Bitfocus Companion VS Home-Assistant.io

Bitfocus Companion Reviews

Home-Assistant.io Reviews

Bitfocus Companion mentions (34)

• Carbonite Ultra and Video "Server" Playback

  Or use Companion to control the Hyper Decks/ Ki Pros…. Source: 10 months ago

• Cheap commercial grade Show Control w/simple web interface

  We use Companion on every show—can’t remember how I did one without it. As long as the gear you are using is supported, you can’t go wrong. Very easy to setup and use. Highly recommended. Source: 11 months ago

• Way to run scripts on desktop from my android phone?

  Can probably do this with Companion. Often used with stream deck but works with a phone too afaik. Source: about 1 year ago

• Vmix audio

  Companion is a great way to approach complex macros like these. Basically you'd stack several actions to your one button, like this:. Source: about 1 year ago

• Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with your computer?

  I use a Stream Deck daily to control AV production gear using BitFocus Companion (https://bitfocus.io/companion). I am constantly surprised at the range of supported equipment. Complex operations that used to take three people can be done by a single person. For a basic example: Audio operator fades out background music and brings up video playback audio channels. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

Home-Assistant.io mentions (66)

• Working on a custom smart home app..

  HA is Home Assistant. You should check it out. Mushroom is an add on to HA’s interface that adds sone different style “cards” than what it comes with. Source: 10 months ago

• standalone systems?

  Yes, there's Home Assistant that can work completely off-line. You can find multitude tutorials on youtube on how to set it up, even using cheap solutions like Raspberry PI. Source: 11 months ago

• Turned my old 10-year-old android tablet into a wall clock/weather station

  I'm going to suggest- you ever heard of Home Assistant? It's a really useful home automation tool you could integrate with weather and clock on a dashboard. As well, you could use it to control smart devices. Source: 11 months ago

• has anyone done the big move from Spotify or other to Plex?

  As for the "what is playing" detection on my google minis. This is done with "https://home-assistant.io/". Source: about 1 year ago

• looking for a decently cheap zigbee hube

  The method that seems to work most reliability with all devices and all ecosystems is a Zigbee2MQTT software hub running on a computer alongside Home Assistant. The Z2M project has a list of compatible USB dongles which are typically around $20-30 (The Sonoff being a good one) but you still need a server (i.e. a small computer like a thin client or raspberry pi) and install and configure the software, so this... Source: about 1 year ago