[DIY] Opensource Ambilight for every screen! (1 Viewer)

[maxirk]

It's possible to make ambilight by oneself(about 20$ for hardware parts) or buy it (about 2400 r. = 85$)
It's really cool! Watch the video demonstration on Youtube

Look up at lightpack - USB-

It has an extension for XBMC I think that ut's possible to make the same extension for Media-Portal

 

[daos06]

AW: [DIY] Opensource Ambilight for every screen!

Looks great! It would be awesome if this would also work with Mediaportal.

I love the decent colors and the snappy changes.

 

[Gianlk]

Hi, it seems very interesting!
There are any link for english version?

Thanks!
G.

 

[sloty32]

Hi,

that would be great. If there were an english version, i would build it myself, just too see whats possible.
Found a German Translation:

http://newstopf.com/visuellen-erlebniss-multiplizieren-mit-lightpack-5-5/

And it seems u dont need a Plugin. The Software sits its in the Background an is analyzing the screen. A Plugin would ne then nice to turn on/off or do some ambilight.

Right now i use a momo/atmolight with only 3 channels, so this would be a nice upgrade.

https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mediaportal-plugins-47/new-plugin-atmolight-process-plugin-update-25-05-2010-v1-9-a-75840/

Hm, tried translate.google.com, hard to read, quite funny

 

[joostzilla]

This would be really great to have.
I think a lot of MP users are willing to buy this cool kit.
If only the devs would make their googlecode page in english they would sell a lot more.

 

[tourettes]

There was some similar device in past. It had issues with the performance (video playback dropping frames). If someone is keen enough I would recommend that the dev would experiment with possibilities inside the MP (copying screen content outside MP is probably causing huge performance issues).

Just copy the video texture / frame into much smaller texture and pass it back to some plugin to again to be passed to that devices drivers / controlling software.

 

[pike]

Here's a friendly warning from XBMC's projectmanager (and big fan of AmbiLight):

Do yourself a big favor and stay clear away from Carsten Presser's AtmoLight (all versions) because they are defectively designed.
He's designing a new version now but I'd stay clear away from that also, especially since Carsten doesn't offer refunds on his poor designs

 

[bugmenot]

An English version of project is available light-pack - USB content-driving ambient lighting system - Google Project Hosting

 

[Maedhros]

I just stumbled across this thread in my research on DIY Ambilight

I think it is sick to pay for a premium for a high-end Philips TV, when I already have a great Panasonic 50" Plasma, which is better than what Philips can come up with.... soooo....
So far I have found THIS, The LiveLight Project:
http://livelightproject.com/

All schemas and software is free and open-source.

However, for the ones of us that do not want to mess around with that, you can BUY the stuff :-D .... http://livelightproject.com/shop.php
199€ for LiveLight USB Interface
16-22€ / meter of LED strips

It looks like some extra cables and a bit of soldering is necessary to wire up the strips via USB to the LiveLight box.
However, it looks like you may create a custom ambilight system for your existing TV for less than 300€!!! :-D

Just my 5 cents on this already a bit older thread ;-)