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RPi + Other Software [Hue entertainment] Lentency between image and hues

Discussion in 'Software Support' started by gogui63, 21 September 2020.

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  1. gogui63

    gogui63 New Member

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    Hello,

    I use Hyperion NG with Hue entertainment and 3 hue Plays on a raspberry 3b+

    Despite I applied recommanded settings I have 1 seconds more or less between hue plays and image.

    Do you have an idea to improve synchronization ?
     
    gogui63, 21 September 2020
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  2. TPmodding

    TPmodding Administrator Staff Member Administrator

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    Hi,

    could you please provide more infos...which hyperion version...which config etc...
     
    TPmodding, 21 September 2020
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  3. gogui63

    gogui63 New Member

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    Yes sorry ...

    I run Hyperion alpha 8 on raspberry 3b+
     
    gogui63, 21 September 2020
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  4. Lord-Grey

    Lord-Grey Moderator Staff Member Developer

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    Hi @gogui63
    Could you share a screen short (or export) of your device configuration, please? Did you enable the Entertainment API flag?
     
    Lord-Grey, 21 September 2020
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  5. gogui63

    gogui63 New Member

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    Hi @Lord-Grey , thanks for your reply
    Yes I enabled Entertainment API Flag.

    My config is attach to this post :)
     

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    gogui63, 21 September 2020
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  6. gogui63

    gogui63 New Member

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    14 views of my config , someone have a tips to improve my synchronisation :) ?
     
    gogui63, 25 September 2020
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  7. gogui63

    gogui63 New Member

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    @Lord-Grey Do you have an idea or a tips to reduce latency and / or improve my hyperion ?

    Thanks
     
    gogui63, 2 October 2020
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  8. Lord-Grey

    Lord-Grey Moderator Staff Member Developer

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    @gogui63 Sorry, that it took so long....

    One thing comes into mind is that the network updates to the bridge are not performing, i.e. you might have a bad network connection from rpi to Hue-Bridge or Hue-Bridge to the lights.

    Looking at your hyperion configuration you might want trying to

    a) disable Smoothing
    b) Increase the Capture Frequency of your capture device. It is currently only 10Hz.

    Does this change your experience?
     
    Lord-Grey, 5 October 2020
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  9. gogui63

    gogui63 New Member

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    Do not apologize :) You do a lot for the community !

    I have a dedicated Asus routeur (RT-AC86U) for my network , the raspberry is 4 meters to the routeur , it seems not been too far ?

    I disabled smoothing, increased Capture frequency to 40 Hz, I should increase more or not ? But I didn't see less latency

    (After some tests , it's better to activate smoothing, but i ve more or less 1second between image and color on my hue plays)


    My setup :
    Shield -> home theater -> split -> raspberry (proc and ram : OK)
    I-> videoprojector
     
    gogui63, 5 October 2020
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  10. Lord-Grey

    Lord-Grey Moderator Staff Member Developer

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    Did you check, if the latency is occurring in the Pre-View too?
    You might need considering that the delay is already introduced before the signal hits Hyperion.
     
    Lord-Grey, 6 October 2020
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  11. gogui63

    gogui63 New Member

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    No lag in preview, but I ve 1 second or more between preview and real image that i see on my video projector
     
    gogui63, 6 October 2020
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  12. Lord-Grey

    Lord-Grey Moderator Staff Member Developer

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    Ok. You are saying that the Hue Lights are ahead of the picture (not behind, as I assumed according to your initial description)?
     
    Lord-Grey, 6 October 2020
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  13. gogui63

    gogui63 New Member

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    Nop, to be clear :) :

    I see a blue picture first on my screen, one second later hue plays display a blue light .

    I can upload a small video it's necessary ?
     
    gogui63, 6 October 2020
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  14. philcsf

    philcsf New Member

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    Hi! Registering just to bump this issue, as I'm also seeing it on a Philips Hue Entertainment setup with a Pi 4B running Hyperion 2.0.0-alpha.8.

    Seems to be related to slow image resolution / scale processing for USB capture input - The higher the input resolution, the higher the delay.

    My USB capture device defaults to 1920x1080, and this leads to an approx. 1s delay between the video feed shown in the preview and the Hue lights actually changing colour. Changing the 'Size Decimation' value has no effect on the delay. Smoothing is turned off.

    I fixed this locally by forcing my capture device into a low resolution (720x480) and setting 'Size Decimation' to 1, so that Hyperion isn't doing any resolution/scaling work at all. This removed all lag and gave me near-instant response between the preview and the lights.

    Let me know if you require any logs or would like me to add a GitHub issue.
     
    philcsf, 18 November 2020
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