MQTT ambilight

Docker application to get the average color of a webcam/video capture device and broadcast it over MQTT

How to use

Get it on DockerHub:

• Raspberry Pi version: https://hub.docker.com/r/whitebird/mqtt-ambilight-rpi/
• Regular version: https://hub.docker.com/r/whitebird/mqtt-ambilight/

To run the application:

• Copy configuration.example.yaml to configuration.yaml and add your mqtt details.
• Run it with a command like this:

docker run -it \
    -v ~/mqtt-ambilight/configuration.yaml:/configuration.yaml \
    --device=/dev/video0:/dev/video0 \
    --net="host" \
    -t mqtt-ambilight

Debugging

There is a testing application in the tester directory that connects with the mqtt details in configuration.yaml. It shows a window with the published as the background color.

To use it you need to install the dependencies in requirements.txt with: pip install -r requirements.txt. Then run it with python main.py.

Note: The tester tool is built with tkinter so it needs a desktop environment to work.