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All files here are free to use under the BSD License (see the LICENSE file for details). All we ask in return is that you send any updates / improvements you may make to them back to us so that we can all benefit from your improvements!

Join us on our Google+ community page and / or Facebook page as well to share your experiences using lightshowPi, as well as videos of your shows!

Thanks, and enjoy ;)

Todd Giles (todd@lightshowpi.org)

Installation / Getting Started

Please visit the Getting Started Page for details on getting started. Or for those who want to just jump on in, feel free to run the install.sh script and go for it :-)

Directory Structure

  • bin/* - Various bash scripts / tools to aid in playing songs, controlling volume, etc...
  • config/* - Configuration files.
  • crontab/synchronized_lights - Add these via 'sudo crontab -e' to start / stop the lightshow automatically
  • logs/* - Log files will be output here.
  • music/* - Music files go here (includes some samples to get you started).
  • py/* - All the python code.
  • tools/* - Various tools helpful in configuring / using / etc... LightshowPi

Contributors

A huge thanks to all those that have contributed to the Lightshow Pi codebase:

  • Todd Giles
  • Chris Usey
  • Ryan Jennings
  • Sean Millar
  • Scott Driscoll
  • Micah Wedemeyer
  • Chase Cromwell
  • Bruce Goheen
  • Paul Dunn
  • Stephen Burning
  • Eric Higdon
  • Tom Enos
  • Brandon Lyon
  • Ken B (K5ENB)
  • Paul Barnett
  • Anthony Tod
  • Brent Reinhard

Release Notes

2017/10/27 :: Version 1.3

  • Added initial support for controlling individually controllable RGB LED lights (thanks to Tom Enos, Ken B, and Chris Usey)
  • Addition of the "microweb" UI for controlling your lightshow (thanks to Ken B)
  • Twitter support, tweeting current song playing (thanks to Brent Reinhard and Ken B)
  • Various bug-fixes and updates to support latest kernel versions (thanks to Ken B)

2016/10/16 :: Version 1.2

  • 3 to 4 times speed improvement by utilizing GPU for fft and other optimizations (thanks to Tom Enos, Colin Guyon, and Ken B)
  • support for streaming audio from pandora, airplay, and other online sources (thanks to Tom Enos and Ken B)
  • support fm broadcast on the pi2 and pi3 (thanks to Ken B)
  • multiple refactors + addition of comments to the code + clean-up (thanks to Tom Enos)
  • add the ability to override configuration options on a per-song basis (thanks to Tom Enos)
  • support pagination for the SMS 'list' command (thanks to Brandon Lyon)
  • support for running lightshow pi on your linux box for debugging (thanks to Micah Wedemeyer)
  • addition of new configuration parameters to tweak many facets of the way lights blink / fade (thanks to Ken B)
  • addition of new configuration parameters to tweak standard deviation bounds used (thanks to Paul Barnett)
  • support a "terminal" mode for better debugging w/out hardware attached (thanks to Anthony Tod)
  • many other misc bug fixes (see Issues list for more details)

2014/11/27 :: Version 1.1

  • piFM support (thanks to Stephen Burning)
  • audio-in support (thanks to Paul Dunn)
  • command line play-list generator (thanks to Eric Higdon)
  • enhancements to preshow configuration, including per-channel control (thanks to Chris Usey)
  • support for expansion cards, including mcp23s17,mcp23017 (thanks to Chris Usey)
  • updated to support RPi B+ (thanks to Chris Usey)
  • clarification on comments and in-code documentation (thanks to Bruce Goheen, Chase Cromwell, and Micah Wedemeyer)
  • other misc bug fixes (see Issues list for more details)

2014/02/16 :: Version 1

  • First "stable" release

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