LEDs behind your screen that MATCH the video you're watching.

[@pangaeatome]

Great tutorial, however I had some issues on my end. Hopefully this list helps someone: 1. Could not get access to :8090 --- Running "sudo apt install cec-utils" fixed that. However, It would not work even with that line on my macbook for some reason. I redid the setup on windows with that line and it worked fine. After that I was able to access hyperion on my macbook. Not sure what happened there. 2. Red light turned off on Pi after powering up. --- I got a raspberry Pi power supply for the Pi itself and used the supply from the video for the lights. I tried a couple different micro usb cables but they weren't able to give enough power to the Pi. The two separate supplies worked fine. 3. LEDs would flash random colors even with all Hyperion settings correct --- I connected a ground wire from the LEDs to the Pi and it worked. Edit: 4. LED delay --- The LEDs had a slight delay. I fixed this in the Hyperion settings. Check the replies below. I hope this helps!

[@youzeekaraf4358]

Thanks for the great feedback, I want to ask you, did you experience a delay in the led ? I faced same issues as you, after I get everything done, now the LEDs are so late for my what is shown in the TV, I feel maybe my hdmi capture card is the reason but want to make sure, the delay I'm experiencing almost 2 seconds

[@pangaeatome]

@@youzeekaraf4358 Yes, I had that issue as well. I should have added that to the list. If you go to the "USB Capture" section in the "Capturing Hardware" tab on Hyperion, there's a setting called "Size decimation." I set that to 25 and it helped reduce the delay. I think the issue is with the quality that the capture device is capturing. The less HD it is, the less delay. There are some other settings to mess around with too. If you select "Live Video" in the "LED Visualization" feature, you want to try to make that image as low quality as you can. There's still a slight delay at 25, but it's a good start.

[@sewashburn0529]

Thank you for posting this about issue #1. That solved it for me! The web interface would load for me on release 7, but not on 6 or 8. Now I can see the web interface in release 8.

[@gaurdjatixa]

Can't access the webinterface also when installing hyperbian.

[@sewashburn0529]

@@gaurdjatixa Are you able to see the Pi on your router interface?

[@dustinduggan9386]

Great tutorial! Finally got mine up and running thanks to this video and using tips from the comment section. Some tips of my own I’d like to add: 1. When jumpering between GPIO 18 and green wire of LED strip, make sure you are using the correct end of the LED strip. The LED strip should have arrows indicating direction of data flow. The correct starting end for my LED strip was NOT the male end connector as shown in the video. 2. Powering the raspberry pi as shown in the video did not work for me, I ended up having to power it from one of the usb outlets on my TV. (Be sure to connect a jumper off of a ground pin of the pi to the ground wire of your led strip if you are going to power them separately) 3. I initially could not get Hyperion 2.0.0 Alpha 9 to load onto my pi so I loaded Alpha 8 instead and it worked fine. 4. Run one of the Hyperion test videos here on KZbin to make sure your colors, LED starting point, and direction are setup correctly and to determine if you have any lag. These can all be fixed by tweaking settings in Hyperion. Thanks again for this video, I had fun setting this up and troubleshooting. I just need to fix a little lag now and mine is set. I hope my tips may help someone out like some of the other commenters here. Now I just need to fix some lag and

[@tjcharters3064]

My son and I just finished setting this up on my 70". It is AMAZING!! Thank you for the videos you have done! Big screen tvs are great, but things just went to a completely new level.

[@Juiceman86]

Great tutorial, received everything yesterday and was able to, after many many hours of trouble shooting.. get this up and running. I will add my 2 cents for anybody that also might run into issues. I followed this tutorial almost to the T. I did use the hyperbian port instead, which was a little easier in my opinion. Still copied ssh and wifi file to boot folder as mentioned in this video. Link for hyperbian will be below. The exception for my setup is that I ran a 4k firestick into a 4k hdmi switch and then ran that into a 4k hdmi splitter. From the splitter one HDMI runs to the loopback device which runs to a USB to the PI. The other HDMI runs to the tv. This allows for full 4k UHD. If you run a HDMI to your tv from the loopback it will only be 1080p. I then run a optical audio cable from the TV to the surround sound system. I have had no issues with any apps in the Firestick not working due to HDCP. The 4K switch allows me to run anything that outputs in HDMI in full resolution with ambilight, I do this mainly for gaming consoles. The most important thing I learned from my experiences today. First I have a 55 inch 4k tv, I am using the WS2812B 5v 5m 300 led strips. I bought a 5v 15amps power supply to run them, the power supply comes with the barrel attachment to connect power cables from LEDS directly to it. I do not connect the PI to this. I use the PI's own power supply to power the PI and the loopback is powered via USB on the pi. Now the main part of this post. In order to not have horrific flickering lights like I did for hours. You need to run a jumper from the ground pin on the pi to the ground terminal that the LEDS are being powered by, literally stick it right in the attachment for the barrel connector. The ground pin on the PI I used is the 3rd pin from the SD card on the top row. This little extra ground wire made the LEDS go from flickering like crazy to working beautifully, like how everybody else's looks online. This step is heavily stressed in most forums for issues you may be having. If you're having issues do this, don't waste your whole Saturday morning like I did.. A picture of the pinout on the PI, notice the location of the grounds you can use. Any of those will work. www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2012/06/simple-guide-to-the-rpi-gpio-header-and-pins/#prettyPhoto/0/ Hyperbian: github.com/hyperion-project/HyperBian This is the parts list I used to achieve full 4k UHD, anything missing from here is in DrZzs description: LED Strip: www.amazon.com/dp/B07BH37JGC/ref=twister_B088B9G1LJ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 HDMI Switch: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B087CTR22G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Power supply for LEDS: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LXN7MN3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Jumpers: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PBZMN7C/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 4K HDMI cables: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073R8M49G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 4K Splitter: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07J2Q9NPH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Thank you so much DrZzs, this made my wife and myself very happy. I've wanted to do this for years, your tutorial made it possible!

[@denizkeskin5080]

Hi buddy I have a 4K hdr samsung TV. I have led and raspberry zero w. What else should I get, Please help me. Thanks

[@madrian_hello]

I always wanted to build this, but it was expensive/complicated. This looks easy and cheap as I have almost everything. Thanks Doc for the tutorial.

[@DrZzs]

It's pretty awesome, and not too hard if you have a little guidance. I am your Little Guidance :)

[@Codeaholic1]

I'm working on setting this up on a 120 inch projection screen. For WS2812b LEDs voltage drop is a problem. Color accuracy will decrease with distance from the start of the strip. After about 40 LEDs you may have problems. I've seen it recommended that you connect power at both ends of the strip and run a larger pair of conductors along side the strip with taps every so often on to the strip. This should help mitigate the problems. Also using LEDs suitable for 12v is a solution to with less voltage drop. A few details in the video might be misleading or inaccurate. The 3.3v logic levels from the pi is technically out of spec for WS2812b LEDs. The datasheet says you need 0.7*Vdd or 3.5v minimum for a high signal. The level shifter doesn't "boost" the signal. The one shown here is a pair of pull up resistors to 3.3v and 5v and an n channel mosfet. The pull up resistors maintain logic high logic level at their respective sides valur. When the pi side goes to 0v the mosfet conducts and also pull the 5v side down to 0v. So it's not "boosting". More like it's switching or translating.

[@Steve-Cooper]

You can change the LED start position in the layout page using the input position value so you can start in bottom corner which make more sense. I think question was also asked on live stream.

[@DrZzs]

oh awesome! Thanks!

[@BrummBilt]

I should’ve read the comments before I mounted the lights lol

[@iluvu2b]

Great tutorial!!! but I did run into some issues that I can maybe help some people save time with: For reference, I used a Pi 3b+ and BTF-LIGHTING WS2812B RGB 5050SMD lights 60 led/m 1) If you install HyperBian(this is Raspian lite with Hyperion already installed) straight to the SD card you can avoid a lot of potential issues with the newest released Hyperion versions but probably still drop in the blank SSH file, just in case 2) You can add in the wireless file as shown or if you do make the SSH file you can jump into a terminal and go into the Raspian config interface, sudo Raspi-config, and enter your wifi settings there 3) If you use a separate power supply you may likely need to ground a pin from the Pi to the light strip. I linked grounds but still needed to solder another ground directly to the light strip and connect it to get it to function. 4) Check your supply voltage!!! if strip is acting wonky, needs to be 5v exactly(ish), you can not over volt, my power supply was 0.5v over and I had to adjust it down. Over voltage can ruin the lights. 5) If the capture card doesn't work(mine died about 30 minutes in, cheap imported crap) the older version with a HDMI splitter and analog video works just as good but unfortunately has a lot more parts. This was a ton of fun and well worth the troubleshooting, which I enjoy anyway. THANKS DrZzzs!!!

[@freshkiid896]

You literally posted this just in time, I was just about to tackle this project on my own. Great video, very informative! Keep up the great work!

[@sinetwo]

This looks so much better than the govee. Really accurate.

[@Wolf-3.5.9]

Yes, I have the govee and its very inaccurate, it tends to have somewhat random colors. I suspect Its camera does not work very well with a 70 inch screen.

[@sinetwo]

@@Wolf-3.5.9 the govee does not work well at all. I returned mine after a day of calibrating, it did not work even close to do zones

[@Luckingsworth]

​@@Wolf-3.5.9 you have to adjust Govees colors in the app. I felt like it was innaccurate too until I adjusted the colors. Naturally the camera system and less dense leds means the colors wont be as precise to the video, but the colors themselves wont be innacurate.

[@TheHookUp]

Love it.

[@DrZzs]

Thanks Rob!

[@mmaterazzo]

@@DrZzs Will you lose any HDMI ARC or eARC features with this implementation?

[@TheHellis]

@@mmaterazzo I assume that has more to do with the capture card then Hyperion.

[@sblantipodi]

I wrote a firmware and a Windows software that does this on an ESP8266 without the needs of a raspberry or other devices. It's cheaper, easyer and faster. If you are interested in it here the wiki to my project. github.com/sblantipodi/firefly_luciferin/wiki

[@mikosoft]

@@sblantipodi Dude, I've been looking for something like this for AGES! THANK YOU!

[@sodapop426]

Hellyeah I finally did it with your help. I had an 2 issues: 1. For some reason I couldnt connect to hyperion through the browser. I resolved that by using another pc. Could have been a firewall issue 2. Using a RPI3b+ I had issues with GPIO-18. I had to use GPIO-21. last one in the corner. I used an ATX PSU 5v (red/black) for power. I joined the green and black wire and use the PSU switch to turn on. I spliced a microusb cable. I had issues with a thinner cable and cut up a thicker one. I am seeing a undervoltage warning but the red light on the pi stays on. I may have to find an even thicker one. For now Im happy. Thanks bro!

[@EsotericArctos]

I've been waiting for this one. I have the LED strips, the 50inch tv and the Raspberry Pi. Already to go now :)

[@AsifUmerLatif]

Did you get it to work?

[@BlitzFingers]

Ok, you sold me! The old Pi's already formated and the LEDs are on their way. Here we go again!

[@BlitzFingers]

Update: it works! Just one catch - if I use another power supply for the Pi, the signal from the Pi can’t control the LEDs. Only by sharing the 5v power source between Pi and LEDs it works. This could be obvious for someone else, but I tested extensively to conclude this. Pi plugs don’t like European voltage? Still, I’m happy it’s all running and looking great!

[@sinaasglas]

Hi @drZzs could you please add an annotation that you should also run "sudo apt install cec-utils" before Hyperion will startup. Debugged this by trying to start it by hand via "/usr/bin/hyperiond", it returned the error "error while loading shared libraries: libcec.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

[@DrZzs]

I didn't have that problem. I wonder what the difference is between what you have and what I had. Maybe hyperion was updated? Did you use rasbian lite? I'll highlight his comment so others can find it. Thanks!

[@sinaasglas]

@@DrZzs I used "Hyperion-2.0.0-alpha.8-Linux-armv6l.deb" as I did try the pi1, which was not powerfull enough to constantly provide light. The Raspberry Pi OS I used is "2020-08-20-raspios-buster-armhf-lite.zip".

[@jhbcosta]

you saved my day dude!! thanks!!

[@markchadwick3391]

Saved my day too sinaasglas - im using a RaspPi 3 Model A+ - with Hyperion-2.0.0-alpha.8-Linux-armv7l.deb, and RaspOS installed as per the video ie Lite.

[@RobLandry1]

I am so thankful you included this. I already started my google search as to why it wasnt working with the same error. You saved me tons of time i am sure! This should absolutely be included in the video. If it doesnt affect everyone, it may help those it does.

[@michaelsteven3990]

Great project, few things that I ran into. -Installed everything on pi 3 and could never access Hyp through ip and port(dunno why), thankful to whoever linked the all in one in the comments worked like a charm. -The corners were an issue with those plastic brackets. almost worth it to cut an extra light out to give you a much better contact surface instead of in half, if they are not right on the money to contact they flicker and don't work. if I do it again i will just fold corners and make continuous. -the lights did not work from the power supply you listed unless it powered both the lights and the pi. too much power for lights alone? was weird, but worked when powering both. -The capture you listed will not capture 4k and WILL NOT WORK it just shuts Hyperion off if it gets a 4k signal(we use an xbox for streaming, menu is 4k, no go) Thankful have media PC hooked to tv was able to get a signal for the pi to process. The capture even down scaled the pc to 720 again weird but functions -Capture card, again maybe quality, there is a split second lag that at times can be distracting. -May get another string and make it continuous and get a 4k capture($$) maybe eliminate lag and let me capture from diff sources. -Dont get me wrong this is cool and it works, the ambilight test videos on youtube are damn cool on it. Thanks again enjoy your vids

[@abdoulazizdiagne]

Thanks Doc great video, an additional step if you followed all the tutorial and your LEDs are not matching your TV/monitor. It's likely you have 2 power supplies one for the PI and for your LED stripes so you'll need one extra connection on your PI : connect the Ground pin (#3 on the top range) to the Ground wire of your LED stripes (usually the white wire). Hope that helps someone

[@MichaelJohnson-vt5de]

This is only if you don't have the Pi and the LEDs wired together at the power supply, correct? I have this issue where I cannot get Hyperion to see the capture card as a source and wondered if it was related...

[@lujke2499]

Thanks. This is exactly what was happening to me before I ran a ground wire between led strips and Pi. Do you know if I power the led strip from both ends, do I need to connect another ground wire from other end of the LED strip to Pi as well?

[@Movies4118]

Wow, I've seen many variations of this type of bias lighting projects..but yours is the first one that did not overcomplicate it. You made it as simple as possible. There are other videos where people have used hdmi splitters + separate hdmi capture dongles hat take input as old-school RCA (yellow) barrel plug and then output to the RaspberryPi via USB. Along with a bunch of needless wiring for power. I have a weekend project now. Thank you!

[@DrZzs]

thanks! I watched GreatScott's videos about it and did it that way too, but finding this little USB/HDMI capture card made it so much easier!

[@TheAnthonyKaram]

Advice to get the lag down: I just made adjustments to the USB capture device settings. I changed it to manual and set the video standard to ntsc, resolution to custom at 360x240, decimation to 4 and fps to 20.

[@seantech5707]

Using the 5v. 10 amp power supply i didn't have any lag. Once I upgraded my power supply to the 5v. 20 amp I had the lag show up. These settings helped clear that up. Thank you

[@DrSatan066]

Done, thanks for the help man. Ran to a nodemcu from the pi, with wled and hyperion. Ironed out the wrinkles and it is glorious. Sidenote: The flickers weren't from power. Wled and hyperion have to be taught to talk well. Make sure yall force max brightness and set your brightness limiter correctly in wled. Hope this helps at least one person.

[@newman4ever1]

Thanks for the great video. Been thinking about doing this project for awhile and after watching your video, decided to take the plunge. Parts are on order, already got the pi up and running. Followed the steps in your tutorial and everything went perfectly. Keep up the great work.

[@newman4ever1]

Finally got everything together and running perfectly. Thanks again Doc. I made a short video showing my test setup on the floor before mounting on the TV. Here's a link if anyone is interested. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKWcqJl3f6mNpcU I used a 4k switch and 4k splitter that does HDR Pass through and I can verify, I'm getting all my sources in beautiful 4k HDR10. Thanks again Doc, this was a great project. And here is a link to a short video showing the LEDs mounted on my TV kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5aVc3ikbJ5oiqM

[@mlonneman]

Great video, DrZzs. Couple questions for you-- 1) Can you tell me what the part is called you are connecting to the barrel connector at 17:41 (when you say "that makes it easy to connect to something like this") Do you have a link to where I can buy that connector? 2) Where can I buy the blue jumper wire (at 18:13)?

[@willh1827]

Wow Hyperion has changed so much. That’s awesome.

[@E2STOPTV]

This is the most simple well explained guide ive seen on this topic, thank you for helping!

[@andytwillman1313]

I am using the USB grabber linked in the description but cannot get it to display anything in the live view. Is there an issue with 4K and/or HDCP? If so how do you get around that?

[@jean-christophemarquet3652]

I'm using a similar grabber (www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B08GR1LWT2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) with hyperion alpha9 on a Rpi Zero and I have the same issue. I checked that the serv can command the LED. I plugged the USB output on a laptop and checked that I'm getting the correct image. But when I plug the USB on the Rpi, nothing... I think I'll try HyperHDR instead of HyperionNG.

[@andytwillman1313]

@@jean-christophemarquet3652 I got it to work by plugging both USB’s (power and data) into the Pi. The light would come on without the 5v usb connected but it wasn’t pulling any video. Once I plugged in the USB power it worked and has ever since.

[@Unknown-ym5gz]

I built this following your directions. it works great. took a little bit to figure out Hyperion setting. very cool project. thanks Vania1976

[@emmastirton3931]

When I'm sudo dpkg I'm getting error can't access archive

[@damiangaibor1185]

Thanks man I'm a rookie on the hyperion world and your guidance is amazing I'm looking forward to do this project following all your steps 🥳

[@ak59468]

I nod every time u asked 😂😂 U are the man 👏👏

[@junaidx]

Brilliant video! Finally found a clear tutorial, that does not overcomplicate it. Some of the other tutorials have super long list of items, but now I get thats if you want to have multiple HDMI inputs connected, but one will do for me. Thanks

[@kjelle392]

Fantastic! Thank you so much for the tutorial :)

[@DrZzs]

You're very welcome!

[@dannitrinka5514]

You can skip creating wps supplicant and ssh files if you press ctrl+shift+x in raspberry pi imager to open advanced settings and enter your details there

[@useruser007]

Great tutorial

[@DrZzs]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jimmy2201]

so cool ... I was scammed before by a facebook fakeshop advertisement. but now i will implement this project. thank you dr. Zzs

[@DrZzs]

I've seen those too. They make it look like real Bias lighting but it isn't. This is the Real Deal!

[@ForwardEngineering]

Can this work with 4k UHD video output to the tv? Thats always been my limiting factor with these capture devices...

[@hendersonmedia5028]

Yes, this does work great with a 4k setup. I just set mine up and it does exactly what it is supposed to. I used a 4k compatible HDMI splitter (www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XCZC6SP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1) and a USB Capture card (www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08C9FCF2X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1) instead of the all in one device that Dr. Zzs used.

[@coreyf311]

@@hendersonmedia5028 Thanks for this solution. Do you loose ARC capabilities?

[@nschdnschd]

Thanks for the video. Really great work. Question about WLED. What do you mean at 11:02 with "set up WLED controller"? You mean the ip address of the raspberry pi with Hyperion set up in the video? Or do I need to have a controller with WLED separated as a hub? And how do I set up these controller? Thank you

[@techdad6135]

"If you have an unreasonably sized tv... get two strips." cracks me up every time. 🤣

[@digital.olimon]

The triggeed by the led strip part got me too as I got to get black. My ocd can't handle that 😂😂

[@dunDaan]

Best explanation on DYI ambilight I could find so far. Well done!!

[@RobArnett]

This is great for an external HDMI input. Any way of doing this on a smart TV, with say Hulu or Disney Plus paying. The Video Never leaves the screen so no way for the Capture Device to capture it.

[@bertani24]

easiest way is to get an amazon fire stick and use it for those apps, so you get the signal easily and fast

[@jonnymunevar8491]

@@bertani24 That's an option but doesn't answer the question. I'm intriged in that also, taking out de smart tv video signal and plugging it in the leds.

[@SimonMuxlow]

Sadly, I don't think this is possible, it would be brilliant if someone could figure it out though. I personally use an Nvidia Shield Pro for all the apps that I did previously through my Smart TV.

[@teodor9176]

Works like a charm with a Rpi Zero W/H. Bought all the parts from Aliexpress China. Most of the links from amazon are not working anymore but anyway, buying from Aliexpress takes a bit longer, but you get the parts cheaper. Thank you buddy for this tutorial

[@jacoboalaluf6896]

Hi, Teodor. How you connect PI zero? The HDMI port and the USB port to the splitter. Thanks

[@PAIHITECH]

Great video! Now I got a quick question: I have a Android TV (tcl), do you know if there is any apk to capture the video on the TV?

[@ilyafleisher]

I second that question!

[@u0296106]

@@ilyafleisher Third

[@eberger02]

There is one in the play store. I saw it earlier. Researching it looks good but can’t work with copyrighted streams such as Netflix. The examples I saw were also in quite high powered devices. I don’t know how it’d run in a really basic one.

[@dorszes]

I did it! Works perfectly! Lovin' it! Thanks Mr. Zzs!

[@raytaylor4421]

Hi, great video. I had problems installing Hyperion alpha 9 on the latest Raspberry Pi os. I was getting an error indicating that the libcec library was missing. I fix the problem as follows; after apt-get update and apt-get upgrade I ran the following; Sudo dpkg - i libcec4. Then get and install Hyperion alpha 9.

[@KenT-lb9or]

Also running alpha 9 here. Is there anything else you had to do differently? I've done everything in the video and have hyperion software running, but Hyperion doesnt seem to be sending data to the strip. The "LED Visualization" display in Hyperion shows changing LEDs, but my strip is not changing colors.

[@jenswymeersch9653]

i had to do a sudo apt-get libcec4 and then i needed to fix dependencies - then magically it worked

[@coin777]

14:30 And? What do i need to change on the Hyperion for this to work?

[@philmottin]

After installing hyperion, the interface never shows up on pi's ip address. I tried 2 different rpi 3, both lite and full rpi os versions... Any idea whats going on?

[@Tom_Neverwinter]

github.com/hyperion-project/hyperion.ng/issues/891 I ahve the same issue, rpi 1 model b. seems to happen only after the reboot. so I am guessing something is broken on rpi os

[@philharris9631]

Same issue here on a RPi 3 Model B+ ... Hyperion installs but no web interface on either port 8090 or 8091. About to try using the non-lite version of Pi OS (OK ... tried that and no web interface either) and then I'll give it a go on an RPi4...

[@Tom_Neverwinter]

@@philharris9631 Thank you for the information

[@sandman7793]

Yeah pi3b+ is the same. No interface. I see they say broken, if coming from old install, but it's not the case.

[@tcass]

Same issue here, on an RPi 4 1GB and RPi 3B+.

[@romeyn.prescott]

This video popped up in my feed last week and it was exactly what I was looking for--a compromise between the Philips Hue box and the camera-detected project that does something similar. A few comments, however, as my experience wasn't as seamless as the one in the video: 1) Hyperion wouldn't install without a few dependencies that aren't mentioned. Doing what 'apt' told me to do resolved them and then Hyperion installed just fine. 2) The "Hardware LED Count" is gone in the version of Hyperion I downloaded--which makes sense since you have to break down that total elsewhere. I guess they taught it how to add! :-) 3) It wouldn't work! I was a little dismayed that I couldn't get the LED strip to do much of anything. I thought it might have been because I was trying to send HDMI signal to it from my laptop and so I gave up on my test setup and went and installed everything on the TV. It didn't work there either. After an hour of Googling around, I decided to try powering the USB injector with something OTHER than the Pi. That worked! Dr. Zzs' assertion that it doesn't take much power and you can just plug it into the Pi is false--at least in my case. I used a battery pack to test my theory and now have it on a basic phone charger brick and it's working fine. 4) The USB injector broke my CEC, which means I had to go find my TV remote and now have to turn the TV on and off separately from my Apple TV, which used to turn off itself, my amplifier, and my TV via CEC. I'll be looking for another device that preserves CEC or an HDMI splitter that does so. (#FirstWorldProblems) 5) The Pi wouldn't join my 5Gz WiFi. Worked fine on the 2.4, though. This was a great diversion on a Thursday evening! I agree that it's an Intermediate project, especially if you don't have any Linux or Pi experience.

[@Micability]

Really nice Tut man! Question: what happens to HDR+ after the Capture Adapter? Is it compatible? Thank you.

[@EMAHGERD]

its chance basically. I did two setups now and for the first one it worked, for the second it didn't; same product listing/retailer on both occasions, ended up going the splitter+basic hdmi over usb capture -route for the second one.

[@I_made_this_stuff]

I have always wanted lights behind the TV, but the Philips Hue price tag was too much. This is my next project after I finish the crazy holiday light build that you convinced me was possible! Thanks!

[@DrZzs]

ha! another recruit!

[@philharris9631]

@@DrZzs All hail our cult leader!

[@JesseAdams3]

lol, maybe I should not watch the holiday light video....it is in my queue.

[@stevencull1581]

This project cost me a lot!!!! In the process of setting my TV on the floor to add the strips....yep, you guessed it....I dropped the TV, it hit the chair and cracked in 2 different places....ugh. Cool project tho, lol

[@philharris9631]

Steven Cull - stop whining man ... that’s just Lady Luck’s way of telling you you’re due an upgrade...

[@ibrahima7859]

Dude i been looking for such an explanation for days! Thank u really appreciate the effort

[@sambrothers]

Lazy mans update for the Raspberry Pi: sudo apt-get update -y ; sudo apt-get upgrade -y ; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y Drop that line in and it will do everything for updating by itself!

[@tiberiud1955]

Thank you.

[@linsenpago]

Hi! I followed your Instructions and struggled with adressing the LED Stripe because i was using two different powersources. One for the stripe and one for the raspberry. The LED stripe was just flickering. Then i found a entry in a forum where was mentioned to connect the ground also to the pi and than it worked perfectly. So if you are using seperate powersources and have issues with the stripe then try to connect the ground of the stripe also with the ground of the pi!

[@LeanHVAC]

I had the same exact problem and grounding on Pi fixed it.

[@InSaiyanShinobi]

Can I ask you suttin how would I ground the pi on this psu I have? I have this one www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07KC3KSHP?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title I’m powering the leds on that psu and the pi on its own brick I think that’s why my leds ain’t working right

[@BrummBilt]

I set it up this evening. Used HyperBian instead of installing through Raspbery OS. Also used WLED as the controller in the settings. Works like a champ. docs.hyperion-project.org/en/user/HyperBian.html#requirements

[@DrZzs]

Awesome!

[@LeanHVAC]

My LEDs won’t come on - using a Pi zero. Any tips?

[@SimonMuxlow]

@@LeanHVAC check your data line to your LEDs is connected correctly and pin 12 on the RPi.

[@LeanHVAC]

@@SimonMuxlow The GPIO pin is in position 18 as he explained in the video. Its a 12in male to female type breadboard wire

[@SimonMuxlow]

@@LeanHVAC Is it connected to pin 12 or 18? As it need to be pin 12 (6th in from the SD Card side, on the top row), which is GPIO18. If it's already hooked up to GPIO18, then I'd check your power supply.

[@slagresle]

amazing video, the only one that really helped me to make things work. Only comment, I had to connect a cable between the ground pin of the GPIO to the ground of the LED cable to have things working properly.

[@KenT-lb9or]

You saved my life. I spent tens of hours trying to figure out why my exact same setup wasn't working. Added a cable from ground pin to input GND on LED strip - Boom working.

[@MichaelJohnson-vt5de]

This is only if you don't have the Pi and the LEDs wired together to the power supply, correct?

[@slagresle]

@@MichaelJohnson-vt5de either way. connecting ground mutiple times won't hurt anyway.

[@MichaelJohnson-vt5de]

@@slagresle Thanks for the response. So I already have the GPIO-18 connected to the ground on the LEDs, you're saying connect another wire from ground on Pi back to the same ground on LEDs?

[@claudiuantohi8531]

in case someone has this problem: randomly blinking lights - you have to connect the GND from the LED strip to RPI GND pin. It fixed my problem. Later edit: If you want to fix also delay of leds (i had a 0.5-1 sec delay) I reduced resolution to 640x480 (you can reduce more) and set Size Decimation to 4

[@fetclay7830]

Help a noob out. Is that using a logic level shifter?

[@claudiuantohi8531]

@@fetclay7830 no, no, just RPi, just the 3rd pin from the GPIO18 row(6th pin) .

[@fetclay7830]

@@claudiuantohi8531 Thanks a bunch dude! I got it working now!

[@crudge]

I get the following error when unpacking Hyperion 2.0.0-alpha.9 - any ideas ? pi@Pi-BWC:~ $ sudo dpkg -i Hyperion-2.0.0-alpha.9-Linux-armv7l.deb (Reading database ... 165655 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack Hyperion-2.0.0-alpha.9-Linux-armv7l.deb ... ---Hyperion ambient light preinst --- Unpacking hyperion (2.0.0) over (2.0.0) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hyperion: hyperion depends on libcec4; however: Package libcec4 is not installed. dpkg: error processing package hyperion (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: hyperion

[@crudge]

OK - fixed it with - pi@Pi-BWC:~ $ sudo apt --fix-broken install

[@kemoblue4u]

@@crudge came to say thank you for posting the fix. Worked for me street I got stuck

[@becauseican7079]

Just finished my build and it works great! The kids love it. Thanks DrZzs👍🏻

[@3v4n5]

Im stuck at 16:57. For some reason I cant get my LEDS to turn on at all. I dont know what I am doing wrong.

[@PerditaGaming]

Same issue here @DrZzs

[@billbeddow1501]

@@PerditaGaming mine turn on and multiple colours but don’t respond to anything else. I can video capture but nothing else. Would be nice if the author would reply and give a little help.

[@jimturner7832]

excellent tutorial, I was lost in the weeds till I watched this

[@HaxSteve]

Damn boy😂😂 Same here 🙌

[@TheCowboysdude]

This is just so straight forward and easy to follow! Huge Thanks and PS it works great and looks REALLY AWESOME in my livingroom :) Thank you!!!!!!

[@tpmodding6950]

Hey Doc, I think this is the best Video on your Channel 8-)

[@DrZzs]

Wow, thanks!

[@MannYgfx]

Damn, I have a pi left over from a different project, seems like I just found my next one! Great video, pace and bunch of humor.

[@senseisuarez]

Just love it ! I will try to do this project ! Thanks !

[@RobArnett]

at 18:36 you use a wire connector, what is that called and where do I get it.

[@sewashburn0529]

I got my wire jumpers off of Amazon. About $5 for more than I will ever need.

[@newman4ever1]

One comment for everyone saying that they can't connect to the hyperion server after following your steps. I had the same exact problem at first. I previously had the pi connected to my router as a home assistant server and think there was an issue with the router communicating with the pi due to previous IP settings. I was able to fix it by doing a factory reset on my router, then just set it up again fresh start using same SSID and password as before. Once I did that, the hyperion server came right up without any issues.

[@kenlee2816]

Having the same issue will try this out

[@newman4ever1]

@@kenlee2816 Let us know how it goes. I have received almost all of the parts from aliexpress and should be finished setting up my system soon. Will post back with an update once everything is up and running.

[@Sym0nd0]

@@kenlee2816 If that didn't work use Hyperbian instead.

[@kenlee2816]

Sym0nd0 tried Hypberian out, but still didnt work. Also got this message when I booted up my pi , “ [time] timed out waiting for device /dev/serial1. [Depend] Dependency failed for configure bluetooth modems connected by wart. Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server....[Failed] Failed to start resize2fs_once.service see systemctl status for details

[@newman4ever1]

@@kenlee2816 Are you connecting your pi with ethernet or over wifi? Did you try resetting your router like I suggested? Might also consider trying a different SD card, but that's a less likely cause of the problem. If you do a fresh install of raspbian, can you ssh into the pi over ethernet?

[@johnseiler9823]

Great tutorial! All of your steps worked and were easy to follow. I had a bit of latency on a pi 0w with a usb hdmi capture card but managed to reduce it by dropping the framerate and resolution in the 'usb capture ' menu and had otherwise no performance issues.

[@FunkyZangel]

At around 14:55, you mentioned that the input is connected to the roku and the output is to the tv. What if my tv is a smart tv and the input is from the tv console? Should I connect an input from my tv and output to the tv as well?

[@greggrieb2933]

Wish this video was out in May of this year as that's when I built mine. Don't know how many video grabbers I have until I found one that worked. :) I'm using an HDMI splitter with mine so I also have an extra one of them because I forgot about 4K & HDR. Duh. Will be changing mine up some based on what I've learned from your video though. Thank you.

[@DrZzs]

Right on!

[@DigitalArchmage]

Can you help with a sticking point for me? I gather that if you want to do this with a 4k smart TV, there's no easy way to get the video out, so you need something like a Roku Ultra (HDMI out). I'm OK with leaving my TV on a single HDMI input forever (so it's not using its smart features anymore, but "boots" into the Roku TV). The annoying part of that will be turning on the TV with one remote (the TV remote) and then switching to the Roku Ultra's bluetooth remote (maybe another project for another day is to make a fun "TV ON" button that spits out the IR to turn the TV on - or even turning that into an Alexa enabled IR emitter, which might be a lot of fun to turn the TV on/off with anyway). I'm worried about the splitter/capture box, as it would have to support 4k in and out. The one you liked to I believe only outputs to 1080p (though it makes no distinction if it's outputting 1080 over what output(s)). If I end up using your box (for the loop out to USB feature) I suppose I could put a splitter [4k in -> 4k out (times two)] before it, and get my TV's feed from that splitter, so it retains 4k etc. My other question is about HDCP - I'm guessing at the moment that the USB loop output doesn't have HDCP at all, so I don't have to worry about Hyperion working with it.

[@iluvu2b]

Check the GreatScott video, he uses an alternate method to capture video that does not have HDCP issues or resolution drop. That said the loop device loops back the original signal at whatever resolution and pushes out a separate 1080p signal. I have used this method and the other method and seem to get better quality with the GreatScott method but I am using a very good quality HDMI splitter.

[@RicardoPenders]

I have a tip for you that you can use to get your audio on your videos better here on KZbin, the audio is always shutting down my receiver when you don't talk so I never hear the first word you say, if you'd have white noise on the background just hard enough to prevent your microphone from having no signal then we wouldn't have that problem when we watch your videos.

[@DrZzs]

thanks for the tip. I've thought about very quiet background music but have thought everyone preferred the silence.

[@RicardoPenders]

@@DrZzs the silence is great, background music I wouldn't recommend I know that I hate it when people have music in their videos and I wouldn't even watch if I hear music I'm out and many people do that so not recommended. That's why I say just use a white noise at a very low level so that nobody can hear it except your microphone so it's not having the no signal issue and you need the popping filter too, you can do a simple diy thing for that, just take a peace of cloth and wrap it around the mic and the popping will be gone, that happens when you're close to the mic and talk directly into the mic, you can also try to make the distance to the mic a bit more so you're not talking so direct into the mic.

[@TheHellis]

I think we should define "we". You have problems with that. Not "we". I would be very annoyed if there was white noise in the video.

[@RicardoPenders]

@@TheHellis we wouldn't hear the noise, it only helps with the mic having no signal. The purpose of the white noise isn't to annoy people and I know that I'm not the only person that is having the issue that there's no signal everyone with a separate receiver has it and the white noise only helps to prevent that from happening, nobody will be able to hear it.

[@ChrisBeard]

I wanted it. You showed me how to get it. You're right It looks dang cool! Thanks.

[@jongeiger3965]

Great info. Just completed my demo setup.

[@MatthiasStuebner]

I was successfully building this installation but experience a delay of i.e. 0.5s and the changes are not really smooth (as you showed in your video (around timecode 25:00 and up). Any idea what to look at. Used the power supply your recommended as as Raspberry 3.

[@AaronRB2000]

Thank you so much for an informative video with great explanation... you made it possible for all of us to follow...

[@DonGerico]

Wow I've seen a few tutorials on this and they overcomplicate the hell out of it. After seeing this I am now sold. I'm going to be giving this a try!

[@WEBCAMNEPAL]

Finally got mine working. Thank you for the great tutorial.

[@tugascrafts1573]

Great video DrZzs. Love you videos!

[@oui.monsieur]

Best explanation of the hyperion thanks pal

[@Platano0311]

Good evening, how did you find the wled address? at 10:50 I got lost when you input something in the target IP address? Did I miss something? Anything helps thank you!

[@Platano0311]

VbxLiveX thanks man for the help!!!!

[@dannydatt]

Fantastic walk through. Thanks so much for this

[@OspreySoul]

Looking at how you mounted the LEDs, that is exactly the opposite of what I assumed Hyperion's directions were showing. I assumed the displayed layout they showed was how the lights would be arranged if you were looking at the surface they were mounted to.

[@MrConcord75]

Another excellent tutorial! Thank you so much.

[@DrZzs]

You are so welcome!

[@mateus23p]

This Hyperion is supper nice project, it is even possible integrate to Home Assistant! Unfortunately, when you have TV with HDR and 4k or Dolby Vision, this is where problems arrives and costs are getting higher :( You need something to convert HDR, Dolby Vision to SDR, which is costly and i didn't found pocket solutions :/ Only one is HDFury which costs a lot

[@artjink]

By the time you factor in HDFury price into the equation, Philips (supposedly it now supports HDR10+ and Dolby Vision) option doesn't look all that expensive...

[@mateus23p]

@@artjink You are kinda right, I was considering that as well, but Philips Box is just transmitting lights to bulbs or lamps from Hue system (and this is great as well), but unfortunately you cannot do it on light strips (Hue Light strips cannot control each led on that strip - so all led on one strip are changing color)

[@flipside1o1]

cant you just use a splitter like this smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B083JVPXDY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[@graememellor8319]

Can't connect to @8090 on either my macbook or windows machines, have run the additional command "sudo apt install cec-utils" and no change.... this things going out the window shortly

[@jaredbourque4199]

Any help for a , this site can’t be reached. Pi ip refused to connect. 7:24

[@DrZzs]

do you get an IP address at this step? kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6Oydnuwl7tnbqM I'm not sure exactly why you wouldn't be able to see the hyperion control page if your pi is connected to your network.

[@jaredbourque4199]

Hey, thanks for the reply. I downloaded hyperbian and I was able to connect. The alpha 8 was not working, I went hunting and found other people who had the same problem and the recommendation was hyperbain.

[@fals3illusion]

Awesome tutorial, I would love to do this on my TV, only thing is its already a smart TV and I'm guessing there is no way to output the signal to the Capture card... or is there? Maybe do this to my triple monitor setup and see how it looks

[@yazidabdulhamid1349]

Can someone assist us. 😅

[@tabbertmj]

I don't know of any way to output the video signal. I think you would have to look at using the camera option.

[@kevinkantouth]

@@tabbertmj correct, you'd have to bust open the TV and splice the wires connecting the TV to the screen. Not something I'd recommend but maybe a KZbinr with a spare TV lying around could try out.

[@A.P.T]

Simplest solution! Thank you so much!

[@Refthoom]

I have a setup like this but I use a separate PSU for the pi. This way the pi and grabber keep running while I can switch off the power for the LEDs. I like the ambient lighting but not as an always on feature. Also, I used HyperBian which is a ready made image with Hyperion.NG (next gen) on it that you can write to your SD card. Zero installation! Fair warning, Hyperion.NG is still alpha so it might be unstable

[@DrZzs]

Good tip! Thanks! I didn't know about Hyperbian.

[@stereosympathy]

Nice! I did a DIY ambilight project with Hyperion about 5 years ago from GreatScott's channel. It looks the the process has come a long way since then. I might have to do this again!

[@volatilemolotov2298]

What is that grey connector @17:47 called?

[@88sCYTHe]

What's that power supply adapter thingy called? 17:40 EDIT: nvm, search for "barrel plug to conductor push down" or "DC 2.0 / 2.5 / 3.5 / 4.0 / 5.5 adapter" will get you far

[@xavierklaw]

Can you use a dig uno for bias lighting a TV or does it have to be Raspberry Pi? or do you sell prebuilt units shown?

[@MrAnthonygee68]

Great video, I've been wanting an ambient light for my TV but the phillips hue is too expensive, having watched your video, I reckon I could attempt this? I do however have a question, other diy builds on KZbin use an arduino as well as the pi, what are the reasons for this and do I really need to? Thanks in advance for any help given

[@wigs4197]

Have you looked into Govee lighting sold on Amazon? I purchased the Govee setup for 50$ with a coupon code last year. It’s not perfect but it does work actually works better then I thought it would. This probably works better but seems a little complicated plus I didnt have a computer or a raspberry pi so Govee it Phillips hue was my only option.

[@MrAnthonygee68]

@@wigs4197 I have looked at the govee but not overly impressed, I feel it doesn't produce a great colour that's shown onscreen. Thanks for the tip tho 👍🏻

[@robb65]

Man thank you so much for creating this!

[@TechkNEiK]

Yahh I havnt even tried it yet but I really like the way he explains everything really well

[@TwanJaarsveld1]

1:13 Wil this work on Plex installed on the tv it self

[@EsotericArctos]

I got one of those capture devices. @DrZzs : Do you ever find the Capture Device sometimes glitches and just gives white noise?

[@DrZzs]

Not that I've seen. Are you controlling the LEDs directly from the pi or with WLED? I've had weird behavior if I'm using a WLED controller and I'm swapping between sources. That's probably not the problem you're having though. Can you show me a video maybe of what it's doing?

[@EsotericArctos]

@@DrZzs I'll try and get something. I'll try another capture device first, just got to get one ordered :). I am using GPIO18 and a similar capture device to the one in your video. It works for about ten mins then drops to LEDS being all white, and when I look at the capture in Hyperion it just shows white noise.

[@EsotericArctos]

Got it figured out. Turned out to be a weak HDMI signal introduced by a faulty cable. The cables were high grade, but this one had a flaw in it. All is great now. 🙂

[@sewashburn0529]

I have the same problem you are talking about, so I will get some new cables and see if that fixes the issue. But the picture is OK on TV, it is just snowy/garbage/white noise in the live video preview screen in Hyperion. Using Hyperbian it works correctly though, so it is very confusing.

[@nicolasortuzar7457]

Wow I tried hyperion like 8 years ago and it was difficult to set up. Now is a total different history. I can imagine a dedicated rasp 1b+ should be enough right?

[@DrZzs]

I would expect it would be. Only one way to know for sure :)

[@Tom_Neverwinter]

@@DrZzs I'll let everyone know in a little bit, doing setup now

[@Tom_Neverwinter]

@@DrZzs answer is no. after reboot it kills the web interface. unable to proceed. github.com/hyperion-project/hyperion.ng/issues/891

[@Refthoom]

I have issues with a pi0W. On boot up it hangs when the usb grabber is connected. If the usb grabber is connected after boot up it works fine but I don't want to have to unplug the grabber each time I need to boot the pi0W. Pi3B works flawlessly

[@rik3729]

Hi Doc, I was missing a lot this kind of video tutorials on your channel, Livestreams are good but this tutorial is much intuitive and it inspires me a lot. Do you know if all streaming services like netflix, amazon prime, apple tv which are already implemented on the TV still works with this system ? I'm afraid not :( only video input coming from an HDMI port right? :(

[@DrZzs]

Thanks If your TV is "smart" and you use the apps that it runs this won't work :( Needs to be an external source, or running on the pi. There are off-the-shelf options that work with Android TV, but that's not going to help you either.

[@JesseAdams3]

@@DrZzs What if you have an hdmi output coming out of the tv into a receiver ? Would this hdmi output from the tv offer the same effect? (maybe the only thing to do is try it) I can just use the hdmi from an apple tv to tv as well I assume

[@bkucharski]

@@JesseAdams3 Is it a true HDMI Output or a HDMI port that supports ARC (Audio Return Channel) ? If the HDMI port does provide video output then in should work. If it's a HDMI port that supports ARC then the HDMI port only output audio. People generally use ARC to send audio from the TV to a receiver or soundbar. Hope this helps.

[@saschatrumm2852]

I bought this capture card from Amazon in DE. If there is no signal to the capture card, the device always sends such a test signal in colored strips. How can I tell Hyperion that it should switch off the LEDS (WS2812b).

[@Zugdar]

I've looked into these solutions before but many say that HDR and other advanced features are lost when you use an HDMI splitter/capture card. I'll check the channel video list but would totally love to see how a camera solution would work.