Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Philips Hue bulbs - plugin to sync them to music via LMS?

2013-06-10 Thread pomatomus
mikerob wrote: There's a review of them here, and this mentions there can be a 20-30sec delay before the lights respond to a command. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/04/philips_hue_review/ So it doesn't look like it would be possible to get the lights flashing in time to the music,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Philips Hue bulbs - plugin to sync them to music via LMS?

2013-06-10 Thread SlimChances
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Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Philips Hue bulbs - plugin to sync them to music via LMS?

2013-06-10 Thread Marsupial
thanks for reporting out pomatomus! Can we actually control on/off in addition to coloration trough the network? These could be a very good addition to many applications I can think of... Marsupial's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Philips Hue bulbs - plugin to sync them to music via LMS?

2013-06-10 Thread pomatomus
Marsupial wrote: thanks for reporting out pomatomus! Can we actually control on/off in addition to coloration trough the network? These could be a very good addition to many applications I can think of... I'm no coder, but it certainly looks very flexible - the API is published and it

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Philips Hue bulbs - plugin to sync them to music via LMS?

2013-06-07 Thread mikerob
There's a review of them here, and this mentions there can be a 20-30sec delay before the lights respond to a command. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/04/philips_hue_review/ So it doesn't look like it would be possible to get the lights flashing in time to the music, but some sort of mood

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Philips Hue bulbs - plugin to sync them to music via LMS?

2013-06-07 Thread Marsupial
The phillips bulbs might not be adequate, but there are certainly other alternatives. using microcontroller computer software might do the trick to change RGB led string to follow beat, something in the lines of what they do with TV images

[SlimDevices: Plugins] Philips Hue bulbs - plugin to sync them to music via LMS?

2013-06-06 Thread pomatomus
Just got a starter set of Philips Hue bulbs, and I'm wondering if anyone is giving thought to writing a plugin to make them work with squeezebox/lms. There's various android and ipod apps available (Philips own app, Ambify for light/music sync, probably more), as well as homebrewed windows