Yeety

Yeelight (Xiaomi Mi Light) RGB ambience controller for GNU/Linux. Works by taking a screenshot (of a specified monitor) 2-3 times per second, and setting the light bulb's color to the dominant color on the screenshot. You can enable rate limiting so that your client does not get blocked.

Status

STABLE, NO SOLID FUTURE - You can use it I guess.

Features

• 🖥 Single Monitor support
• 💡 Single RGB Bulb support
• 🐌 Blazing Slow response time
• It works tho :D

Requirements

• Python 3+
• git
• pip
• os
• mss (for screenshots)
• time
• readchar
• yeelight
• colorthief
• Dev mode/LAN control enabled for the light bulb

Setup & Usage

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/recoskyler/yeety.git; cd yeety; chmod +x yeety.py

2. Install the required packages:

   pip3 install -U mss colorthief yeelight readchar

3. Set the necessary vars in the yeety.py file:

   nano ./yeety.py

   # ./yeety.py
   
   # ...
   
   #*###########################
   #* SET UP THE VARIABLES BELOW
   #*###########################
   
   ##! REQUIRED
   screenshot_path = "/tmp/yeety/screenshot.png"
   
   ##! REQUIRED (min 0)
   monitor = 2
   
   ##! REQUIRED (min 1)
   max_per_second = 55
   
   ##! REQUIRED (min 1, max 10. 1 Highest quality, takes the longest time...)
   quality = 10
   
   ##? Optional
   light_ip = "192.168.1.23"
   
   ##* REQUIRED-ish ("sudden"/"smooth", can be None, will default to "smooth")
   effect = "smooth"
   
   ##* REQUIRED-ish (can be None, will default to False)
   auto_on = True
   
   ##* REQUIRED-ish (min 30, can be None, will default to 300ms)
   duration = 300
   
   #*###########################
   
   # ...

4. Run the file using the command:

   ./yeety.py

   Press Ctrl+c to stop the program

Running in the background

nohup ./yeety.py &

nohup COMMAND & allows the command to detach and run in the background, so that you can close the terminal.

Stopping the background app

1. Type the following command in the terminal:

   ❯ ps -x | grep yeety.py

2. Take a look at the command's output. If you see a line similar to 350017 ? RN 4:47 /usr/bin/python3 ./yeety/yeety.py. If you don't see a line similar to this one, then the background app is not running. The following is an example of a full output:

   350017 ?        RN     4:47 /usr/bin/python3 ./yeety/yeety.py
   352201 pts/1    S+     0:00 grep --color=auto --exclude-dir=.bzr --exclude-dir=CVS --exclude-dir=.git --exclude-dir=.hg --exclude-dir=.svn --exclude-dir=.idea --exclude-dir=.tox yeety.py

   You should ignore the part with grep --color=auto .....

   The thing we are interested in is the first number on the interesting line: 350017, which will be different in your case. Copy that number to your clipboard.

3. Type the following command to exterminate the background app:

   kill 350017
   kill THE_NUMBER_YOU_JUST_COPIED

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