Lightpack help! (1 Viewer)

[zekaja]

Nice.. Very cool... Can hyperion run on Windows or is it necessary to use a pi?

 

[Rick164]

Only runs on pi but its completely external and can receive commands over your local network so completely OS independent with no physical connection to your PC required.
Some videos of it in action:

https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...-hyperion-ws2801-ws2812b.128526/#post-1111645

 

[zekaja]

Very impressive and very fast... Also a little intimidating with the raspberry pi...

Maybe the next step

 

[zekaja]

If get my self a pi, will I need anything else..? I really like to avoid something to change my hdmi setup... But it seems a raspberry and hyperion will do the job, is that right?

 

[Rick164]

If you only use AtmoLight you will need a rPi (1b or 2) and a Arduino Uno R3 (or anything that can do > 115200 baud rate) and comes at around 60 euros over here which isn't too bad considering the results.

For capturing all HDMI connections like dvr/console its a bit more expensive but have those parts listed in the guide, currently using AtmoLight for media playback and capturing on the consoles which works very nice.

Your leds should be compatible as Lightpack probably uses the WS2801 or WS2812B but would check just in case as during configuration you will need to know the led type, if you want to upgrade the leds later this setup is flexible enough to support just about any led type out there.
With the WS2801 leds you don't need the Arduino however you would need additional parts to connect it easily so better off with getting the Arduino.

Made a guide for it which isn't perfect so if you have any question feel free to post there :

https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...project-guide-hyperion-ws2801-ws2812b.128526/

 

[Lightning303]

Afaik the lightpack should just work on a pi, with hyperion/boblight. No need for arduino and so on.

 

[Rick164]

Yep so long as its the WS2801 type leds, only when I had that setup without Arduino early on it needed a few extra parts to make sure it didn't get any interference so went with this shield which was a neat AIO fix:

http://www.hackerspaceshop.com/raspberrypi-ws2801.html#

 

[Lightning303]

Just plug in usb, and go.

 

[Rick164]

Hyperion indeed supports lightpack out of the box only configuring them with HyperCon might get weird due to the offsets between each of those areas, so long as its a fixed distance between each strip it should be precise enough I guess

http://lightpack.tv/faq
"Prismatik is based on Qt framework, which last version perfectly compiles for Raspberry Pi, and Prismatik can be run in background even without GUI. Also it's possible to run Lightpack with 3rd-party software, like BobLight or Hyperion. Check out our 7th Kickstarter update for RPi details."

Couldn't find a config example on the Hyperion Wiki but there are some on reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Lightpack/comments/1yo0ln/working_hyperion_config/

@zekaja so comes down to installing OpenElec on the rPI, afterwards installing Hyperion on it and connecting the Lightpack device.
Can create a config with HyperCon or by using above example and start up Hyperion, following that you can configure AtmoLight by using the DIY guide which has a chapter on that.

 

[zekaja]

Omg....fantastic.... I will order my rpi next month and try this out...

It is a little intimidating with Linux stuff, but with your help I quess I can figure it out..

Thnx for your help and research... Amazing what you do..