[Boblight SupportThread] Update: 11-02-2014, Boblight 0.8R6

here is some update to the problem that the leds on the left side don't light up:
Today I had some time to observe and analyze the problem a bit more.
First I have to cancel the statement that the problem is dependent on a single channel. It is not. Furthermore it seems to be dependent on the content. Movies and commercials do work well as there are fast changing pictures with many different colours. TV shows with static cameras and static backgrounds suffer more often from the problem.
It seems that if the left side of the screen mainly consists of a steady, not very bright colour that the leds switch of. To light them up again, a bright colour spot surrounded by high contrast has to appear in the area. It looks like the range of brightness has reach some spectrum to activate the lights again. As long as the lights stay on a constant level (which in my view by far should be enough to let the leds shine, and it does that on the others sides of the screen) they stay off.
If you play with the settings, like minimal brightness the results differ. For min. brightness=0 the effect is as stated. For min. brightness 0.1 and above lights on the left stay on but loose their colors for sceenes described.

Does the grabber have any threshold (e.g. for detecting blackbars) which has to be exceeded for one side or a specific area to put the lights into action (again)? That might be the only explanation I could imagine... If, is there any chance to deactivate that and test again?

Picdumps still don't work as I wrote some posts ago, but I will try to make some video to help you get an impression.

thx & greetz noway42

Wow speedy, what have you change here ?

This version (boblightd) works very good for me.
The flashlight's on top are gone, picdump work's fine.

For me all is ok.

Hi Speedy.
I´ve tested the new r11 - flashlights are still existing, but less frequently.
You're on the right track ...

Thanks for the new version!

I´ve tested it immediatly - result:

* still flashlights (not only on top)
* colors do not match to the screen (SD-Stations)
* moodlamp still doesn´t work in standby

Sorry for bad news ...

Hi Speedy,

I can confirm chrisly's results.

But I think, you are getting close

hey Speedy,

thanks for the feedback and the new version. Now I was able to make picdumps which illistrate the problem quiete good.

Here is a comparison:
1.) made on the German Channel "Pro 7 HD" during the show "TV Total"
screenshot1: an example screenshot for the scene dumped
picdump1 (boblight_picdump_0007-0017): picdumps for that scene

2.) same channel, same show just not such an iterview but some kind of article
screenshot2: an example screenshot for the scene dumped
picdump2 (boblight_picdump_00018-0028): picdumps for that scene

As you can see, in example 1 there is a blackbar on the left (and a thin one on the right as well) whereas in example 2 everything is fine. Any idea for a workaround?

thx & greetz noway42

Picdumps SD (wrong colors) and HD (okay):

Edit: why are black stripes in my pictures?

Hi Speedy,

the delay for 1080i playback on Solo2 has gone. Perfect!

But there is still a delay in 1080p playback. Maybe you can fix this too?

Zitat

Original von speedyisfast

Jeb no problem, start with -k in terminal on that channel.
Place one line of that output in this thread.

you can start with -t delaynr replace delaynr in a nr what good is for you.
also post this number

gr speedy

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I will try to do this tomorrow. I'm a beginner, so it's not so easy for me. My wife wants to watch a movie today, so I have no chance today

He speedy,

I love you. Good work !

I have install the 6r13 using my old configs and it works perfectly for me.

The timings on SD, HD, Video are nearly perfekt.

Installation without problems and without own changeing's .

vu+ solo2 :-O

Thanks a lot.

Gruss Mirko

I installed this version (6r13) for vu + solo

1080p no delay, sometimes it is necessary to increase it
720X576 delay is very visible for all values

What's the problem? I tried to run boblight enigma2-with-t and different values. It never helps. (

sorry for my english)))

r13 works much better!
SD-Stations: no more problems!

Now I´ve only 2 problems:
* still flashlights (edit: with Sedu)
* moodlamp: wrong colors
menu shows the color correctly (3x255 = white), but the LEDs are yellow

r13 for me works just like r12.
- no flashlights (due to adalight I guess)
- moodlamp colours are fine, but just noticed one thing: is it right that the only moodlamp mode available is static? or do I just cannot change it?

- blackbar problem on the left: nothing changed, but I guess that was not the intention of r13.

thx for pushing updates so rapidly!

greetz noway42