After months of work I have finally completed an open source Kaleidescape movie player integration for Home Assistant. This integration allows you tie your player(s) into lighting systems, masking systems, lens controls, videos scalers, etc. For instance, have the lights turn up when the credits start rolling, change your masking system to match the current aspect ratio.
If you are a Kaleidescape owner, and current user of Home Assistant, would love to get some help testing it out across more devices before submitting it to Home Assistant for official inclusion. My own testing has been on my Strato S.
As much as I do not want to bump this old thread here, the reason why there is still no integration for Home Assistant is because of the high price tag for Kaleidescape. I am very much interested in this but due to my low income, I’m still waiting to get a job so I can afford one and start playing with it. Too bad there is no Kaleidescape available on Amazon’s website. If it is available on Amazon and people have thousands of dollars to afford one and play with it using Home Assistant, then maybe the developers of Home Assistant will integrate it.
So even if I cannot afford Kaleidescape, I am still very much interested in this. Maybe if Youthman does have a Kaleidescape, maybe he could try out Home Assistant and give this Kaleidescape integration a try.