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My solution for now on my Win 10 HTPC:
-Activate Ambibox Plugin in Kodi
-Use Ambibox with "Screen capture -> Windows 8"
I use a different aspect ratio than 16: 9.
I use 21:10, so the colors are not read at the edge.
This works perfectly for films with black bars as well as for full-screen movies.
Liquid representation with high framrate. I feel the result of the lights very well.
And over the plugin in Kodi, I can adjust that Ambibox only runs when I see a movie and otherwise stops again.
I do not know why you need the interface to Kodi directly. I am very happy with this solution.
For me, the colors remained often when I used the Kodi script.
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I will try, doesn't that require to use fullscreen window mode? IIRC that gave me issues in the past.
Don't you lose color correctness using 21:10 on fullscreen 16:9?
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"Don't you lose color correctness using 21:10 on fullscreen 16:9?"
For me not visible.
But you can also set ratio to 16:9 and horizontal stretch the zones.
Thus the zone goes from the edge to under the black bars.
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I created a profile in Ambibox (Screen capture -> Windows 8) and renamed it as KODI.
In Kodi i set the default video profile to KODI. Thats it.
Now the Ambibox profile with screen capture is starting and stopping if i watch tv or a movie,
Same for the music profile. I created therefore a profile with the music plugin in Ambibox.
If i hear music the music profile is starting. No magic ;-)
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2017-01-10, 02:17
(This post was last modified: 2017-01-11, 19:14 by Maboz.)
doesn't work for me. The "on video playback" option does nothing. basically if I set the default profile to win 8 capture, it works, but also in the main menu. If I set it to enable the profile on video playback it does nothing. I also tried to set it to "Ask for profile" or "Turn off leds", and it still does nothing at all.
I understand your idea is to select a given profile on video playback, but on Krypton RC2 and on my system, the add-on can't detect video playback.
UPDATE: I gave up and moved to boblight, it seems to be working good enough for my needs. Thank you regardless for your help.
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2017-01-21, 19:58
(This post was last modified: 2017-01-22, 03:51 by tour93.)
Hello,
I just started using Ambibox yesterday. I can run it very well on W7 with VLC, lights are really smooth. I have 3 sides setup.
But with Kodi only 2 sides are working, the last side doesn't light up at all. If I reverse the path in Ambibox, it's the opposite side that doesn't work this time. Only the starting vertical and the top horizontal are light up.
I put Kodi.log here (removed)
Thanks.
Never mind, I changed Kodi to windowed, it worked, changed it back to full screen and now it's working fine.
I did have to change the "smooth" setting in Ambibox, lights were flickering.
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I just figured out that during music playing with Milkdrop2, for the lights to come up I needed to change the Ambibox profile, I chose the profile that works with Windows (not KodiDirect)
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So now, it's back lighting up only 2 sides during movies or TVshows, but if I choose on the fly my Windows Profile(Ctrl+3 for me), it's working fine. There is no rhyme or reason why it doesn't work. The windows setting should not work with Kodi but it does here.
I can feel the HDMI capture coming.
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Hi
after upgrading to Kodi 17 my ambibox plugin has stopped working. Do you have the same problem?
cheers
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Same Problem that Briefer... Not working anyway.. only in V16...
