Razer said No... Chroma RGB control with Stream Deck 

Agreed. With how convoluted this Alexa setup is, it would've been better to just use OpenRGB; the existing Razer Hub can stay, and then you can talk to it with a Stream Deck. OpenRGB would then make it real easy to talk to Home Assistant if you needed control from any other device. Then it's all hosted locally with no dependency on Razer, Alexa, etc.

yep, I had that problem with how I integrated my smart lights (Yeelight) with the stream deck... basically I was webhooking to IFTTT to call the light server. Pretty simple: stream deck -> IFTTT (webhook) -> Yeelight server -> my lights. The problem was that for some reason, I required to re-authenticate like once a month between IFTTT and the Yeelight server. Was a freaking pain in the ass + that the free version of IFTTT doesn't allow to use webhooks. I end up reading the whole Yeelight documentation and now I'm just controlling them directly with "multiple" nodejs "app" that basically just send the command directly to my network with the light IP address and then close itself. Now I just setup my streamdeck to open these "apps" to change the setting of the light.

Absolutely, there are so many open, hackable RGB lighting controllers out there, there's no reason to use a hacky workaround that's likely to be unreliable long term.

Have to agree here. I know you like the game integration but going DIY seems like it’d be a better fit for you.

He wanted the game integration that Razer specifically offered - for free.

Appreciate the tip, I figured I'd blurred it enough to be unblurrable haha but machine learning tools are getting crazy good. I may as well cycle my API key to be safe, or might see my desk changing colours suddenly haha 😂

wled, hyperion and LEDfx are not only cheaper, but also better

Yeah appearing in a convo between MKBHD and MrWhoseTheBoss was a really nice surprise to wake up to! Appreciate you coming back to watch new vids. I was so excited to have figured out at least a way to control colour and brightness, had to share it 🤙

I think part of the problem with companies these days is that many can no longer be satisfied with healthy profits. If they're publicly traded they have to show growth quarter over quarter and year over year, which always appears to lead to cutting corners, price gouging, or pushing for subscription income. I think it's nearly impossible to be publicly traded and maintain product quality, customer service standards, and employee happiness and retention.

Man was such a cool surprise, had no idea until I started getting messages and comments like yours to go look. Super cool 🤙

@@camshand I was really surprised when I suddenly saw you in the Mrwhostheboss video. Keep up the good work💪💪

as far as i know openRGB does not support reacting to games, with is something he wants

@@robzwet Its open source. Literally just can write a custom api to do that. It also has a server that can be integrated into services like HomeAssistant and Homebride which can potentionally give you options for reacting to sound, which is almost the same functionality

haha I will approach that challenge when it arises lol! I've had potential offers on selling it or even making another for people, but shipping alone would be a nightmare too

I mentioned this around the first part of the video, that SignalRGB requires a subscription service for the gaming integration. To be honest though after all the effort involved it's probably worth just paying the subscription haha.

Haven't heard of Hyperion, will have a look, thanks for the tip!

I'm actually going to be exploring a Home Assistant server setup in a future video. Haven't looked into if it can fake the Alexa speaker though for the response, that may be the solution.

oh that was on my list to try out. I am worried that it'd be cold though... I like the room temp the fabric maintains.

The effort was to have access to the gaming integrations without an ongoing subscription cost of SignalRGB. But after all this effort would have been worth it going the subscription route from the start as the hours of sunk into the project otherwise is bonkers

yeap RGB control support is way to confusing, hopefully the new Windows 11 RGB control and Matter smart home integrations gets wider adoption, this will help break out of ecosystems.

Yeap instead of a direct keyboard input to the wired hardware, there's now at least 3 servers involved haha 😂

@@camshand And no telling how many hops, too! All because Razer wanted to squeeze more from their customers. Good luck and Godspeed to you sir!

Hey Adam! Yeah someone else suggested spoofing the Vendor ID within the HID class. It'd be a possibility, but I was determined to find the easiest to replicate way for anyone else stuck wanting to use a streamdeck. It would sting so much if the Alexa keyboard shortcut didn't work from my non Razer keyboard haha, that flat out shocked me

This thought has crossed my mind, if I wasn't able to get the Alexa mode working or Chroma API then I was considering mounting a switch for the data input to the led strips, so i could toggle between what controlled which. Tbh SignalRGB subscription would cost less than the time screwing around with it all 😂

@@camshand Isn't this about learning and solving challenging situations instead of the money? :)

it would pretty much be easier just to buy a alexa then

@@fakerealgamer9368 i think he mentioned that he doesn't wanna buy one

IFTTT does have a voicemonkey integration, so it'd still communicate to Razer through Alexa 👍

It's called a Supernote. Not for everyone as it's a heavily skinned Android tablet with a black and white ePaper display. But for me, it's great as it's distraction free. You can checkout my video about it here 👉 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KXJ0QX_4N8s.html

Ooh didn't know that, thanks for the tip!

The name of the post is: Elgato Stream Deck/Stream Deck Plus

Thanks mate, I'll read into it!

Mercury M1 Pro

Yeah so keyboards do have an identifier under the HID (human interface device) class. can't remember the exact ID line but there are ways to flash microcontrollers to spoof a vendor ID. A lot of cheap keyboards use a generic vendor ID, unsure how that'd go if they also use signed drivers to make it all talk. Either way it's a shame it is how it is, I'm at least happy to have a way to change brightness and between blue and white which are my main modes.