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[1047.20 --> 1048.88] That's why you've got to just have so many Pis, Alex. |
[1048.92 --> 1050.28] Now you understand my problem. |
[1050.44 --> 1050.96] I know. |
[1051.16 --> 1051.68] There you go. |
[1052.16 --> 1053.06] I'm inducted. |
[1053.48 --> 1057.30] So the last piece of the puzzle was figuring out how to control these dumb amplifiers. |
[1057.30 --> 1060.92] And for that, I turned to IR blasters. |
[1061.26 --> 1066.16] This is a technology that I've used for many years with the Logitech Harmony Hub system. |
[1067.08 --> 1071.66] But Logitech, again, they're turning into Google, aren't they, with deprecating products. |
[1072.46 --> 1079.44] They stopped supporting the Harmony Hub, which I still have one, but I don't want to deploy a new piece of hardware in the house. |
[1079.96 --> 1081.42] For starters, I only have one of them. |
[1081.74 --> 1085.42] And secondly, I don't want to deploy a piece of hardware that's already end of life. |
[1085.42 --> 1088.76] I bought a Broadlink RM4 Mini. |
[1089.22 --> 1098.64] And this is an infrared blaster that I can use to program from Home Assistant infrared codes from my remote control to change the inputs on the amplifiers. |
[1098.88 --> 1105.22] And then couple that with Home Assistant to detect the source changes on the Raspberry Pi media player. |
[1105.62 --> 1112.10] And it will automatically change the inputs on the amplifier based on what's happening in the real world right now. |
[1113.10 --> 1115.34] It's not perfect. |
[1115.42 --> 1115.92] Unfortunately. |
[1116.84 --> 1130.20] So there's a bug, I think, in the Broadlink integration where I will need to toggle between the three inputs I have on the amplifier in a random order in order for it to actually end up on the correct one eventually at the end of it. |
[1130.24 --> 1131.86] Like it just doesn't send the right command. |
[1132.80 --> 1133.82] And I can't figure it out. |
[1133.96 --> 1137.22] So I just spam the inputs and eventually it gets where I want it to be. |
[1137.88 --> 1138.98] That sounds a bit annoying. |
[1138.98 --> 1139.82] It is. |
[1139.98 --> 1148.02] And ultimately that's why I hate infrared blasters is because they have no knowledge of what the end result, you know, was their blasting successful? |
[1148.48 --> 1149.70] Well, they have no idea. |
[1150.14 --> 1151.44] Yeah, that does sound a little rickety. |
[1152.02 --> 1153.02] A little brittle, I guess. |
[1153.02 --> 1158.70] The trouble I've got, though, is both of these dumb amplifiers don't have an RS-232 port. |
[1158.82 --> 1161.92] They don't have any other way of controlling them besides infrared. |
[1162.14 --> 1167.90] So I'm kind of stuck, really, unless I buy two new amplifiers, which sounds like it's going to be expensive. |
[1167.90 --> 1169.88] What's your sense of the reliability so far? |
[1170.24 --> 1171.36] When it works, it works. |
[1171.46 --> 1172.68] When it doesn't, it doesn't. |
[1173.78 --> 1174.30] Hmm. |
[1174.62 --> 1175.24] Hit and miss. |
[1175.62 --> 1175.90] Yeah. |
[1176.52 --> 1177.56] Yeah, about 80%. |
[1177.56 --> 1179.72] It's not high enough. |
[1180.28 --> 1184.72] I bet you there is some sort of solution out there for this. |
[1184.90 --> 1188.02] Somebody out there listening has solved this problem. |
[1188.48 --> 1189.70] I solve it with HomePods. |
[1189.92 --> 1190.94] I admit it. |
[1191.08 --> 1195.44] I'm a filthy iOS ecosystem user and I just solve it with HomePods. |
[1195.44 --> 1198.64] Well, Alex, since you're not satisfied, what's your next step? |
[1199.04 --> 1205.36] Well, the trouble is both of these amplifiers are sort of audiophile-grade amplifiers. |
[1205.64 --> 1211.92] Like the one in the family room powers those beautiful big floor-standing KEF speakers that I've had forever. |
[1212.84 --> 1216.54] And I am super happy with the sound profile of these things. |
[1216.58 --> 1218.18] And I don't want to replace it. |
[1219.04 --> 1219.72] So I don't know. |
[1219.72 --> 1229.30] If you have a better idea, maybe an infrared blaster that's more reliable than the Broadlink that you could recommend me and I could try out, please let me know at self-hosted.show slash contact. |
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[1362.12 --> 1369.58] Now, Alex, when I was there last, I remember you were futzing with some hard drive issues, which had existed when I was there the time before. |
[1369.90 --> 1370.68] Me? Never. |
[1370.78 --> 1371.48] Many months ago. |
[1371.68 --> 1373.36] So did you ever solve that? |
[1373.38 --> 1374.68] Because it wasn't solved when I left. |
[1374.68 --> 1376.40] I'll let you know. |
[1376.76 --> 1379.38] I've taken some steps to try and solve it. |
[1380.40 --> 1383.66] I tried all sorts of stuff to fix this. |
[1383.72 --> 1391.10] So what was happening was I had a hard drive niggle that's been hanging around since April, as you just said. |
[1391.10 --> 1404.70] And since then, I've tried new power cables, new data cables, a new HBA card, even a new hard drive, and still just random stuff just keeps disappearing. |
[1404.70 --> 1412.02] You text me, I think it was the other week, saying, I'm sure you had more episodes of Final Space than that. |
[1412.32 --> 1413.42] Yeah, it's true. |
[1413.42 --> 1413.88] Oh, no. |
[1413.96 --> 1415.84] Yeah, some stuff is just vanishing randomly. |
[1415.84 --> 1426.50] And the trouble with that is that it screws with all sorts of stuff, like the Plex library re-indexes every night just as a scheduled job that I have. |
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