BradyBrenot / huestacean

Philips Hue control app for desktop with screen syncing. C++ with Qt Quick GUI.
http://huestacean.com
Apache License 2.0
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Anything to learn from Hue Sync? #92

Closed BradyBrenot closed 5 years ago

BradyBrenot commented 6 years ago
  1. The 'include audio with screen sync' feature is neat. I don't know that I like it, but it's neat.
  2. Don't like their audio effect (it's very not mellow), but the colour palette thing is nice.
  3. The GUI is very nice. I like the very simple set of options. Could lean on that a bit.
  4. Keyboard shortcuts!
  5. Light color selection. At times not great, at times pretty great. Lights on the edge of the screen are affected by black bars (mind the same is true in Huestacean so eh)
  6. Brightness changes are slowed but hue/saturation seem to be immediate, always, even on 'subtle'. Not sure that I like. Side lights change color more slowly, but snap to change? Odd.

Honestly I think I'm more charged after seeing Sync. I think my niche isn't that threatened.

BradyBrenot commented 6 years ago

https://i.imgur.com/eKnjk0K.jpg - Fullscreen, have lights on right/left edge. I like Huestacean's output better. https://imgur.com/a/q7RBBGr - blue as hell in Sync, purple in Huestacean. Hm.

anthonyg45157 commented 6 years ago

Im liking your implementation better overall. Some stuff from Hue can be learned such as syncing on boot and program being minimized to task bar. Overall i like having more control which is what i believe you program offers.

hoksilato2 commented 6 years ago

Shortcuts of Hue Sync are ok but not work with powershell, eventghost or some program that can emulate it. Command line should be the best feature for auto-open Hue light with games and/or multimedia soft.

Dracrius commented 6 years ago

I instantly uninstalled sync only thing I want that it had is keyboard shortcuts! This is more reactive and configurable. I get far better lighting effects with your implementation.

darkzbaron commented 5 years ago

Music sync with custom color palette would be nice !

BradyBrenot commented 5 years ago

I don't know what's left here.

101 - Keyboard shortcuts

17 - Audio visualizer

117 - GUI will take some hints from Sync / the Hue App itself (mostly in color use and simplicity)