Video capture with smart tv

  • Hello,


    I've using WLED lights for a few years now and just came to learn how they can be used with ambilighting and am excited to do an implementation. I've come to learn that Hyperion is probably the route I want to go. Everything seems pretty straight forward, with the exception of video capture. I am planning on using it with a smart tv that has Google TV built in. I was hoping to be able to just just this somehow without having to pass through an external HDMI dongle solution. I saw that there was an capture app for Android, but that app is no more. This seemed like the perfect solution, so I'm hoping that there is a more modern solution? Is there some kind of hardware that I could plug into a USB or HDMI port on my TV that would capture the video and send it to Hyperion? Or am I stuck having to buy something like Google TV (even though it's already installed on the TV) and going through that?


    Thank you.

  • That's the Android screen grabber I had mentioned. It no longer works and hasn't been updated in 7 years.

  • I just installed the mobile version of the grabber on my phone. This is working. But i can not test the tv version.

    What does the hyperion log say when using the app?

    Pi4 | LibreElec | Hyperion 2.0.17-beta.3+PR1860 | Rudihorn DRM-VC4-Grabber | SN75174 Driver | SN75176 Receiver | WS2812

  • get the app from Github.


    btw: android Hyperion grabber works, but not with DRM content.


    so Netflix/hulu/Amazon and all kinds of streaming services will give you black screen.

    youtube works btw.


    to evade this you need to use the HDMI + HDCP compliant equipment

    or the camera route, point a canera at tour tv screen. grab that image trough network or analog in Hyperion.NG

  • Why not simply download it from the link i gave you?

    Too easy?8o

    Best regards

    Pi4 | LibreElec | Hyperion 2.0.17-beta.3+PR1860 | Rudihorn DRM-VC4-Grabber | SN75174 Driver | SN75176 Receiver | WS2812

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