oopsallnaps

@oopsallnaps@piefed.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aura introduces a $499 e-ink digital photo frame that lets you go cordless⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe the inky impression might have tutorials available, but heres their sample code
  https://github.com/pimoroni/inky/blob/main/examples/spectra6/image.py

  …i now realize I don’t have my code up anywhere though, but its basically that on a cron job to cycle through a directory of images.

  You grab a pi zero 2w, or maybe anything with the standard pi gpio connectors slap that on the back of the display and you should be good to go.

  It’s incredibly awkward to mount on a picture frame, and the weight of the pi does cause it to sag to one side, so might be better as a table frame than a wall mount.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aura introduces a $499 e-ink digital photo frame that lets you go cordless⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  These are pretty easy to DIY with something like the inky impression 13 (a spectra 6 display), a pi zero 2w and a tiny bit of python.

  Haven't figured out a good coorless option but its a fun weekend project.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bought myself a little digital audio player (basically the new name for mp3 players) and have been enjoying porting rockbox to it / listening to my local library.

  There's a still a few cd/record stores in town which is pretty awesome for second hand stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this the best place to post questions about these retro emulation handhelds?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve got the retroid flip 2, and really enjoying tinkering with it more than I expected! (need to plug my wip postmarket os port: https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/oopsallnaps/pmaports/-/commits/rpflip2)

  I must say though it feels so…cheap to hold. I don’t know what it is about the plastic body 😅)

  Otherwise really enjoying a separate sdcard with rocknix loaded and balatro ported.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Crew from Ubisoft gets revived thanks to the The Crew Unlimited project⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm surprised there's no source code available. You think that would be a no brainer move after the original servers shut down. 😅

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the current state of Matrix?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I use https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy which makes it pretty painless to self host on a vpc with Synapse as the server.

  I don't have federation setup, since I just use it with friends. So besides running the update command once a week, I don't even think about maintaince.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disco Elysium has yet another heir in Pera Coda, a Turkish timeloop RPG set in a dreamlike version of Istanbul⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am ready to slurp up all of these heirs. Keep em coming!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Postal 2 Redux is bringing back the controversial FPS with a full remaster⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm not sure if I would consider today's Unity being an upgrade from UE2. 🤔

  But considering how 90% of the game is in UnrealScript, they should probably just write an interpreter in Unity so that existing mods have a better chance at working.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition reveal trailer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah I remember trying to play this on a below min requirements gpu when it came out. Besides low performance, the sky was super messed up.

  Can't wait to dive in with an utterly overpowered pc in July.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First server: Buying hardware in a developing country⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  lol! Well its always a good idea to see if what you currently have works well enough. Then splurge on the fun..i mean expensive things. But that doesn't always work, so I hope the new parts serve you well!

  One last thing to note, Jellyfin doesn't have the best authentication coverage. iirc its possible to leak some metadata about videos, music, etc... I'd recommend either not keeping the server public facing (i.e. use a vpn to connect to it remotely) or don't store anything personally identifying on it.

  I just tunnel my traffic through tailscale, while annoying at times has been reliable. But I'm not sure thats available in Brazil.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First server: Buying hardware in a developing country⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  oof. Yeah I think I have the 5400 rpm one. Maybe start with the regular hdd in raid and see how that fairs long term. Just make sure to backup your media in more than one place!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First server: Buying hardware in a developing country⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Western Digital Reds or Seagate Ironwolf iirc. Yeah they're expensive because they're rated for a different use case than traditional drives. I'm no expert though! I believe I've got a WD Red.

  I believe thats what I do though, I have a ssd in there as well for the base os. And I just have the nas drive mounted. Jellyfin docker container setup to point to the nas drive as the media storage folder, as well as a samba share setup so I can throw stuff like bandcamp purchases easily.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First server: Buying hardware in a developing country⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is all off the top of my head, as I'm not at my server atm...

  I believe the 12400 should be good for hardware transcoding. I have a dell optiplex (i5 9th gen, can't remember exacts) running a low traffic server (my wife and I), with no issues running at least 2 4k streams concurrently. It comes down to what you encode your videos to.

  Additionally I'd grab at least one new NAS drive, as they tend to be rated for long term use. If options aren't great there, then maybe a few drives in a raid configuration may also work. If you do get a NAS drive make sure its fairly quiet, my server is located in a common room, and the hdd fan is fairly audible. oops.