An XBMC add-on that controls Philips Hue lights. In "Theatre mode" the add-on dims the the Philips Hue lights as soon as a movie starts playing, and turns the lights back on once the movie is done. "Ambilight mode" turns your Philips Hue lights in a room-sized ambilight
This project is no longer maintained. Feel free to fork away and have fun!
You might be interested in these forks that are still being developed:
- https://github.com/fritsch/script.kodi.hue.ambilight
- https://github.com/michaelrcarroll/script.kodi.hue.ambilight
- https://github.com/ErlendSB/script.kodi.hue.ambilight
- https://github.com/robwalch/script.xbmc.hue.ambilight
Want your project added here? You can contact me on my Github profile page.
The add-on depends on the XBMC add-on "requests" for the ambilight mode.
XBMC add-on script.module.requests
- Download the add-on as a ZIP file from https://github.com/beenje/script.module.requests
- (Right click on the "ZIP" icon and select "Download Linked File").
- Open XBMC
- Go to
System -> Settings -> Add-ons -> Install from zip file - Select the zip file.
XBMC add-on script.xbmc.hue.ambilight
- Download the add-on as a ZIP file from the top of this page
- (Right click on the "ZIP" icon and select "Download Linked File")
- Open XBMC
- Go to
System -> Settings -> Add-ons -> Install from zip file - Restart XBMC and configure the add-on:
System -> Settings -> Add-ons -> Enabled add-ons -> Services -> XBMC Philips Hue- Run
Start auto discovery of bridge IP and User.
Note for Raspberry Pi users:
- Save the add-on configuration by exiting XBMC before shutting down the Pi completely
- Ambilight mode doesn't work on a Raspberry Pi due to the way it renders video
- 2014-01-12 v 0.6.2 Minor improvements
- 2013-07-13 v 0.6.0 General improvements all around (by robwalch)
- 2013-05-25 v 0.5.0 Debug logging, livingwhite lights
- 2013-05-04 v 0.4.0 Advanced settings
- 2013-04-25 v 0.3.6 Custom dimmed brightness in theatre mode
- 2013-04-02 v 0.3.4 Ambilight is more responsive
- 2013-04-01 v 0.3.3 Rename to script.xbmc.hue.ambilight
- 2013-02-25 v 0.3.1 Improved handling for grouped lights
- 2013-01-27 v 0.1.0 Initial release