I noticed that after a seemingly random amount of time the plugin would stop working while watching a video in ambilight mode.
I found this error in the kodi log
18:26:16.022 T:140584396437248 ERROR: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
- NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
Error Type: <type 'exceptions.IOError'>
Error Contents: WorkflowException: Did not receive <class 'lifxlan.msgtypes.Acknowledgement'> in response to <class 'lifxlan.msgtypes.LightSetColor'>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/kodi/.kodi/addons/script.kodi.lifx.ambilight/default.py", line 512, in <module>
run()
File "/home/kodi/.kodi/addons/script.kodi.lifx.ambilight/default.py", line 343, in run
fade_light_hsv(hue.light, hsvRatios[0])
File "/home/kodi/.kodi/addons/script.kodi.lifx.ambilight/default.py", line 380, in fade_light_hsv
light.set_light2(h, s, v, kel=None, power=None, duration=duration)
File "/home/kodi/.kodi/addons/script.kodi.lifx.ambilight/resources/lib/hue.py", line 567, in set_light2
group_light.set_color(color, data["transitiontime"] * 100, rapid=False)
File "/home/kodi/.kodi/addons/script.kodi.lifx.ambilight/resources/lib/lifxlan/light.py", line 65, in set_color
self.req_with_ack(LightSetColor, {"color": color, "duration": duration})
File "/home/kodi/.kodi/addons/script.kodi.lifx.ambilight/resources/lib/lifxlan/device.py", line 387, in req_with_ack
self.req_with_resp(msg_type, Acknowledgement, payload, timeout_secs, max_attempts)
File "/home/kodi/.kodi/addons/script.kodi.lifx.ambilight/resources/lib/lifxlan/device.py", line 427, in req_with_resp
raise IOError("WorkflowException: Did not receive {0} in response to {1}".format(str(response_type), str(msg_type)))
IOError: WorkflowException: Did not receive <class 'lifxlan.msgtypes.Acknowledgement'> in response to <class 'lifxlan.msgtypes.LightSetColor'>
-->End of Python script error report<--
I tested changing group_light.set_color(color, data["transitiontime"] * 100, rapid=False) to group_light.set_color(color, rapid=True) and group_light.set_color(color, data["transitiontime"] * 100, rapid=False) to group_light.set_color(color, rapid=True) in hue.py (lines 337 and 567).
Maybe providing an option to use the rapid=True option or the exception in lifxlan could be handled in hue.py.
I noticed that after a seemingly random amount of time the plugin would stop working while watching a video in ambilight mode.
I found this error in the kodi log
It looks like the lifxlan throws an exception if it does not receive a response from the lifx light. This post recommends using the rapid=True option. https://community.lifx.com/t/lifxlan-mclarkk-help/2243
I tested changing
group_light.set_color(color, data["transitiontime"] * 100, rapid=False)
togroup_light.set_color(color, rapid=True)
andgroup_light.set_color(color, data["transitiontime"] * 100, rapid=False)
togroup_light.set_color(color, rapid=True)
in hue.py (lines 337 and 567).Maybe providing an option to use the rapid=True option or the exception in lifxlan could be handled in hue.py.
Thanks for all your work on this plugin.