Sim Racing AMBIENT LIGHTING with Govee at a FRACTION OF THE COST of Philips Hue!

in this video I'll show you that you can have ambient lighting on your sim rig if you already have some Govee lights! This video was inspired by James L Simsports on KZbin so please go check him out and thank him if you found it useful. youtube.com/@j...
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[@brianz7850]

As someone that has Govee lights myself and a big fan of Govee in general, this is a big discovery. Thanks to James for discovering it and Dave for amplifying it!

[@tagsxa]

First off, THANK YOU!!!! Secondly, I wanted to just throw out there that if you're looking to replicate what the lighting would be, within a cockpit setting, you'll want to make the lighting sensor areas just focus on the bottom 10-20% of your screen height. Additionally, you'll want stay away from the middle 25% of the width of the viewing area. This way, your govees will only replicate what your car's interior is affected by (without your dashboard lights), instead of a bunch of external (to the cockpit) triggers. It's INSANELY immersive when driving at night, in a well-lit track (ie: Daytona or the like).

[@joshchausse7942]

Amazing comment I had no idea how to set up the lighting. Definitely keeping it down low and near the dash makes it so immersive I would have never thought it would be this good.

[@jameslsimsports8514]

Big Ups Dave, James L here. Great video as usual. And many thanks for sending users my way to get the lights set up. Some other good news, @Wotever has mentioned the lights will be able to show flags in a future uodate. I know a few users were asking about that. Simhub just gets better and better. Anyhow, cheers Mate.

[@davecamm]

That's great news!

[@chriskonieczny9372]

@@davecammwhich model are you using please? 6054 or 6056? How are they powered up- mains or usb?

[@TLTUG]

You don't need Razer app, or Govee desktop. But of course you need the app on your phone to setup and turn of the govee lights. You just need simhub up to date. You can ignore installing any software on your computer except simhub and enable the plug-in. I have set my govee lights without any software on my computer except simhub. It works great

[@jimpfitzinger9604]

I just bought 4 H6056 lamps. I was going to mount 2 over the center screen and 1 each over the side monitors. Will SimHub be able to identify the location of each lamp. Any set up help is appreciated.

[@TLTUG]

@@jimpfitzinger9604 you need to manually select the part of the screen for each light. I would turn on each light in sim hub to test which is which

[@ericschemetat6081]

Hi Dave , that's so amazing. I was planned to buy Philipps Hue but now, that's a game changer. Thanks a lot for the video, regards from France 😉😉

[@sylvanovitch1969]

Been using Govee for two years and love it.

[@steppen2k]

Great should Dave! Appreciate pointing us in the right direction!

[@butchgorski4836]

For $159 USD for the Phillip hue play starter kit that comes with the hub there is NO comparison. You save a little money with the Govee, but the effects are not even close (yes I’ve had both). Also, that’s a pretty good placement of your lights, any lower you’d be dealing with the light reflection on your monitors. Great video none the less. 👍

[@davecamm]

But this cost me nothing as I already had the lights 😁

[@butchgorski4836]

⁠@@davecammThey cost you something when you bought them 😊.

[@davecamm]

True, but I've had them for a couple of years so doesn't feel like it 😁

[@drconflict629]

1/3th the price is apparently saving a "little money" according to you 😂 And the effects are driven by simhub, not govee or hue software so your comment makes no sense man.

[@Schmitty4564]

This is pretty excellent! I already have 6 of those bars under my chair and behind my triples that I've used just as a single color. Definitely will check this out! Thanks for the video, and I'll thank James too

[@cpsstudios]

Dude!!! You rock!

[@ryansgarage214]

Thanks for sharing! Also thanks for James for sharing.. ordered the lights today on Prime deals!

[@jedijon1228]

Loving this new content Dave, all this information just goes to show the you are a 'S m Racer just like us us' - have a great day buddy 👌

[@DonUtz1975]

Got the same Govee setup since a few weeks. It's good additional immersion for just a few bucks. Shot it for 40 Euros.

[@heelandtoeknee]

Very good tip! 💪 afaik Govee wouldn’t be compatible with my existing Hue system. But for all the Hue users: IKEA bulbs are compatible and a bit cheaper! Thanks for hinting on yet another immersion bringer for our rigs! Have a good day Dave! 👋

[@SlightlyDusted]

interesting, i'll investigate the ikea bulbs

[@AdamB5000]

Thanks for the video. I want to do something like this for my cockpit. I would like to try bouncing the light off of walls on the back side of the monitors. Just another small thing that may add to immersion.

[@Plymouyhian]

Very nice. Thanks Dave!

[@marbrey]

In another youtube video I saw that someone did only use the bottom third of the screen as a reference for the light to simulate the reflective light of the dashboard. Maybe this is also worth a try.

[@kmart55]

What mounting brackets did you use to position the light bars where you did?

[@bearsjunky23hof88]

I have the govee tv backlight with the camera. And I love it, it is very cool. It reacts to your monitors/ t v and projects the main colors to the Wall behind your monitor. It gives me a good sense of speed, but it doesn't really help me get faster, it's just cool. I would recommend it for single monitor set up though. I can't see how it would work with triple screens.

[@salomaj]

Yep, I was going to go this route as I use the camera system on my TV. Govee actually came out with a "better" alt which is HDMI passthrough to avoid the camera and have more accuracy. Unfortunately they completely screwed up making the box only HDMI 2.0. Which sucks as you can't do 4k HDR @120hz, for example.

[@Mancave_Racecar]

As someone who has the Hue play at setup for my ambient lighting and has also used the Govee/SimHub configuration, the Govee system doesn’t even compare. It’s a fraction of the price because it’s a fraction of the quality. The Govee bars do a terrible job of adjusting to the lighting scenarios and are significantly dimmer than the Hue play bars. Where the play bars put off natural colored lighting the Govee system will put out colors (IE: using the road way to adjust for lighting the Hue shows natural warm and cool tones, the Govee will show blue). The Govee/SimHub route was an absolutely terrible experience in comparison to the Hue system. I had high hopes due to the ability to precisely pin point where on the screen you want the data to be pulled from. Which is why I wanted to try the Govee method in the first place. After tons of playing around with the system I was left completely underwhelmed and switched back to my Hue system.

[@davecamm]

It should be much better for the cost. If that isn't an issue the Hue is better of course but that's not the point of this video 👍

[@thdees]

Hey guys, Just a word of warning. I have had Razer Synapse installed before and it can cause issues with controller software so if you notice you start having problems with pedals, wheels, joysticks etc it is probably the reason. I had it for a gamepad I was using and have since uninstalled. Thrustmaster Target software does not play nice with it for instance.

[@jacksawyer7300]

I've had these govee lights set up with the screen camera jobby they give you. It does a decent job but nothing like this. I'm gonna have to give this a go

[@nicholasmarshall3191]

Thanks Dave.

[@bubbles1525_]

Do you have to always change profile when switching cars? Or is it set it and forget it?

[@TobiwanKentobiSimracing]

I am using the camera based version of these lights. Might be a bit flimsier to adjust, but there's no background software or signal pass through needed with that. But I am surprised that your lights are so weak in brightness. I suggest setting the area of the monitors being used by the software according to the area were the windshield and door windows are rendered. My lights are quite a bit brighter because the camera based version sort of looks for areas with certain outstanding colours and brightness, so if the car windows are flooded with sunlight the govee lights are quite bright. All in all, yes, the Govee lights are a much better option for this type of ambilight than the Philips Hue stuff.

[@drconflict629]

Do you need the govee desktop app if you have the mobile app though?

[@DanielOliverRacing]

THANK you for this video.

[@ContrabandRacing]

much easier than expected

[@brappineau4161]

I just did all this too. My hope was that simhub could relay shift light or rev limiter information.... unfortunately it's limited to screen ambiance

[@vinreddy]

Great video! My sim rig PC is connected to my home network via Ethernet. How do I get Razer and the Govee lights to work without switching to wifi?

[@MasterCamus]

You back with triples 😊

[@davecamm]

Yes, for a couple of weeks now. Computer issues fixed 😁

[@MasterCamus]

@@davecamm ☺️

[@salomaj]

Thanks Dave, great video. I kinda was chasing this with my govee lights and did everything but hook to simhub (didn't know of the plugin). However, my goal was to see if we could use them as regular LEDs and send FLAGs, or RADAR telemetry.

[@davecamm]

Yes I was more interested in the flags side of things. Still not sure if it's possible

[@salomaj]

@@davecamm Govee has an API... I requested a key, and I'm going to see if there's a way to integrate with simhub, that would be the ultimate goal.

[@MrEelement]

@@salomajdid you do this?

[@salomaj]

@@MrEelement Never got an an API key. But still hoping this happens someday.

[@MrEelement]

Oh? I went on the Govee home app(mobile), settings, and clicked “apply for an api key” and got one within half an hour. I use it for the Govee X StreamDeck plug-in, I have on and off buttons for my Govee Glide.

[@theicon0508]

Important Question! Is it possible to use them as a flag light?

[@B0JACK]

I have tried this with the h6046 and i have not been able to get it to work. It looks like razer synapse cant actually change the color even though it looks all good and simhub can't find the light. I'm guessing mine are not compatible as in the govee desktop app i dont get the wifi icon.

[@SlightlyDusted]

I bought a Govee light strip during the recent Prime Day sale, turns out you can only do this with the lights that are wifi/bluetooth & not just bluetooth.

[@elvish4432]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaave………… Hi Buddy Have a good day- thanx for the content 🤘👍✌️

[@SFwheelman]

My light dont have the LAN Control Switch in the settings menu.

[@kevinjacobs1247]

Having an Issue !!!! When i select add a govee device i just keeps scanning ...........Any Suggestions ?

[@Adrian.A.V.]

Hello Dave, what support do you use to place them?

[@FunduroFindYourPath]

Does anybody try with H6009 govee RGBW bulb?

[@chriskonieczny9372]

Is there one or two lights in the pack?

[@eurodj101]

2

[@GugaALBERTON]

Dave i'm upgrading my simulator, which is better for playing, both competing and immersion... a 31.5 inch curved monitor or a 34 inch ultrawide monitor?

[@davecamm]

You'll get more fov out of the 34" 👍

[@MIMCKMedia]

Can you tell me why Razor App is needed for this?

[@_CUBED_]

For the things to actually work?

[@rafaeldts8980]

Nice video Dave. How about mouting?

[@davecamm]

I've no idea. I've still to work that out 🫤

[@dday110]

The youtube link isn't working

[@davecamm]

Should be good now. Thanks for the heads up 👍

[@MIMCKMedia]

Does it work with the govee g1 strip?

[@Rene_Bo]

I actually took my hue down, its not no where near as easy to pin point where it should take the light from at the screen. That looks 100x more user friendly..

[@anthcesana]

Check out Alex Kay video on the Hue lights. He gives an excellent example of how to easily and effectively set them up in software. I use 2 light bars and I was sort of along the same lines of thinking, they are a hassle. But this video is a good one to try. Also try not to run them at 100% brightness, it's WAY too much (in my setup anyway). I stick to more like 40-50% brightness in game.

[@Rene_Bo]

Thanks, will check it out mate! @@anthcesana

[@s007ren1]

Hello all, based on this i ordered myself a set of H6056, yesterday evening i run trough the setup and successfully connected it to my Wifi, if i go the settings of the device i'm missing the button to enable Lan Control, the hardware version of my set is the same as the one in Dave's movie, the firmware is 2 sub releases higher as it was updated last night, i spent a few hours on Redit and Govee support but no solution so far, maybe someone has come across this problem and managed to solve it ?

[@jischjosch5094]

same for me -.- Govee Support told me to wait for the app update (V6.0) which i installed yesterday. No fix

[@s007ren1]

@@jischjosch5094 they have send me another email to delay the fix until middle of march with release 6.1, if you manage to get it working let me know ...

[@GiosSimCorner]

I just got the same model and having the same exact issue no Lan control feature on the app @@s007ren1

[@rickr5251]

Same. No luck

[@tansoracinggroup7429]

Make sure your modem is set at 2.4g

[@madmustangrc214]

I tried this with no success. I can't find a option for lan anyplace.

[@eurodj101]

Need to update the lights than it shows up...same thing happened to me

[@madmustangrc214]

I will look in to it thank you.

[@eurodj101]

@@madmustangrc214 Make sure u are on the 2.4ghz wifi not 5ghz...its grumpy with 5ghz

[@madmustangrc214]

I do believe I tried on the 5 GHz I will check when I get home.

[@madmustangrc214]

Must have been an update I have lan now and they work thanks.

[@sausagedodgersracing]

Just got a deal on AMAZON £42

[@mrsdavecam]

1st

[@TheBbarrow79]

you skip over so much stuff. you dont show you actually doing it.

[@davecamm]

This isn't a tutorial video. It's just explaining it can be done and what you need.

[@moschidreamer]

In VR which is 1000x better no ambient light needed.

[@davecamm]

Not everyone likes vr mate.

[@matta2738]

Vr is nowhere near where it need to be to say its even 2x better

[@liamconway3965]

Personal choice really

[@lasttrueviking3687]

VR users are like Vegans, they really can't help but tell you they're better.

[@mercenarysaw]

​@@lasttrueviking3687😅. what about a VR user with triples also😂