take a look into that, but otherwise, an awesome addition to my home theatre. Thanks for the guide. Much appreciated :D
Would it be possible to realise such a setup without a Pi and to do the software part on my normal computer? Because I only use the TV (or in my case a projector) for displaying my computer screen anyway and I don't want to get a Pi just for some LED Software. Any thoughts or help appreciated!
Technically yes. But two thoughts: 1. You have to find a version of Hyperion that is compatible to your OS. If it's not Linux, I highly doubt you'll find one. 2. The wiring part would be much more difficult and also possibly entirely different since you have to connect them somewhere to your motherboard, I think?
First off, this is a GREAT guide! Very informative and easy to follow. I'm a fan of all of your videos, to be honest. So, I purchased a 4K capture card that looks IDENTICAL to the one you have linked for both US and UK, but I'm getting awful black color banding with HDR10 content. Must have got a dud. Back to just using the fire stick direct into the TV, and back to Amazon this capture card goes :(
Question. I have hyperhdr up and running but when I turn off the hdmi input and the pi detects no signal. The led light go to a dim white glow. Is there a way to get them to completely shut off when no signal is detected? I found a ton of advice on leds not turning on but couldn't find anything about the leds not turning off.
If it's possible to detect whether there is a signal or not, you could build a script that starts Hyperion if there is, and kills Hyperion as soon if there isn't. Or cut off power to the GPIO pins if something like that is possible.
Thanx! Great Guide! I had one problem: i use the WS2812B and it didn't work out of the box. Debug log said something about *unsupported* LED Device. I uninstalled the HyperHDR 16.x package and updated to HyperHDR 17.x and it worked immediately.
I'm pretty sure I've followed everything this video said and I can't get the light strip sk6812 to work. I've double checked the wire setup multiple times with no avail. At the most I can get one left to turn on. Any ideas?
Thank you! I want to say that the 4k capture card from Aliexpress doesnt work. It keeps disconnecting after a time. The other one does work, so thank you!
I usually use my TV built-in android box via USB to watch things I want and the TV built-in android box does not have an output hdmi for me to use the capture card. What should I do??? Great video by the way
I bought the same capture card. When the signal turns off it shows colored lines. This inturn shows rainbow colors on my leds. Is there any way to turn off the colored lines of this capture card?
Thank you so much for this video! This made the setup very easy for me. And now the family is enjoying the great effect!! One question… how have you setup the power up and shutdown? Do you have any of it synced up to the power down of the video source?
In your experience, do you find RGB led strip sufficient, or would you recommend going with the one with the added white led? And which white color would choose, WW, CW or NW?
Perfect video for me to start into led strip and raspberry pi world, thanks Although I'm kinda lost with the cabling connections between pi, led strip, capture card and the power GPU (especially with common ground tips). Would you be able to write the simple diagram for it? Thank you
Hello! Thank you for doing that video, I think it's the best one in this topic. Few inputs from me after I've managed to make it work: - I've used HyperBian instead of HyperHDR on as my capture card was not found by any means in HyperHDR on RaspOS. - I'm using Raspberry Pi 4 and there was a problem not present in pi zero of Hyperion having no permissions to read input from led pin resulting in led output constantly shutting down. Solved it by running service as root. - I went for a "neat" solution and purchased four corner connectors just to find our they are incredibly unreliable for no reason just like you mentioned
Hello, thanks! HyperHDR is a fork of Hyperion, therefor if a capture card works in Hyperion then it also works in HyperHDR. Yes you must run as root, the install script I created for HyperHDR makes sure it runs as root but since you are using Hyperion that might have been an issue. Glad you got it working
My 2 cents... you dont't need a 4 capture card, the whole point of the capture card is to send the video to the Raspberry Pi, NOT to the screen. Also you talk about a HDMI SPLITTER when it is actually a HDMI SWITCHER. What you should be doing, is using a 4K Splitter to send 4K video to the capture card and the monitor, no video needs to go from the capture card to the monitor. the video from the splitter to the 1080p capture card, the capture card usb to the PRi. the other side of the splitter goes to the screen. You can still use a HDMI Switch to choose which video source is sent to the splitter. Sorry if I'm completely wrong, greate video.
You could do it that way if you wanted, not the way I would do it but you could if you wanted too, the end result is the same. Also ypu talk about PRi when it is actually RPi ;) Haha just messing with you, thanks!
This is the first video I’ve seen that doesn’t use wled. Seems to simplify for,the tv. However if the ultimate goal is to add other leds to entertainment cabinets or nearby bookshelves, wled is needed to sync images. Correct?
Hi, i have bought the 4k capture card (international) but the HDR videos not playing HDR, do I miss something? I have enabled HDR global but still not working. Thanks in advance
I skimmed through this video, so might've missed this, but will it only sync to the hdmi inputs such as an xbox/chromecast or would it sync to the tv itself as well?
Is there a way to do this without adding the chromecast? We have a smart TV, TCL Google TV to be exact, and we can’t find a way to do this where it syncs with the tv app content. is there a way to do this at all? we do have an HDMI input port but not an output
Great tutorial. Very easy to follow and the links to all parts makes it easy as 1-2-3 to create the shopping list :). How does this work with Dolby Vision content? Will the capture card still pass the signal on so I can view the content but without the ambient light working, or will the content not show at all? I guess finding a capture card with DV support will either be hard or expensive since DV has a license cost associated to its use.
Many sources on the web, recommend using a 3.3V to 5V level shifter between the rpi's gpio 18 header and the led strip. This video however does not use any. Do you know if it is required?
Yea... The suggested Capture Card proved to be a Dud for me in the long-term use as after a while it kept spazzing out on a fairly regular basis needing a restart from the Pi ( off which it was driving Power from ). I've since replaced it with the absolutely miniscule and by HyperHDR suggested Rullz MS2109 model and it appears to be working a lot more reliable.
Thanks for the most complete guide with links and everything on this! One question: if I do not want to use home assistant, would it possible to plug everything into a smart outlet controllable by Google assistant, and if so do all settings/states stay the way they were or every time you plug it back in you'll have to set it to display TV colors and not some solid or rainbow mode?
I followed your tutorial yeeears ago and it saved my life. Sadly I tried to update the HyperHDR Version to the latest and now my lights wont work at all. Apparenly I need and ESP32 but I'm not finding any tutorials that explain well how the the connection is supposed to go. Please make an updated version of this toturial so people don't have to struggle since you explain everything so well! Help meeeeee! I just want to enjoy everything as I used to thanks to my lights :(
Got this set up but I'm seeing that the Output to the TV is now only 1080P. Using the same capture card, it accepts a 4K60 signal but outputs 1080P60 to the TV and HDR is no longer detected. Am I missing something?
Are you running HyperHDR as the root user? It says i need to change it but I don't know how. Otherwise I cannot run my ws2812b or sk6812 strip. For Hyperion there is a simple Script to change it to root, but I don't know how to do it for HyperHDR
awesome video dude! I am not sure how I missed this video as I watch pretty much the others! anyway, what I would like to know if possible is, as you all know that smart TVs nowadays have got all the apps built in e.g. Amazon, youtube, plex, etc. is it possible to make this work with built in apps? is it possible to output from TV using HDMI and feed it back to the capture card? Not sure if anyone else has wondered / asked this before. If anyone knows please chime in. Cheers
Great system. So you use just one power supply for Pi3 and LED lights? The LED Lights dont have a own power supply source? I have a 42" TV so my LED stripes would be a bit longer (more LEDs) do think that i need a second power supply for the LED stripes?
Does this work connected to a home theatre receiver? Also, it seems like the raspberry 3 is all sold out or no longer in production. Do you recommend an alternative up to date model? Which GB model should I purchase if I find one?
Do these HDMI switches support CEC control? In other words, do you have to use the remote to switch inputs or will it automatically switch when a device is turned on that supports CEC?
So this will only work if you use something from the cable box to the tv? I assume if you have a smart tv and do netflix or something you are SOL. Is there a work-around?
I tried to follow your example. Still had an old Pi4 lying around. I bought a 5V 15A 75W power adapter. But whatever I do, it keeps saying the Pi4 is undervolted. If I put in a USB3 cable into the Pi4 while hooked up to the power supply or when I connect it to the GPIO connections. Any thoughts on that?
Hi All. Slight update to this. When using the Raspberry Pi Imager, you will need to click the little gear on the bottom right and enter your Username and Password to use on the Pi as the security options have changed and the pi/raspberry user/pass no longer works. You're Welcome. :) P.S. You can enter details for SSH and WiFi in here also. Much easier.
I have finish this setup but raspberrypi cant detect my capture card. I am using 2 adaptor one is 5v 10A another is 5v 3A. One is connected to leds from one side another is connected to led from another side. Raspberry pi has been feeding by 10A adaptor also. Leds are not getting on. Can you help me
Great vide but having trouble with the ground. Whith the steup in the video the leds don't power up. If I remove the common ground the leds power up. What i'm I doing wrong. Tried to connect the ground to the ground pin on the pi but then I get flashing Leds
Awesome video/guide, mate. (awesome setup as well). I have a philips hue gradient light strip connected to a philips-sync-hdmi-box-something-hue , can I just install hyperion on my pc and.... it just works? is it better, worth it?
Hi there. Have found this video and just finished my build. The raspberry and the LEDs work fine. But I cannot see my AppleTV signal. I am using the same capture device as shown in this video. Do I have to know something more for using AppleTV here? Do I need a different capture device? Is it important to which USB-Port I connect the capture device if I use a pi3 B+? Or is the capture device broken even if its brand new? Appreciate your help. Thank you. Great video by the way. UPDATE: It was the capture card. Ordered a second one (same model) and now it works. But sometimes the colors are a little bit off. Perhaps you can make a video about color correction on Hyperion.
Hello 👋 I’m planing to make it with a RaspberryPi 4 that I got out from my helium mining rig and making sure I get everything correctly! My first question is can I use a 12v LED strip? I would really like to use the WS2815 because of the back up channel so when 1 LED get burned it can still work correctly. My second question is if it can be done how should I go about connecting it since the raspberryPi is a 5V Last question is, my RaspberryPi has a heat sink connected to another board with a LoRa technology so how would I be able to make the fan work without the other board?
Do you have any idea why my pc disconnects for 2 secounds time time (pretty often)? Could it be the power source (I also use 10amp for SK6812)? Or maybe the HDMI splitter is problematic? Great project though!
Just wondering. I decided to replace my led with SK6212... unfortunately hyperion asks me about device which i have no idea. Leds respnds when controller used is ws821x
Hey. If we would like to sync other lights in the room, for example ceiling LEDs, to the TV through hyperion, how would that go? Would it be possible? I have a room under construction where I shall be having ceiling strips, TV wall strips, Smart ceiling lights, Bed back LED lighting among others. How to create an immersive in-sync experience with all these lights?
This is the first video I watched from this channel, and im subscribing simply because of how deep the explanations go. Not only do I now know what to do, I fully understand what it is I am doing, what choices to make, and why. This is the caliber of tutorial my neardy self loves to rave about.
Haha awesome, glad you found it useful!
I installed an early Hyperion version years ago, that's still working today. It's so much simpler and more user friendly than it used to be, I might upgrade it
Nice, good to get some long term feedback!
Are you running this on a Raspberry Pi 3B? I have a spare Pi 2b laying around but can't find a 3B to buy to save my life.
I also have it running for at least 4 years now (on a 3b+) and it still works flawless.
A lot of my other Pi projects hat to be reinstalled after a few months because error occoured, but this one just runs and runs..
Don’t upgrade its a f*cking nightmare. I’m 6 hours in and still not got it working
I also installed the newest version. Luckily and another SD-Card because there was a crazy delay I couldnt get rid of. So I still run the older version now.
Excellent video, I followed some of your advice, in my case I do not use a USB capture device because I have the LG TV with root, I transmit the content through PicCap directly to the Hyperion, this helps me since I have less hardware to connect and I do not have content restrictions or hdmi inputs.
Thank you very much for generating this content!
Absolutely Terrific! Well done!
Hope to see you build one! ;)
@@EverythingSmartHome long term goals.
Great video! I do want to mention that if you want to use HDR content you have to tick the HDR to SDR Tone Mapping box, this corrects the washed out image you get when using HDR10 content. I'm using a PS5/Series X and Apple TV all with HDR on and only when I tick the box I get the right colors. Without it the LEDs are washed out. Another thing to keep into mind when using HDR content is to use smoothing. Took me some time, but with the hardware you recommend I finally have everything set up brilliantly on my OLED TV.
Thanks! Yes I mentioned this in the video :)
@@EverythingSmartHome You are totally right! My bad. Still, finally got it working thanks to your great video.
What typ of led strip did you choose for your setup?
How did you get HDR10 to work? I have the same capture card and I’m running from a PS5 through the card to my 4K tv but I’m being told by I’m not getting the HDR or any of the other special settings you can get on the PS5.
I've been interesting in ambilight for a long time. I decided to do it by myself and this video helped me so much. I just ordered the materials which i needed for now. Thank you so much for this revealing video from Turkey bro
That's awesome, good luck with it and hope to see the end result! Thanks for commenting!
Thanks for the awesome guide! This is definitely on my list of projects to do in the new house that were building. We need to upgrade from 55" 4k to a 65" 4k TV after were moved in, so I can't do this quite yet. I didn't see in any other guides that Hyperion integrates with HA, so I was pretty excited to see that!
Also, I wanted to mention that every time you said HDMI splitter, you were referring to an HDMI switch. A splitter will split one input to multiple outputs. A switch will let you switch between multiple inputs for one output. Its a pretty common thing to mix up (just read the Amazon reviews from people who ordered the wrong thing), just thought I'd let you know 👍
Keep the great content coming! Thanks!
Thanks Scott, good luck with it!
Haha yeah, for some reason I'd said it wrong once at the start of the shoot then just carried on saying it!
I think it's worth mentioning here, that you got lucky that this worked, connected directly to the RPi GPIO pin. The LED strip is expecting a 5V PWM data signal...and the RPi only provides 3.3V. Trying this setup with SK6812 RGBW LEDs... doesn't work, and apparently requires a high speed voltage converter, between the GPIO pin, and the LED strip data connection, to step up the voltage. I have yet to make mine function...but I'm exploring the voltage converter IC solution, soon.
Pleas let us know if you managed to get this working :)
@@adamagrest8215 I did! ...using the Adafruit 74AHCT125 IC, by ungrounding the lower left ground on the IC according to their wiring info. I can't tell you WHY disconnecting that ground connection makes it function... but it does.
@@Ellington_Industrial_Arts I've got a similar situation where I've got SK6812 and a RPi 3B+. I cant get mind working at all, do you have a diagram or picture at all you could share? I'm trying to understand what I need to do to make this work.
@@Callum195 Adafruit has a diagram for their Voltage Converter. Follow that diagram, minus the second ground on the bottom left hand pin of the IC in their diagram.
I tried posting a reply with links and pictures, and RUclips yanked it.
@@Ellington_Industrial_Arts You are a saint and a scholar. After getting it to work, do you think the RGBW strip was worth the extra effort? RGBW would fit better with the rest of the house, but not if it's too much of a pain lol.
I've just completed this project, after some tweaking in the settings I managed to get it to work. The one thing that I now need to sort out is a power supply issue, on the hyperhdr ui in the performance tab it states Undervoltage detected: YES, should I buy a seperate power supply for the Pi and connect the ground cables between power supplies?
or do I just need a micro usb cable with thicker cables. I have everything wired up the same as in the video, thanks
Ola estou pensando em fazer quais ajustes você teve que fazer estou pensando se irei conseguir porque sou inesperiente nisso
A project that I would like to try myself!
However, we watch streaming platforms natively on the TV apps, so I assume this wouldn't get captured by the HDMI capture box :(.
So I would have to invest in a Roku 4K box or something, which have stumbling blocks of their own:
- It would take up the final HDMI socket on my AV receiver (I don't like the thought of losing expansion capabilities, basically just for bias lighting)
- An extra £40+
- No ethernet (stop congesting my WiFi!)
Is there any DIY options for a TV with native apps? I have a Roku TV so this wouldn't work for me :(
@@michaelminer403 Would like to know too
Another awesome video Lewis - clear and easy to follow as usual 👍🏻
Hey thanks Rob!!
If your LED strips don't light up as mine did, check your control signal (green cable). Using WS2812 strips (don't know about other standards), the signal is *one-way*! Unlike 5V and Ground, it is important on which side you connect it to your RPi. I assume the direction is indicated on the strip itself by arrows for most products. If not, don't hesitate to try out, you can't damage it by doing so.
Mine dont light up. Rsp light is on. I can connect to it. But cant detect my capture card also.
Perfect. I quited trying something like this a long ago but now I’m interested again. Clearly explained!
Thanks! Let me know how it goes!
i finally got around to changing my analog setup (hdmi to av -> av -> usb capture -> pi) to your suggested hdmi capture card and my ambilight FINALLY works after literally months of struggling with my old setup.
color calibration took me a while to make it look how i wanted it to but now it's looking awesome :D
How did you set your color calibration ? Help please
Thanks for answering my comment on your other Hyperion video. I finally got it set up and absolutely love it.
That's amazing, well done!
I was having hell with setting this up! Finally opted to power pi zero w from its own power supply and jumped the grounds together between power supplies and now it works perfectly with both Home Assistant integration and the usb capture card.
My Hyperion is now setup and working with an 100 inch screen. The 24v system is working perfect.
Very nice video!! Thanks 👍
You are the man BT 🙌😅
Hi thanks for this video. I personally this is the best Ambilight video tutorial out there. I have seen a lot but this is damn good. Wish I had yours available when I did the project. I followed Steve does projects and it still remains the best outside of this tutorial.
Thanks, appreciate it!
you can also look for video out on your TV or reciever, if you have a 2nd hdmi out you can use that to power this.
I've followed everything in this tutorial, and wired the LED strip the same way as instructed. The LED strip I purchased will not turn on. The Raspberry Pi turns on but the strip does not. I'm using the SK6812 strip. What am I doing incorrectly?
Having the same issue here. I updated my HyperHDR to the latest version and after that, everything works except my lights. I've been searching online and found something about HyperHDR not supporting the drivers needed for the SK6812 but for me it makes no sense as it was working just fine on v16 (I updated to v19).
I've seen comments about people changing their strips for "supported" ones and that usually does the trick but I hate the idea of having to change something that was working perfectly less than 24hrs ago...
Perfect sir! Absolutely perfect.Thanks for the detailed work. Its going to make doing this project so easy.
Let me know how it goes, be great to see your finished setup!
Thank you for the instructions. Was able to get this one working. I did have flickering of the LED strip. Managed to get rid of it by adding an extra ground wire from the pi to the power supply.
Thanks, glad you got it working! I did mention in the video that you need a common ground otherwise you will get the flickering. How did you wire the power?
@@EverythingSmartHome I'm still waiting for the proper power supply to arrive tomorrow so at the moment it is a bit weirdly wired. 😆
Haha that will be why then 😅
Followed the instructions and wound up with a really cool setup!
Somehow my barrel jack connector was a dud (no connection on the negative!), but managed to work that out before too long.
Using a RaspberryPi 3B+ and it's been super easy to follow these instructions and get it all working.
Thank you!
Looks amazing my friend! Well done!
And was the barrel jack connector you had supplied with the power supply by any chance?
@@EverythingSmartHome yea came in the box!
Worked initially, but things got a bit dodgy then died…
Have a few more arriving tomorrow so can make my little bodge fix a bit more tidy!
Whatdya know, mine did the exact same and I've been troubleshooting that same problem with others on discord and yeah always the problem with the included jack!
@@EverythingSmartHome I don’t know how they can get them so wrong!
Thought it was the Pi getting hot - it was a bit toasty, and it seemed to struggle powering the capture card.
Perhaps it was just not getting enough power through the jack?
In any case, bodge job got it working happily, and I have new jacks (and a Pi heatsink) on the way!
@@EverythingSmartHome so new pack of jacks arrived!
Swapped it out, everything worked... for about an hour.
Then HDMI disappeared - looked like the capture device wasn't getting enough power.
Pulled the plug, gave it a few seconds and plugged it back in and this time it seems the positive on the jack has failed...
Did I just get unlucky with two dodgy ones? :-D
One of the best DIY guides for setting up Ambilight. Just missing the information on setting this up for a computer monitor instead of a TV. (in that case, you don't need the capture card just the Hyperion Windows App that outputs your computer monitor to the Hyperion app running on the Rasberry Pi on your network.
Hello, Thank you for this great tuto!
I installed this system for the first time yesterday for a test and
when the image is black the LEDs do not turn off completely.
Is this normal? Do you have a solution?
Also when I turn off the hdmi source the LEDs make a rainbow for
several seconds before turning off. can we fix this?
Thanks again.
Thanks for the awesome guide! I was looking for such a long time one that could cover 4k hdr. Also the international links S2, will make sure to use it.
Thanks for watching!
First off, great and awesome video ones again :D
However i got two questions:
1: Did you test it with a camera instead of HDMI as well and what is your opinion on that methode?
2. There's a home assistent addon as well, is it possible to connect other smart devices to hyperion with home assistent?
For example connecting multiple light to the left part of the screen ledstrip and right lamps to the right part of the screen ledstrip
just got the components today :-) and making the project with my son. Thanks
That's awesome, love it!
Will this work for dolby vision or hdr from an apple tv 4k?
Seems like if you are just using the Apps on your smart TV and your TV does not have an HDMI out then this will not work.
Looks really cool and I'd love to try it but having a bunch of loose wires behind my tv and the shipping time for getting all those things to Australia will probably keep me from doing it.
Wow! I was not even aware that hyperion has a fork with HDR option!
Defo it's time to upgrade the software. Thanks for that.
Glad it was useful, enjoy!
@@EverythingSmartHome Sure it was! I was wondering if you could help me out.
My old capture card died recently. So i bought zasluke one according to your vidego. Unfortunately hyperion says no capture device discovered..lsusb shows nothing too!
Awesome and really detailed video. Thank you so much! Being a total noob in this kind of stuff though and having a 12V led strip and not a 5V one, I didn't understand what kind of wiring I should do in order to get this to properly work while powering the LED strip with its own power supply. How do we have a common ground between the LED strip and the Raspberry Pi?
I'd love to do this, but I'm concerned that it would create input lag on my TV when playing games
This project is awesome. I got it working very easily. Encountered one issue that causes my PI to boot into my Capture Card instead of the SD card, so I'll have to take a look into that, but otherwise, an awesome addition to my home theatre. Thanks for the guide. Much appreciated :D
Would it be possible to realise such a setup without a Pi and to do the software part on my normal computer? Because I only use the TV (or in my case a projector) for displaying my computer screen anyway and I don't want to get a Pi just for some LED Software. Any thoughts or help appreciated!
Technically yes. But two thoughts:
1. You have to find a version of Hyperion that is compatible to your OS. If it's not Linux, I highly doubt you'll find one.
2. The wiring part would be much more difficult and also possibly entirely different since you have to connect them somewhere to your motherboard, I think?
First off, this is a GREAT guide! Very informative and easy to follow. I'm a fan of all of your videos, to be honest.
So, I purchased a 4K capture card that looks IDENTICAL to the one you have linked for both US and UK, but I'm getting awful black color banding with HDR10 content. Must have got a dud.
Back to just using the fire stick direct into the TV, and back to Amazon this capture card goes :(
Thanks my friend! Damn that's annoying, I hope a replacement fixes it!
So magic question - does this work with Smart TV and Netflix? *without* using a HDMI connection? IE Roku, GoogleChrome, Xbox, ps5, etc...?
Question.
I have hyperhdr up and running but when I turn off the hdmi input and the pi detects no signal. The led light go to a dim white glow. Is there a way to get them to completely shut off when no signal is detected? I found a ton of advice on leds not turning on but couldn't find anything about the leds not turning off.
If it's possible to detect whether there is a signal or not, you could build a script that starts Hyperion if there is, and kills Hyperion as soon if there isn't. Or cut off power to the GPIO pins if something like that is possible.
Thanx! Great Guide! I had one problem: i use the WS2812B and it didn't work out of the box. Debug log said something about *unsupported* LED Device. I uninstalled the HyperHDR 16.x package and updated to HyperHDR 17.x and it worked immediately.
I'm pretty sure I've followed everything this video said and I can't get the light strip sk6812 to work. I've double checked the wire setup multiple times with no avail. At the most I can get one left to turn on. Any ideas?
The instructions here were for the ws2812 - the sk6811 is a bit different. Jump in the discord server I'm sure we can get you going
Did you solve the problem already?
did you figure out the 6812 setup. i am stuck and cant get the lights to work
I did not, look up QuinLED-Dig2go or the other models for a simpler setul
Thank you! I want to say that the 4k capture card from Aliexpress doesnt work. It keeps disconnecting after a time. The other one does work, so thank you!
I usually use my TV built-in android box via USB to watch things I want and the TV built-in android box does not have an output hdmi for me to use the capture card. What should I do???
Great video by the way
Can you use the apps from your smart tv? Like Netflix, Prime, Disney.
Or does everything need to go trough the capture card?
I bought the same capture card. When the signal turns off it shows colored lines. This inturn shows rainbow colors on my leds. Is there any way to turn off the colored lines of this capture card?
Thank you so much for this video! This made the setup very easy for me. And now the family is enjoying the great effect!! One question… how have you setup the power up and shutdown? Do you have any of it synced up to the power down of the video source?
Thanks! I use Home Assistant to automate turning it on and off!
In your experience, do you find RGB led strip sufficient, or would you recommend going with the one with the added white led? And which white color would choose, WW, CW or NW?
RGB is sufficient for me but you may want white, I would probably go for a neutral white if I was going to pick up a white personally
@@EverythingSmartHome So Hyperion/HyperHDR does use the W channel in addition to the RGB channels? Thanks for a great video, btw!
Awesome guide, thank you!
Perfect video for me to start into led strip and raspberry pi world, thanks
Although I'm kinda lost with the cabling connections between pi, led strip, capture card and the power GPU (especially with common ground tips).
Would you be able to write the simple diagram for it? Thank you
Hello! Thank you for doing that video, I think it's the best one in this topic.
Few inputs from me after I've managed to make it work:
- I've used HyperBian instead of HyperHDR on as my capture card was not found by any means in HyperHDR on RaspOS.
- I'm using Raspberry Pi 4 and there was a problem not present in pi zero of Hyperion having no permissions to read input from led pin resulting in led output constantly shutting down. Solved it by running service as root.
- I went for a "neat" solution and purchased four corner connectors just to find our they are incredibly unreliable for no reason just like you mentioned
Hello, thanks! HyperHDR is a fork of Hyperion, therefor if a capture card works in Hyperion then it also works in HyperHDR.
Yes you must run as root, the install script I created for HyperHDR makes sure it runs as root but since you are using Hyperion that might have been an issue.
Glad you got it working
Cool to build this as a hobby project but it's quite expensive to buy everything you need for some background light.
wayy cheaper than Philips Hue backlights
isn't it about the same price? :D@@13lack_Rose
My 2 cents... you dont't need a 4 capture card, the whole point of the capture card is to send the video to the Raspberry Pi, NOT to the screen. Also you talk about a HDMI SPLITTER when it is actually a HDMI SWITCHER. What you should be doing, is using a 4K Splitter to send 4K video to the capture card and the monitor, no video needs to go from the capture card to the monitor. the video from the splitter to the 1080p capture card, the capture card usb to the PRi.
the other side of the splitter goes to the screen. You can still use a HDMI Switch to choose which video source is sent to the splitter.
Sorry if I'm completely wrong, greate video.
You could do it that way if you wanted, not the way I would do it but you could if you wanted too, the end result is the same.
Also ypu talk about PRi when it is actually RPi ;)
Haha just messing with you, thanks!
How do I make it turn off and on with my TV?? Although the power supply is always powering the leds it just goes white when the tv powers off
Does this method work if you need an identity and password for your WiFi (my building has ask4 wifi) rather than just a normal password?
great viedo man - keep up the good work!! awsome
Ordered everything for delivery tomorrow. Currently using Govee immersion which is great but nothing compared to this.
This is the first video I’ve seen that doesn’t use wled. Seems to simplify for,the tv. However if the ultimate goal is to add other leds to entertainment cabinets or nearby bookshelves, wled is needed to sync images. Correct?
Great tutorial 👍 But this will not work on a smart TV using e.g. Android TV apps built in, right? 🙂 It will only work with HDMI input sources, right?
Thank you. Cant wait to get this going.
Look forward to seeing what you do with it!
Hi, i have bought the 4k capture card (international) but the HDR videos not playing HDR, do I miss something? I have enabled HDR global but still not working. Thanks in advance
Not into Ambilight but still watching for the love of Pi and home automation.
My man, appreciate you 🙏
I skimmed through this video, so might've missed this, but will it only sync to the hdmi inputs such as an xbox/chromecast or would it sync to the tv itself as well?
Is there a way to do this without adding the chromecast? We have a smart TV, TCL Google TV to be exact, and we can’t find a way to do this where it syncs with the tv app content. is there a way to do this at all? we do have an HDMI input port but not an output
I have 4 small monitors running the same feed. Is it possible to split the feed to four separate strips?
Great tutorial. Very easy to follow and the links to all parts makes it easy as 1-2-3 to create the shopping list :). How does this work with Dolby Vision content? Will the capture card still pass the signal on so I can view the content but without the ambient light working, or will the content not show at all? I guess finding a capture card with DV support will either be hard or expensive since DV has a license cost associated to its use.
Thanks! I'm not sure sorry I don't have DV TVs
I've just tested with the very same card used above: HDR is passed through easily, DV ist NOT passed through at all and "downgraded" to HDR.
Wow wow wow. Excellent video. Thanks!
Thanks!
Many sources on the web, recommend using a 3.3V to 5V level shifter between the rpi's gpio 18 header and the led strip. This video however does not use any. Do you know if it is required?
Yea... The suggested Capture Card proved to be a Dud for me in the long-term use as after a while it kept spazzing out on a fairly regular basis needing a restart from the Pi ( off which it was driving Power from ). I've since replaced it with the absolutely miniscule and by HyperHDR suggested Rullz MS2109 model and it appears to be working a lot more reliable.
Ezcap is good
Fantastic video by the way. Thank you
Thanks for the most complete guide with links and everything on this!
One question: if I do not want to use home assistant, would it possible to plug everything into a smart outlet controllable by Google assistant, and if so do all settings/states stay the way they were or every time you plug it back in you'll have to set it to display TV colors and not some solid or rainbow mode?
I followed your tutorial yeeears ago and it saved my life.
Sadly I tried to update the HyperHDR Version to the latest and now my lights wont work at all.
Apparenly I need and ESP32 but I'm not finding any tutorials that explain well how the the connection is supposed to go.
Please make an updated version of this toturial so people don't have to struggle since you explain everything so well!
Help meeeeee! I just want to enjoy everything as I used to thanks to my lights :(
i'm unsure the issue but try reverting the update by specifing the old version and reinstalling
@@samu5702 HyperHDR 6 is no longer available anywhere
Got this set up but I'm seeing that the Output to the TV is now only 1080P. Using the same capture card, it accepts a 4K60 signal but outputs 1080P60 to the TV and HDR is no longer detected. Am I missing something?
Are you running HyperHDR as the root user? It says i need to change it but I don't know how. Otherwise I cannot run my ws2812b or sk6812 strip. For Hyperion there is a simple Script to change it to root, but I don't know how to do it for HyperHDR
Do all led strips need a separate LED controller or did I buy the wrong one?
awesome video dude! I am not sure how I missed this video as I watch pretty much the others!
anyway, what I would like to know if possible is, as you all know that smart TVs nowadays have got all the apps built in e.g. Amazon, youtube, plex, etc. is it possible to make this work with built in apps? is it possible to output from TV using HDMI and feed it back to the capture card? Not sure if anyone else has wondered / asked this before. If anyone knows please chime in. Cheers
Great video! Thank you 🙌🏻
I cannot find your written article anymore, and the GitHub repository as well seems to be disappeared. Would you link them again?
After installing everything my LED bright still LOW. How can I make it more brighter ? Help pease
Thank you, great guide!
Great system. So you use just one power supply for Pi3 and LED lights? The LED Lights dont have a own power supply source? I have a 42" TV so my LED stripes would be a bit longer (more LEDs) do think that i need a second power supply for the LED stripes?
When setting up the wires, did you strip the wires to expose the copper wire?
Does this work connected to a home theatre receiver? Also, it seems like the raspberry 3 is all sold out or no longer in production. Do you recommend an alternative up to date model? Which GB model should I purchase if I find one?
Do these HDMI switches support CEC control? In other words, do you have to use the remote to switch inputs or will it automatically switch when a device is turned on that supports CEC?
About to do this ASAP
So this will only work if you use something from the cable box to the tv? I assume if you have a smart tv and do netflix or something you are SOL. Is there a work-around?
So I installed it but I have to keep going on the website to turn the lights on. When I plug it in only 6 out of the 112 flash
I tried to follow your example. Still had an old Pi4 lying around. I bought a 5V 15A 75W power adapter. But whatever I do, it keeps saying the Pi4 is undervolted. If I put in a USB3 cable into the Pi4 while hooked up to the power supply or when I connect it to the GPIO connections. Any thoughts on that?
Hi All. Slight update to this. When using the Raspberry Pi Imager, you will need to click the little gear on the bottom right and enter your Username and Password to use on the Pi as the security options have changed and the pi/raspberry user/pass no longer works. You're Welcome. :)
P.S. You can enter details for SSH and WiFi in here also. Much easier.
I have finish this setup but raspberrypi cant detect my capture card. I am using 2 adaptor one is 5v 10A another is 5v 3A. One is connected to leds from one side another is connected to led from another side. Raspberry pi has been feeding by 10A adaptor also. Leds are not getting on. Can you help me
Also, I have a 5V 12 AMP power supply, but I still get bits of flickering every 3 to 5 seconds apart, but just a short burst.
Great vide but having trouble with the ground. Whith the steup in the video the leds don't power up. If I remove the common ground the leds power up. What i'm I doing wrong. Tried to connect the ground to the ground pin on the pi but then I get flashing Leds
Awesome video/guide, mate. (awesome setup as well).
I have a philips hue gradient light strip connected to a philips-sync-hdmi-box-something-hue , can I just install hyperion on my pc and.... it just works? is it better, worth it?
Hi there. Have found this video and just finished my build. The raspberry and the LEDs work fine. But I cannot see my AppleTV signal. I am using the same capture device as shown in this video. Do I have to know something more for using AppleTV here? Do I need a different capture device? Is it important to which USB-Port I connect the capture device if I use a pi3 B+? Or is the capture device broken even if its brand new? Appreciate your help. Thank you.
Great video by the way.
UPDATE: It was the capture card. Ordered a second one (same model) and now it works. But sometimes the colors are a little bit off. Perhaps you can make a video about color correction on Hyperion.
Hello 👋 I’m planing to make it with a RaspberryPi 4 that I got out from my helium mining rig and making sure I get everything correctly!
My first question is can I use a 12v LED strip? I would really like to use the WS2815 because of the back up channel so when 1 LED get burned it can still work correctly.
My second question is if it can be done how should I go about connecting it since the raspberryPi is a 5V
Last question is, my RaspberryPi has a heat sink connected to another board with a LoRa technology so how would I be able to make the fan work without the other board?
Great video! Is it true that hdr content will not work with the capture card?
could you please tell how you made chromecast to work with this setup? Mine is just one big black screen with audio
nice setup
Thanks!
Do you have any idea why my pc disconnects for 2 secounds time time (pretty often)? Could it be the power source (I also use 10amp for SK6812)? Or maybe the HDMI splitter is problematic? Great project though!
Just wondering. I decided to replace my led with SK6212... unfortunately hyperion asks me about device which i have no idea. Leds respnds when controller used is ws821x
Hey. If we would like to sync other lights in the room, for example ceiling LEDs, to the TV through hyperion, how would that go? Would it be possible? I have a room under construction where I shall be having ceiling strips, TV wall strips, Smart ceiling lights, Bed back LED lighting among others.
How to create an immersive in-sync experience with all these lights?