You're really unlucky, I order tons of stuff every week and it gets to France usually in 2 weeks, never more than 3.
France is A LOT closer to China, Russia, Poland, etc. than Canada is. LOL
I have been looking at the link you posted for the last 30ish min and they have some really good prices. I might just buy everything from there. Still tho, the shipping time is a pain in the A$$. LOL
And to buy your Led strip, the official "BTF Lightning" shop on Aliexpress will save you a lot of money as stated by @jeroen warmerdam .
That's awesome that I can save a good amount of $, thanks for that!! The only issue I have is that Aliexpress takes FOREVER to ship! I ordered something from there about 3ish years ago and it took (I'm not even joking here) 8 months to get to me. I know that's pretty rare but I have found that the average is still over a month.
You make so good points @jeroen warmerdam, Ill go with the APA102 60/M and use my PSU.
Does anyone have any good info about splitters for 4K/HDR etc? Will one of the 2 splitters I posted work?
even with 30leds/m (i think) is more than okay.
advantage with less led is that you can run them on maximum brightness, which improves density of the colours. I've experimented with 60 Leds/m but its too bright, at least for me
now i am running the APA102 30 Leds/m on maximum brightness so there you go
The PSU I have can do 170W on 5V so the 60/M should go full brightness. The website says that a full 5M uses 90W, even if that was a mistake I still have 80W of wiggle room. If I don't use this PSU its just going to sit there doing nothing, so I may as well use it.
Fair enough, I can go with this one. https://www.superlightingled.c…64ft-per-roll-p-1169.html
It's also an APA102 so from what I have read it should be better for this application. It says that a roll uses 90W so the PSU will be enough to also power the PI as well.
Now that we figured that out, anyone have any good ideas for the splitter? The HDfury just seems unnecessarily expensive.
So I was looking at the specs for the PSU. It says its +5V X 30A = 170W and +12V X 18A = 600W.
I want to go with the 144/m so it gives me good coverage and a lot of light. My TV is a little over a foot away from the wall and I have no way of changing that.
If my calculations are right then the PSU won't be able to power the 5V LEDs, so I guess I have to go with the 12V.
As for the splitter I also found this. https://canada.desertcart.com/…yuv-4-4-4-hdr-edid-scaler
Someone suggested it in another post. It's a little pricy but if it works then ill get it.
Hi all!!!
I have wanted an ambient system for my TV for a while now, so I figured it's about time! The only thing I think I'm having issues with is the LED strips. Let me know what you guys think. I have a 65" 4K HDR Samsung with a Samsung soundbar. I have 2 devices connected to the soundbar/tv so I figured I will connect the ambient system after the soundbar before going to the tv. That way everything connected can use the ambient system and I don't have to worry about high-end audio with any kind of a splitter.
System brains = raspberry pi 3
HDMI Splitter =
Will this splitter work for HDR or do I have to get the HDfury?
Capture Card =
Arduino Nano =
Power = I have an old Corsair 620W sitting around that I don't need anymore. I'll use this to connect everything. https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12867
LED Strips = this one I have a few questions about. I'm looking at 2 different options here. With a 65" TV I believe ill need just short of 5M.
https://www.superlightingled.c…-ribbon-light-p-2134.html
and
https://www.superlightingled.c…8-ft-per-roll-p-1163.html
So my questions are.
1-Is there any reason that a 12V wouldn't work with this?
2-If I go for the 5V will my PSU be enough to power the strips and the PI 3?
3-Are APA102 that much better than ws2815 (ws2812b)?
