Boblight possible?

hey guys, i got a new makefile set in my repo
now, you should be able to to compile it all natively on a vanila raspbian

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git clone https://github.com/Stasik0/omxplayer
cd omxplayer
./prepare-native-raspbian.sh
make boblight
make ffmpeg
make
make dist


@plfort: increasing --boblight-sizedown and margin will increase the quality... test how far you can get

This settings seems to be used by boblight-X11, (http://code.google.com/p/boblight/wiki/Compiling) in this case I don't think it is usefull for us.

This options are defined in options.h, and set with SetOption in boblight_client.cpp for all lights (if param "lightnr" <0).

These settings are from boblight addon from xbmc and im using it to soften thing, and i have no -X11 at all!

@VZoltan: Yes I see, but I doubt that it is useful

@VZoltan: Yes I see, but I doubt that it is useful

Well i will show you the difference between using it with xbmc and without with this build.
And youll see how useful it is
Ill make vids tomorrow

@VZoltan: ok I trust you
Maybe it is possible to set this options when starting boblightd

@VZoltan: ok I trust you
Maybe it is possible to set this options when starting boblightd

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=116331

Meaning of the settings

* Saturation and value are multipliers for HSV color space: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_and_HSV

* Speed is a factor for a first order lowpass filter, it goes from 0 to 100, the higher you set it the faster the lights react.
Autospeed adjusts the speed on top of that based on how fast the colors are changing, it kind of sucks to be honest.

* Interpolation is a setting for a boblightd output device, when it's on it will interpolate between the last two writes of a client, I suggest turning it off in the xbmc addon.

* Pixels below the threshold value will be considered as black pixels, it goes from 0 to 255, I suggest setting it to something like 10.

hey folks, now i see what are you talking about... give me a couple of days, i will build it in

hey guys, i got a new makefile set in my repo
now, you should be able to to compile it all natively on a vanila raspbian

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git clone https://github.com/Stasik0/omxplayer
cd omxplayer
./prepare-native-raspbian.sh
make boblight
make ffmpeg
make
make dist


tried this on a new fresh install of raspbian ( http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/images ... spbian.zip )
but not worked

after compiling for like 3 hrs (on 800mhz) the ffmpeg (with bunch of warnings), it gave errors at the end, and thats the end of it

make ffmpeg

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make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/pi/omxplayer/ffmpeg'
strip ffmpeg_compiled/usr/local/lib/*.so
strip: 'ffmpeg_compiled/usr/local/lib/*.so': No such file
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/pi/omxplayer'
make: *** [ffmpeg] Error 2
pi@raspberrypi ~/omxplayer $

then make:

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In file included from linux/RBP.h:45:0,
                 from linux/RBP.cpp:22:
./DllBCM.h:34:22: fatal error: bcm_host.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make: *** [linux/RBP.o] Error 1
pi@raspberrypi ~/omxplayer $



make dist

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In file included from linux/RBP.h:45:0,
                 from linux/RBP.cpp:22:
./DllBCM.h:34:22: fatal error: bcm_host.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make: *** [linux/RBP.o] Error 1
pi@raspberrypi ~/omxplayer $



so ffmpeg is compiled but not installed... i will test it further, drop testing for now plz

for now please play with the new version http://vzoltan.com/stasiko/omxplayer.bin

now you can pass multiple --boblight-option to it, like --boblight-option interpolation=1 etc

for now please play with the new version http://vzoltan.com/stasiko/omxplayer.bin

now you can pass multiple --boblight-option to it, like --boblight-option interpolation=1 etc

i will try this one too but first i have to reimage my sd with your image again (got corrupted )

works very fine with this settings

omxplayer -p --boblight-host localhost -b --boblight-margin 5 -o hdmi --boblight-sizedown 112 --boblight-timeout 35 --boblight-option interpolation=0 --boblight-option speed=40 --boblight-option autospeed=0 --boblight-option saturation=1.2 --boblight-option value=1.5 --boblight-option threshold=20

Thanks for your work!
I love it

It is perfect ! Really

for now please play with the new version http://vzoltan.com/stasiko/omxplayer.bin

now you can pass multiple --boblight-option to it, like --boblight-option interpolation=1 etc

finally managed to get things working again:)
now your 8gb image is running on a 4gb usb pendrive boots from SD, so it will not get corrupted again . ( i will upload this img, it is only 3.7 gb so a 4gb usbdrive would be enough for this, nothing is modified, only the newest boblight daemon is compiled and installed to get native supprot for ws2801 leds, and it has your newest omxplayer.bin in it.)

i have one problem, it doesnt pickup the subtitle (external srt file)
i know: s Toggle subtitles, but it doesnt.

does it display subtitles to anyone else?


THX

no idea about titles

btw.... you can now try to checkout my repository and compile... makefiles seem to work...

or just download the whole package from http://www.vzoltan.com/stasiko/omxplayer-dist.tar.gz and extract the archive to / (you may need to use sudo). You can use the dist on virtually any linux system on RPi.

no idea about titles

btw.... you can now try to checkout my repository and compile... makefiles seem to work...

or just download the whole package from http://www.vzoltan.com/stasiko/omxplayer-dist.tar.gz and extract the archive to / (you may need to use sudo). You can use the dist on virtually any linux system on RPi.

IT WORKS WITH RASPBMC (downloaded, extracted, and copy to its place, and run )

pi@raspbmc:~$ omxplayer -p --boblight-host localhost -b --boblight-option interpolation=1 --boblight-option speed=25 --boblight-option autospeed=12 --boblight-option saturation=1.1 --boblight-option value=1.5 --boblight-option threshold=20 /path/video.mp4
and works:) note: who has raspbmc with running XBMC, first you have to quit xmbc:
sudo initctl stop xbmc
then run omxplayer


THX!!!!

ps.: pls try a video with subtitle, thx

I have been following this thread for some days. I am really excited about the progress Stasik0 has achieved with the omxplayer.
As i have some knowlegde about Linux, but very little about XBMC, here is my question: Would it be possible to replace the "standard" omxplayer in XBMC with the customized one from Stasik0 ?
Thanks for the answer and for the possibilities you created.
lupus

integration into XBMC will be the next step I am going to do after taking a week off or smth...

btw I have updated http://www.vzoltan.com/stasiko/omxplayer-dist.tar.gz the delay in boblight update is *theoreically* a bit lower... replace only omxplayer.bin

integration into XBMC will be the next step I am going to do after taking a week off or smth...

btw I have updated http://www.vzoltan.com/stasiko/omxplayer-dist.tar.gz the delay in boblight update is *theoreically* a bit lower... replace only omxplayer.bin

Downloaded, replaced /usr/bin/omxplayer.bin

not much of a difference for my settings, maybe i just cant see it

I need to buy some LEDs to try this boblight omxplayer.
Any suggestions for a set of LEDs suitable for a 32" TV available in/to the UK.
Thanks.

search ebay for WS2801 or LPD8806 based leds

This project looks amazing and I'm about the pull the trigger on an RGB strip.
I was planning on a 48LED/M LPD8806 strip, but then I did some basic math. With a 61" TV, I need three meters just to cover the top and sides. At 24 ICs per meter, that's 432 channels! I was hoping to use the Pi as both the deamon and client. Is this too much for one Pi to handle? Would I be better off with 32LED,16IC/M = 288 channels?

Thanks!

i guess it will be too much, why not going for ws2801? the leds there can be placed on variable distance: http://www.adafruit.com/images/large/ID322_LRG.jpg

i guess it will be too much, why not going for ws2801? the leds there can be placed on variable distance: http://www.adafruit.com/images/large/ID322_LRG.jpg

Any info from xbmc/omxplayer+subtitle on github?
How is your project going?

@skyblaster
Use ws2801 i have those too

you can follow the pull requests https://github.com/huceke/omxplayer/pulls

for the project, i did talk to Bob (the author of boblight), and he will try to bring my commits into the xmbc next week or so...