Anyone decoding TV to drive Ambilight type LEDs?
Fernand
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Hi, been a while.
Has anyone tackled decoding TV signals, say composite, or component, to derive average or region RGB values to drive (LED) lights around the TV borders, like the Philips Ambilight? A lot of people run a program called (I think) Boblight on a PC that then passes data over to a light controller, but that assumes the video originates on the PC, not very useful for movies coming from satellite or cable or Uverse. A standalone decoder would be cool, and a Prop seems like the knife of choice. Any thoughts?
Has anyone tackled decoding TV signals, say composite, or component, to derive average or region RGB values to drive (LED) lights around the TV borders, like the Philips Ambilight? A lot of people run a program called (I think) Boblight on a PC that then passes data over to a light controller, but that assumes the video originates on the PC, not very useful for movies coming from satellite or cable or Uverse. A standalone decoder would be cool, and a Prop seems like the knife of choice. Any thoughts?
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http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php/135244-Propeller-Backpack-COLOR-NTSC-Capture
This captures whole bitmaps but averaging the pixels should not be a big problem.
Andy