Adalight-FastLED VS HyperHDR

Software and Hardware used: I am using Adalight Fastled (https://github.com/dmadison/Adalight-FastLED) with a WS2812B strip.

Run Adalight with Prismatik.

The sketch I used for the DIY Ambilight can be found here: https://github.com/dmadison/Adalight-FastLED/blob/master/Arduino/LEDstream_FastLED/LEDstream_FastLED.ino

Use this code instead. Define the LED type, data, and clock pins at the top.

Of course, here it is: https://github.com/dmadison/Adalight-FastLED

I have uploaded a sketch Adalight-FastLED to an Arduino Mega. The following description is the requirement for my c# app that is using a slightly modified Ardity to send byte[] instead of strings to the Arduino.

another warning: the off the shelf kits come with a relatively low baked-in baudrate (115200, but confirm with your seller), this might limit your LED framerate, read this, so don't set your software to 360-noscope-fps capture right away... so either you are fine with what you'll get and you leave it at that or you want a higher rate, in which case you'll need to flash it with any other arduino ambilight sketch (such as this) with values that work for your board (any arduino ambilight tutorial on the subject will do)

I used this: https://github.com/dmadison/Adalight-FastLED If you need any further help, dm me. I'm electrician, so I didn't need to learn how the electronics work.

You can DIY your own with a IC-based RGB/RGBW strip and a rPi or x86 PC + ESP microcontroller using software like Hyperion or HyperHDR, combined with WLED.

This page https://github.com/awawa-dev/HyperHDR/wiki/Level-Shifter shows that a level shifter (3v3 to 5v) is needed for your lights.

If you're interested in a raspberry pi option using an hdmi splitter https://www.hyperhdr.eu

I spent a lot of time looking into this. Didn't want to lose HRD to implement Hyperion. I found the HyperHDR fork. Which will convert HRD signal to SDR and works really well out of the box. only thing I had to update was to turn the brightness down in the capture settings. Found a HDMI splitter on Amazon that handles CEC pass through. I lost Dolby Vision, because I couldn't find a splitter that will downgrade dolby vision to 1080p for the capture card. But I had to be honest with myself, I can't tell the difference between Dolby Vision and HDR 10+. Now I have an ambient light solution that allows me to keep HDR without dropping big bucks on something like HD Fury. Very Happy, works with HA still too.