[DIY] Selfmade AmbiLight using LED Strings (3 Viewers)

[Lightning303]

hum, i think, DC- should be connected to all leds, because it's used as negative cable for data

Sure it should, and it is in my graphic. Or did you mean something else? =)

 

[HomeY]

Question about 'Edge weighting'. When i set to to 40 or higher, i don't get output on the top/bottom LEDs when a video with black bars (top/bottom) is displayed.
As soon as i set it to 39, it works. The difference between 39 & 40 setting seems to act like an ON/OFF switch.
Anybody else noticed that?

Curious what settings you're using for videos with black bars.

Seems i need at least 2 profiles for accurate responses then. And i'm hoping EventGhostPlus will be able to help with automated switching between the profiles.

 

[BassFan]

i have used 'Edge weighting' after playing with Atmolight to
your Top LED's div 2 also set it to the half of your top LED's

so your Color are Center of the Screen.

i hope that is right

greets

 

[HomeY]

your Top LED's div 2 also set it to the half of your top LED's
so your Color are Center of the Screen.

Sorry, but no clue what you mean

 

[BassFan]

Du kannst damit den Offset der Farben verändern.
Sagen wir mal deine 1. LED hat die Farbe blau und das Pixel ist genau an der linken Position des Bildschirms
Dann kannst du mit 'Edge weighting' dieses soweit verschieben das es Zentriert also mit der 20. LED angezeigt wird.

was kompliziert zu beschreiben

Wenn du jedoch die 40 Nimmst und du hast weniger dann kann auch nichts angezeigt werden
da du dich dann außerhalb des LED Arrays befindest Array = 0 to 39 = 40 LED's

gruss

 

[Lightning303]

Question about 'Edge weighting'. When i set to to 40 or higher, i don't get output on the top/bottom LEDs when a video with black bars (top/bottom) is displayed.
As soon as i set it to 39, it works. The difference between 39 & 40 setting seems to act like an ON/OFF switch.
Anybody else noticed that?

Curious what settings you're using for videos with black bars.

Seems i need at least 2 profiles for accurate responses then. And i'm hoping EventGhostPlus will be able to help with automated switching between the profiles.

Spoiler

If you click on "Gradienten..." (is there an english atmowin version yet?) you can also change the edge weighting, however you can see what it does there. It shows you how much auf the image is used to calculate the color of the led. If the value is very high, just the colors on the edge will influence the led color. If the value is very low, most of the picture is used.

After reading your post again... you knew that already, right?

Values differ from version to version. Im using Angies mod, which you can find here in the forum and am using a value of 50. I get colors on top and bottom if i watch a movie with black bars, but i like it that way.

Btw. your stuff allready arrived? That was quick . Hope to see pictures and videos soon =)

 

[HomeY]

Wenn du jedoch die 40 Nimmst und du hast weniger dann kann auch nichts angezeigt werden
da du dich dann außerhalb des LED Arrays befindest Array = 0 to 39 = 40 LED's

But my Dummy control has 73 LEDs top/bottom & 42 Left/Right. (see config settings below)

Im using Angies mod, which you can find here in the forum and am using a value of 50. I get colors on top and bottom if i watch a movie with black bars, but i like it that way.

I'm also using angies mod and I think i'm looking for a similar response I want the colors to show even with black bars, but with the above configuration, i'm unable to get those with Edge Weighting above 40. That just looks weird, because 100 = max value, and the picture is a lot bigger then the black bars. Think i'll just have to wait till the LEDs are attached an play with the setting.

Btw. your stuff allready arrived? That was quick . Hope to see pictures and videos soon =)

Unfortunately not. LEDs are ordered last thursday, but should arrive around wednesday. The rest of the stuff is ordered @ Conrad (all in stock) so i expect that around the same time.
Only thing i got is the PSU. Just playing with the software so i don't have to 'waste' time on figuring out how it's supposed to work

Here are some screenshots with settings.
First 2 are with black bars and i've set EW to 40 & 39. 39 = OFF, where 40 works.

This screenshot shows the (beautiful!!) colors with EW set to 95 and fullscreen video:


And for sure i'll make a nice video once it's done!

 

[Lightning303]

Ohhhh i know why its not working for you but for me .

When using AtmoWin with mediaportal, you use the mediaportal plugin, which sends the picture directly to AtmoWin. The plugin will however only send the picture of the video, nothing else, no gui, and... no black bars ;p. So when you watch a 21:9 movie in mediaportal, all AtmoWin sees is a 21:9 picture. But when you play around with a dummy and use live view, AtmoWin sees a 16:9 image with black bars .

 

[HomeY]

When using AtmoWin with mediaportal, you use the mediaportal plugin, which sends the picture directly to AtmoWin. The plugin will however only send the picture of the video, nothing else, no gui, and... no black bars ;p. So when you watch a 21:9 movie in mediaportal, all AtmoWin sees is a 21:9 picture. But when you play around with a dummy and use live view, AtmoWin sees a 16:9 image with black bars .

Aaah, must have been something 'simple'
So that means that i can't use the Dummy control to pre-configure my 'Live' setup.

Just noticed that when i click the 'gradient' button with the Edge Weighting set to 95, the highest value is 30.
a value settings of 1 - 10 would be enough according to the 'preview' window.
EW 4 = 50% from border
EW 8 = 25% from border

 

[Lightning303]

Yeah dont trust that window .
And that "30 is max" in gradient is a bug (or lets say not modded), just set it in the normal screen where the other options are. When your stuff arrives and you have everything installed, you will have to play around with most of the options anyway to get the results that you like.