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Post by crankcaller on Mar 24, 2023 12:58:47 GMT
I do like my Sonos speaker, I must admit. It's probably the best thing in my life. Yeah me too. I'm hoping for a Sonos soundbar at some point. So it's not a pair of Kef LS50s but that's never going to happen anyway. |
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Post by Tuffers on Mar 24, 2023 13:00:22 GMT
If everyone's keyboard was broken the world would be a better place.
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Post by whatalark on Mar 24, 2023 13:01:31 GMT
I do like my Sonos speaker, I must admit. It's probably the best thing in my life. Now you tell us. My Bose soundlink mini is dying and I couldn't decide what to get to replace it. Ordered a soundlink mini 2 to save having to make decisions. |
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Post by Destry on Mar 24, 2023 13:07:14 GMT
Obviously that was meant for Destry. But it still stands. As memory serves me, Destry uses a clear membrane on top of the keyboard - a US>UK convertor thing. I don't. I used to but don't any more. I have also just noticed my ' key has also stopped working. Creeping Keyboard Paralysis.... |
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Post by crankcaller on Mar 24, 2023 13:09:02 GMT
whatalarkI'd keep trouble shooting the nas problem. Don't just go with wav as its working. If you're using WiFi for the player can you make the Quality of Service for the device higher in your router? Or get a big ethernet cable and see if that sorts it? If it's the connection you might be able to fix it.
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Post by whatalark on Mar 24, 2023 13:13:14 GMT
Have a very old Dell latitude that runs Linux Ubuntu but had to change to Ubuntu Mate but it was still slow. Then the dvd drive died. Found a note book size laptop with 11" screen made especially for Linux by Starlabs. Hence I'm now back to ripping CDs. Sits comfortably on the arm of the chair. Torrhunt found me all six series of Expanse but everything is Mp4 which my not so smart TV doesn't seem to recognise. So now I'm watching it on an 11" screen. Might get a portable monitor for watching such things. One thing always seems to lead to another. But at least the keyboard works.
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Post by whatalark on Mar 24, 2023 13:15:59 GMT
whatalarkI'd keep trouble shooting the nas problem. Don't just go with wav as its working. If you're using WiFi for the player can you make the Quality of Service for the device higher in your router? Or get a big ethernet cable and see if that sorts it? If it's the connection you might be able to fix it. I've got yellow and blue ethernet cables. Is there a difference ? I'm using a blue one. |
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Post by crankcaller on Mar 24, 2023 13:27:24 GMT
You get different speeds cat 4/5/5e/6/7
How old are they? It should say on them printed the length of the cable. Don't use less than 5.
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Mar 24, 2023 13:27:46 GMT
I'm baking a birthday cake for the wife, something I have not done before.
The electric whisk made a hell of a mess when I mixed up the cake ingredients, but there was no warning from Mary Berry in her book, the bitch.
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 24, 2023 13:29:41 GMT
whatalark I'd keep trouble shooting the nas problem. Don't just go with wav as its working. If you're using WiFi for the player can you make the Quality of Service for the device higher in your router? Or get a big ethernet cable and see if that sorts it? If it's the connection you might be able to fix it. I've got yellow and blue ethernet cables. Is there a difference ? I'm using a blue one. The blue cables are for boys. |
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Mar 24, 2023 13:41:17 GMT
I am completing my online bribery training whilst the cake bakes, and my company have felt it necessary to explicitly warn against holding company events in a strip club.
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Post by Shenguin on Mar 24, 2023 14:16:14 GMT
IT people tend to use different colours for different jobs, but it doesn't indicate any difference in how they work.
Short green ones for patching in the data cabinet, yellow for POE applications, grey for boring ones, etc.
Ethernet cables, not strip clubs, obviously.
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Mar 24, 2023 14:20:04 GMT
My keyboard is in fine fettle. All the letters. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. Top banana.
I also own a fancy music streaming box. But I just plug a hard disc into it or use the Sonos instead, it's much easier.
Today is my Friday, and I feel like I just ran a 10K, while hungover, and now feel a touch.. off. I haven't been drinking. Top banana. I blame the blood worms.
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 24, 2023 14:24:56 GMT
I am completing my online bribery training whilst the cake bakes, and my company have felt it necessary to explicitly warn against holding company events in a strip club. No fake cheques, no strip clubs. The Mafia has changed a lot. |
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Post by Shenguin on Mar 24, 2023 14:25:13 GMT
I am completing my online bribery training whilst the cake bakes, and my company have felt it necessary to explicitly warn against holding company events in a strip club. I wrote a policy that explicitly bans the pouring of alcohol directly into other people's mouths (unless they're unable to drink independently by way of disability). It's been broken on multiple occasions by staff. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 24, 2023 14:29:12 GMT
I am completing my online bribery training whilst the cake bakes, and my company have felt it necessary to explicitly warn against holding company events in a strip club. I wrote a policy that explicitly bans the pouring of alcohol directly into my mouths (unless they're unable to drink independently by way of being too drunk). It's been broken on multiple occasions by staff, who I ordered to keep feeding me sweet booze. It's good that Boris Shenguin is finally admitting the truth about the parties. |
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Post by whatalark on Mar 24, 2023 14:37:31 GMT
You get different speeds cat 4/5/5e/6/7 How old are they? It should say on them printed the length of the cable. Don't use less than 5. The long cable that trails around the room to the netgear says it's a catch cable cat6. The others are 5e. I've tried OGG and m4a which both stutter. WavPack that it doesn't recognise. mp3 and wav work fine. I'm stumped. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 24, 2023 14:38:49 GMT
IT people tend to use different colours for different jobs, but it doesn't indicate any difference in how they work. Short green ones for patching in the data cabinet, yellow for POE applications, grey for boring ones, etc. Ethernet cables, not strip clubs, obviously. Yellow for operating the premature burial. Green for pendula. red for pits. |
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Post by crankcaller on Mar 24, 2023 15:11:47 GMT
Hmm. How is your streamer seeing the Nas? Just a FileShare or a media server on the Nas? whatalark |
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 24, 2023 15:16:32 GMT
Hmm. How is your streamer seeing the Nas? Shyly |
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Post by Chumbles on Mar 24, 2023 15:17:54 GMT
I did discover a couple of months ago that some files I'd downloaded from Bandcamp were too high quality for the system to handle, so I had to use some software to convert them to a lower rate of whatever it is. The 44/16 whatevers. I felt extremely proud of myself for working that one out.
Needless to say, the quality of the music itself was not too high.
Bandcamp gives you several download options; FLAC is the default, but you can also select others. It must be better IMHO to select, say, MP3 v0, rather than bouncing between different formats |
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Post by Destry on Mar 24, 2023 15:32:32 GMT
My keyboard keys are working normally again (pro tem).
Go figure.
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Post by Chumbles on Mar 24, 2023 15:35:02 GMT
ST: S3:E6 is available now! There's 10 episodes in Season 3. I love it... |
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 24, 2023 15:37:06 GMT
MP3 is lossy though.
FLAC is the smallest lossless format. I record in the best quality I can so that my terrible music sounds as good as possible.
It does make most sense to download in the format you want where possible.
I use MP3 converter to put everything in to FLAC if it isn't already so that I don't have lots of odd formats.
I am pretty certain Ogg Vorbis is dragon eggs not music files.
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Post by Tuffers on Mar 24, 2023 15:47:51 GMT
My keyboard keys are working normally again (pro tem). Go figure. Poltergeist? |
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