It's a daemon polling plex in background for a media status and control the hue room lights to switch in a cinema mode and restore previous light status when you pause or stop your movie.
You talk to cinefade with curl or your browser using the http protocol. It is an API with a limited number of verb for controlling the lights and daemon.
| Verb | Action |
|---|---|
| on | Switch on all ligths |
| off | Switch off all ligths |
| register | Save the cinema lights theme |
| cinema | Switch to cinema mode |
| restore | Restore the previous bulbs status |
exemple:
curl http://localhost:9090/cinefade/register
Bulbs status are saved as json file format in /var/lib/cinefade directory
- cinema.json
- current.json
It's necessary to register a cinema light theme before using the cinefade plex poller.
| Verb | Action |
|---|---|
| start | Start the plex poller |
| stop | Stop the plex poller |
| exit | Stop and Exit the cinefade daemon |
exemple:
curl http://localhost:9090/cinefade/start
You must provide a single configuration file /etc/cinefade/cinefade.conf
# config for cinefade
# Ipaddr of hue bridge
hueIpAddr = 192.168.1.99
# Hue bridge User
hueUser = 3d99dc627158727130a0d2a224445b
# Plex URL
plexUrl = http://muklo:32400/status/sessions