[RPi5] Ambilight

update.freak · February 6, 2026 at 7:26 PM

Hi,

I want to build me own Ambilight with HyperHDR or Hyperion.NG on LibreELEC v12.2.1 on a RPi5.

Is the current way to install the addon (HyperHDR): https://github.com/awawa-dev/LibreELEC.tv/releases or
via script (Hyperion.NG): https://hyperion-project.org/forum/index.ph…51482#post51482

Here https://wiki.libreelec.tv/configuration/hyperion it's still mentioned that for a "Raspberry Pi hardware must use an external grabber hardware device".
Is this still the case or what is here the current status?

**chewitt** · February 7, 2026 at 5:27 AM

Quote from update.freak

Is this still the case or what is here the current status?

It is still and will always be the case as LE runs a zero-copy display pipeline and this means frame capture is not possible. You need to use an external hardware grabber, then install either Hyperion (we use the original still, not NG) or HyperHDR to use it.

update.freak · February 7, 2026 at 7:18 AM

Ok thanks.

I found an interesting remark on github: https://github.com/awawa-dev/HyperHDR/discussions/1378

How is this then possible?

[RPi5] Ambilight

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