New blog post up. About how you can have a little randomized music discovery while keeping everything local.
https://michael.kjorling.se/blog/2025/music-discovery-linux/
This expands and elaborates somewhat on my Fedi post from a few days ago at https://social.mkj.earth/web/@mkj/115453184719526783
#PersonalWebSite #BlogPost #blog #music #Linux #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #SmolWeb
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"html": "<p>October's link share blog post is up!</p><p><a href=\"https://michael.kjorling.se/blog/2025/links-10/\"><span>https://</span><span>michael.kjorling.se/blog/2025/</span><span>links-10/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/PersonalWebSite\">#<span>PersonalWebSite</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/LinkShare\">#<span>LinkShare</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/BlogPost\">#<span>BlogPost</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.mkj.earth/tags/SmolWeb\">#<span>SmolWeb</span></a></p>",
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"html": "<p>I'm...happy.</p><p><a href=\"https://chavanniclass.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/the-joys-of-studying/\"><span>https://</span><span>chavanniclass.wordpress.com/20</span><span>25/10/31/the-joys-of-studying/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://scicomm.xyz/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://scicomm.xyz/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://scicomm.xyz/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://scicomm.xyz/tags/learning\">#<span>learning</span></a> <a href=\"https://scicomm.xyz/tags/education\">#<span>education</span></a> <a href=\"https://scicomm.xyz/tags/college\">#<span>college</span></a> <a href=\"https://scicomm.xyz/tags/university\">#<span>university</span></a></p>",
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"html": "<p>Progress isn\u2019t always forward. Sometimes it\u2019s sideways. And slow.</p><p><a href=\"https://HisVirusness.com/finding-the-time\"><span>https://</span><span>HisVirusness.com/finding-the-t</span><span>ime</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/writing\">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/creativity\">#<span>creativity</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/goals\">#<span>goals</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/perfectionism\">#<span>perfectionism</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a></p>",
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As I have some spare time this weekend, I'm hoping to spend some time following @gobino (https://social.lol/@gobino) tutorial to get webmentions up and running on my Bear Blog. If the end result looks anywhere near as good, I'll be happy.
#Bearblog #IndieWeb #Note
https://l.prry.uk/installing-webmentions-on-bearblog/
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I really like personal homepages and have quite a list of them bookmarked. I'll post one every week unless I fall behind this schedule. 😉 So here's Cool Personal Homepages #CPHP Vol. 50: "crusom.dev" https://crusom.dev/
PS: @crusom is on the fediverse!
#SmallWeb #indieweb #homepage #blog
#screenshot #retrocomputing
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Added the ability “sign out" of your site, bringing you to the site selector. It works SO well.
I’m so glad I did the refactoring, it feels so much more stable now. AND it’s enabled me to add all these new features effortlessly. The sky’s the limit, this is the power of mindfully written code!
I think we have everything we need to implement the site dashboard view. Then, after sorting the publishing stuff and some design polish, it’ll be ready for an alpha release. #11tyCMS #11ty #indieweb
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This is a load of fluff and I don't agree with very much of it, but is an interesting angle to take on the current state of gamification of the web.
https://mastodon.social/@inautilo/115468213934666267
#website #webdev #frontend #indieweb #ai
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Here's a little end-of-the-month post with some reflections on things I watched, read, listened to and enjoyed.
Hope everyone has a great Halloween/Samhain!
https://qsky.neocities.org/blog/vc-25-10
#indieweb #smallweb #blog
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"html": "<p>New Hyperlink Roundup 07 blog post.</p><p><a href=\"https://basic.bearblog.dev/hyperlink-roundup-07/\"><span>https://</span><span>basic.bearblog.dev/hyperlink-r</span><span>oundup-07/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a></p>",
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"html": "<p>I wrote a thing after listening to this week\u2019s hard fork <a href=\"https://kfirbreger.com/blog/openai-is-doing-the-social-way/\"><span>https://</span><span>kfirbreger.com/blog/openai-is-</span><span>doing-the-social-way/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a></p>",
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"html": "<p>An Ode to the Perfectly Weighted Object. <a href=\"https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/20250726/\"><span>https://</span><span>sightlessscribbles.com/posts/2</span><span>0250726/</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/Blog\">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/Blogs\">#<span>Blogs</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/Blogging\">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/NoPaywall\">#<span>NoPaywall</span></a></p>",
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I just discovered https://websitecarbon.com/faq/ that measures a site's carbon footprint. Unfortunately their API endpoint wasn't working for me, think they ended it recently https://api.websitecarbon.com/.
So I extracted the results from the WebUI, customized the simple web badge into a more informative one with a dropdown.
Quite happy with how it looks. 🤓 Plus, all the badges are now under a <detail> tag to keep it clean.
What do you think? https://burgeonlab.com
#BurgeonLab #SmallWeb #indieweb #blog
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Update: Some Chromium-based browsers like Brave and Opera do the thing. But, Chrome still doesn't want to behave.
https://HisVirusness.com/now
#webdev #indieweb #smallweb #OpinionatedDesign
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October is almost over! For all us procrastinators, still time to write a post or two to participate in #October blogging challenges like:
#Blogtober
#IndieWebMovieClub on #Hackers
#Inktober
#Mathober
#WeirdWebOctober
+ coding challenges:
#Hacktoberfest — https://blog.holopin.io/posts/hacktoberfest-2025
Many more at:
* https://indieweb.org/October
* https://indieweb.org/blog_carnival
🎃 And tomorrow is #Halloween so consider a holiday theme for your site as well! See #IndieWeb examples for inspiration:
* https://indieweb.org/Halloween
Last but not least, perhaps we’ll see some of you at #IndieWebCamp Berlin this weekend!
* https://indieweb.org/2025/Berlin
This is post 13 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts
← https://tantek.com/2025/182/t1/movie-club-tomorrowland-submissions
→ 🔮
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"text": "October is almost over! For all us procrastinators, still time to write a post or two to participate in #October blogging challenges like:\n\n#Blogtober\n#IndieWebMovieClub on #Hackers\n#Inktober\n#Mathober\n#WeirdWebOctober\n\n+ coding challenges:\n#Hacktoberfest \u2014 https://blog.holopin.io/posts/hacktoberfest-2025\n\nMany more at:\n* https://indieweb.org/October\n* https://indieweb.org/blog_carnival\n\n\ud83c\udf83 And tomorrow is #Halloween so consider a holiday theme for your site as well! See #IndieWeb examples for inspiration:\n* https://indieweb.org/Halloween\n\nLast but not least, perhaps we\u2019ll see some of you at #IndieWebCamp Berlin this weekend!\n* https://indieweb.org/2025/Berlin\n\nThis is post 13 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts\n\n\u2190 https://tantek.com/2025/182/t1/movie-club-tomorrowland-submissions\n\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e",
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October is almost over! For all us procrastinators, still time to write a post or two to participate in #October blogging challenges like:
#Blogtober
#IndieWebMovieClub on #Hackers
#Inktober
#Mathober
#WeirdWebOctober
+ coding challenges:
#Hacktoberfest
Many more at:
* https://indieweb.org/October
* https://indieweb.org/blog_carnival
🎃 And tomorrow is #Halloween so consider a holiday theme for your site as well! See #IndieWeb examples for inspiration:
* https://indieweb.org/Halloween
This is post 13 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts
← https://tantek.com/2025/182/t1/movie-club-tomorrowland-submissions
→ 🔮
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"html": "<p>October is almost over! For all us procrastinators, still time to write a post or two to participate in <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/October\">#<span class=\"p-category\">October</span></a> blogging challenges like:<br /><br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Blogtober\">#<span class=\"p-category\">Blogtober</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/IndieWebMovieClub\">#<span class=\"p-category\">IndieWebMovieClub</span></a> on <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Hackers\">#<span class=\"p-category\">Hackers</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Inktober\">#<span class=\"p-category\">Inktober</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Mathober\">#<span class=\"p-category\">Mathober</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/WeirdWebOctober\">#<span class=\"p-category\">WeirdWebOctober</span></a><br /><br />+ coding challenges:<br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Hacktoberfest\">#<span class=\"p-category\">Hacktoberfest</span></a><br /><br />Many more at:<br />* <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/October\">https://indieweb.org/October</a><br />* <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/blog_carnival\">https://indieweb.org/blog_carnival</a><br /><br />\ud83c\udf83 And tomorrow is <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Halloween\">#<span class=\"p-category\">Halloween</span></a> so consider a holiday theme for your site as well! See <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span class=\"p-category\">IndieWeb</span></a> examples for inspiration:<br />* <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/Halloween\">https://indieweb.org/Halloween</a><br /><br />This is post 13 of <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/100PostsOfIndieWeb\">#<span class=\"p-category\">100PostsOfIndieWeb</span></a>. <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/100Posts\">#<span class=\"p-category\">100Posts</span></a><br /><br />\u2190 <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2025/182/t1/movie-club-tomorrowland-submissions\">https://tantek.com/2025/182/t1/movie-club-tomorrowland-submissions</a><br />\u2192 \ud83d\udd2e</p>",
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Hi, I’m Jessie and I’m addicted to making #11ty websites. It started off with just one… couldn’t hurt, right? But then one turned into two, and then two into three… I already have plans for a fourth and a fifth. I just can’t stop 😭 #11ty #indieweb #blogging
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Just finished @timbl 's great book #ThisIsForEveryone and the chapter on 'Design Issues' really stuck with me. The #web has always been a network full of creativity, enjoyment and collaboration (just think of the #blogosphere in the 2000s), and it's on us to keep this spirit alive. Now I am curious to read some of the more detailed considerations at https://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/
#smallweb #indieweb
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"html": "<p>I decided to throw complications away and use a tablet, and a tablet alone via it's headphone jack to the amplifier. Blasphemy, sacrilege - no separate DAC, no dedicated streamer, no NAS, no nothing.\n\n</p><p><em>In 2023, I wrote another entry: The quest for simple, high\nquality music and video playback in 2023<a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fn1\">1</a> My\nplan was to turn that entry into a digital garden<a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fn2\">2</a>\nentity, but I came to realise it'd be an overgrown garden if I only ever\njust add to it. So: new post it is.</em></p>\n<h2>No <del>capes</del> snowflakes!</h2>\n<p>In my previous entry I established the following:</p>\n<ul><li>things need to be able to run on their own, long term</li>\n<li>they need to be simple enough so any family members can use it,\nchildren included</li>\n<li>someone with a baseline IT knowledge can learn how to maintain\nit</li>\n</ul><p>But that second point... just because it's not snowflake, it can\nstill be too complex.</p>\n<h2>The 2025 Chromecast Audio\nTroubles</h2>\n<p>When 2025 started I had the setup of:</p>\n<ul><li>a streamer or renderer, in form of:\n<ul><li>a TV</li>\n<li>a Chromecast with Google TV</li>\n<li>a Chromecast Audio</li>\n</ul></li>\n<li>tablet, phone, etc as controller and as data source</li>\n<li>amplifier</li>\n<li>speakers</li>\n</ul><p>So at this point I already got rid of the separate NAS.</p>\n<p>Early March in 2025 however, brought something unexpected: The\nChromecast Apocalypse - Reddit will tell you a lot about it<a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fn3\">3</a>. To keep it simple, the on-device\ncertificates expired after 10 years and Google took a week to fix it,\nbut I wasn't sure there will be a fix at all.</p>\n<p>I have been having troubles with the Chromecast Audio connectivity\nbefore, I decided to dust off the Rasbperry Pi approach once again.</p>\n<p>It was a pleasant surprise that Raspotify, MPD, and upmpdcli works\nperfectly, just as I left them 2 years ago. I bought a Hifiberry DAC+<a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fn4\">4</a> off ebay to boost the quality a bit,\nand it's so far pretty nice, and sold the CCA.</p>\n<p>And it was fun... until a Spotify API update, at which point it\nbroke, again. Or when it randomly stopped playing and refused to do\nanything until a reboot.</p>\n<h2>Source! Controller!\nRenderer! ... But... why?</h2>\n<p>After the both the Chromecast Audio and the Raspberry Pi failures I\ndecided to revisit the whole source - controller - renderer idea. Is it\npossible to merge them?</p>\n<p>There are fanastic all-in-one solutions now, but I'm sceptical how\nlong they'll last. Given how the CCA failed in 10 years, unless I go for\nsomething extendable, like a NAD C 3050<a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fn5\">5</a>,\nchances are it'll go bust as well in no time. The WiiM Ultra looks like\na fantastic option though<a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fn6\">6</a>.</p>\n<p>So I decided to run an experiment: to use a Samsung SM-T545, better\nknown as Galaxy Tab Active Pro<a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fn7\">7</a> tablet, with a 2TB\nmicroSD card, as the center of it all. It's 10.1\" tablet aimed at\nenterprise and light industrial use, as comes with a protective case by\ndefault, IP65 rating, so it's somewhat child-proof. Has a replaceable\nbattery (sic!) so there's a bit of longevity, and still has a 3.5mm\nheadphone jack.</p>\n<a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/article/music-center-no-cast/Samsung_SM-T545_huge.jpg\">\n\n\n<img src=\"https://petermolnar.net/article/music-center-no-cast/Samsung_SM-T545.jpg\" title=\"Samsung_SM-T545.jpg\" alt=\"A single table as music/media center\" /></a>\n\nA single table as music/media center PENTAX K-5 II s, 35.0 mm, f/4.5, 1/20\nsec, ISO 800 \u22c5\n<a href=\"https://www.pentaxforums.com/lensreviews/SMC-Pentax-DA-L-35mm-F2.4-AL.html\">smc\nPENTAX-DA 35mm F2.4 AL</a> \u22c5\n<a href=\"https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0.html\">\nCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0 </a> \n<p>After some troubles I eventually got that microSD card - the envelope\narrived dirty, weeks later, after I kept chasing DHL, but at least it\ngot here. It can hold my whole media collection - yes, it fits on 2TB.\nAn easy feat when they are ripped CDs and DVDs, or flacs from\nbandcamp.</p>\n<p>Loaded with local data, and official apps for streaming, this setup\nis much closer to a physical media collection, then having a NAS, a\nrenderer/streamer, and a controller separately.</p>\n<h2>DAC? I already have one...</h2>\n<p>There's a lot of information out there. And a lot of opinions. And,\nin many cases, people confuse those two. One forum claims to be\nscientific, but limits their measurement by not taking the human ear and\nperceived hearing into account. Other base everything on human hearing,\nwithout relable scientific approach. There are good attempts, but they\nare rare<a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fn8\">8</a>.</p>\n<p>Among the many things these two camps can't agree on is if there's a\ndifference between DACs - as in the chips and devices that convert bits\nto sound. I was curious, so I bought a second hand Cambridge Audio\nDACmagic XS - a micro, portable DAC. It did sound nice, but I couldn't\nshake the feeling that (a) it's louder, than any other output I have\nand</p>\n<ol><li>it colours the sound.</li>\n</ol><p>Mainly though it's utter pain to have it with a tablet that has a\nsingle USB-C connection: I need to connect a hub that can do PD\ncharging; it's micro USB, and the last time I tried a USB-C to microUSB\ncable, it overheated the DACmagic.</p>\n<p>The tablet already has a jack output. At the level I can afford to\nlisten to music, which isn't only limited by wealth, but by space, time,\na young child, hearing, and so on, the built in jack of that tablet is\nalready crystal clear, and it's convenience is inquestionable.</p>\n<p>I checked my hearing. With good headphones I seem to hear up to 18kHz\nat the volume I'd listen music; 19kHz if I push the volume up, but\nbasically nothing abouve that. This is less, than the people who can\nhear the differences between DACs<a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fn9\">9</a>. I'm 40 years old, so\nit's most likely downhill from here.</p>\n<p>So at this point the stack has reduced to:</p>\n<ul><li>a 32\" gaming monitor with built-in speakers<a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fn10\">10</a> -\nmy previous TV died, and I didn't like a single one of the new TVs\npicture, hence the IPS gaming monitor that actually lets me see the dark\nparts in movies, unlike UltraSuperMegaHDR OLEDs</li>\n<li>a Chromecast with Google TV</li>\n<li>a tablet</li>\n<li>an amplifier</li>\n<li>speakers</li>\n</ul><p>And it lets me focus on the music without worrying about stuff\nbreaking every week.</p>\n\n\n<ol><li><p><a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/article/music-center-chromecast-dlna/index.html\">https://petermolnar.net/article/music-center-chromecast-dlna/index.html</a><a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fnref1\">\u21a9\ufe0e</a></p></li>\n<li><p><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/digital_garden\">https://indieweb.org/digital_garden</a><a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fnref2\">\u21a9\ufe0e</a></p></li>\n<li><p><a href=\"https://old.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/\">https://old.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/</a><a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fnref3\">\u21a9\ufe0e</a></p></li>\n<li><p><a href=\"https://www.hifiberry.com/\">https://www.hifiberry.com/</a><a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fnref4\">\u21a9\ufe0e</a></p></li>\n<li><p><a href=\"https://nadelectronics.com/product/c-3050-stereophonic-amplifier/\">https://nadelectronics.com/product/c-3050-stereophonic-amplifier/</a><a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fnref5\">\u21a9\ufe0e</a></p></li>\n<li><p><a href=\"https://www.wiimhome.com/wiimultra/overview\">https://www.wiimhome.com/wiimultra/overview</a><a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fnref6\">\u21a9\ufe0e</a></p></li>\n<li><p><a href=\"https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/model/SM-T545NZKAU07/\">https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/model/SM-T545NZKAU07/</a><a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fnref7\">\u21a9\ufe0e</a></p></li>\n<li><p><a href=\"https://www.lttlabs.com/blog/2025/07/14/we-promise-these-lines-mean-something-new-audio-testing-method\">https://www.lttlabs.com/blog/2025/07/14/we-promise-these-lines-mean-something-new-audio-testing-method</a><a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fnref8\">\u21a9\ufe0e</a></p></li>\n<li><p><a href=\"https://youtu.be/UzECc522A1Y?si=PhinNQ919iAEXOi4&t=899\">https://youtu.be/UzECc522A1Y?si=PhinNQ919iAEXOi4&t=899</a><a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fnref9\">\u21a9\ufe0e</a></p></li>\n<li><p><a href=\"https://www.richersounds.com/benq-mobiuz-ex3210u/\">https://www.richersounds.com/benq-mobiuz-ex3210u/</a><a href=\"https://petermolnar.net/#fnref10\">\u21a9\ufe0e</a></p></li>\n</ol>",
"text": "I decided to throw complications away and use a tablet, and a tablet alone via it's headphone jack to the amplifier. Blasphemy, sacrilege - no separate DAC, no dedicated streamer, no NAS, no nothing.\n\n\n\nIn 2023, I wrote another entry: The quest for simple, high\nquality music and video playback in 20231 My\nplan was to turn that entry into a digital garden2\nentity, but I came to realise it'd be an overgrown garden if I only ever\njust add to it. So: new post it is.\nNo capes snowflakes!\nIn my previous entry I established the following:\nthings need to be able to run on their own, long term\nthey need to be simple enough so any family members can use it,\nchildren included\nsomeone with a baseline IT knowledge can learn how to maintain\nit\nBut that second point... just because it's not snowflake, it can\nstill be too complex.\nThe 2025 Chromecast Audio\nTroubles\nWhen 2025 started I had the setup of:\na streamer or renderer, in form of:\na TV\na Chromecast with Google TV\na Chromecast Audio\n\ntablet, phone, etc as controller and as data source\namplifier\nspeakers\nSo at this point I already got rid of the separate NAS.\nEarly March in 2025 however, brought something unexpected: The\nChromecast Apocalypse - Reddit will tell you a lot about it3. To keep it simple, the on-device\ncertificates expired after 10 years and Google took a week to fix it,\nbut I wasn't sure there will be a fix at all.\nI have been having troubles with the Chromecast Audio connectivity\nbefore, I decided to dust off the Rasbperry Pi approach once again.\nIt was a pleasant surprise that Raspotify, MPD, and upmpdcli works\nperfectly, just as I left them 2 years ago. I bought a Hifiberry DAC+4 off ebay to boost the quality a bit,\nand it's so far pretty nice, and sold the CCA.\nAnd it was fun... until a Spotify API update, at which point it\nbroke, again. Or when it randomly stopped playing and refused to do\nanything until a reboot.\nSource! Controller!\nRenderer! ... But... why?\nAfter the both the Chromecast Audio and the Raspberry Pi failures I\ndecided to revisit the whole source - controller - renderer idea. Is it\npossible to merge them?\nThere are fanastic all-in-one solutions now, but I'm sceptical how\nlong they'll last. Given how the CCA failed in 10 years, unless I go for\nsomething extendable, like a NAD C 30505,\nchances are it'll go bust as well in no time. The WiiM Ultra looks like\na fantastic option though6.\nSo I decided to run an experiment: to use a Samsung SM-T545, better\nknown as Galaxy Tab Active Pro7 tablet, with a 2TB\nmicroSD card, as the center of it all. It's 10.1\" tablet aimed at\nenterprise and light industrial use, as comes with a protective case by\ndefault, IP65 rating, so it's somewhat child-proof. Has a replaceable\nbattery (sic!) so there's a bit of longevity, and still has a 3.5mm\nheadphone jack.\n\n\n\n\n\nA single table as music/media center PENTAX K-5 II s, 35.0 mm, f/4.5, 1/20\nsec, ISO 800 \u22c5\nsmc\nPENTAX-DA 35mm F2.4 AL \u22c5\n\nCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0 \nAfter some troubles I eventually got that microSD card - the envelope\narrived dirty, weeks later, after I kept chasing DHL, but at least it\ngot here. It can hold my whole media collection - yes, it fits on 2TB.\nAn easy feat when they are ripped CDs and DVDs, or flacs from\nbandcamp.\nLoaded with local data, and official apps for streaming, this setup\nis much closer to a physical media collection, then having a NAS, a\nrenderer/streamer, and a controller separately.\nDAC? I already have one...\nThere's a lot of information out there. And a lot of opinions. And,\nin many cases, people confuse those two. One forum claims to be\nscientific, but limits their measurement by not taking the human ear and\nperceived hearing into account. Other base everything on human hearing,\nwithout relable scientific approach. There are good attempts, but they\nare rare8.\nAmong the many things these two camps can't agree on is if there's a\ndifference between DACs - as in the chips and devices that convert bits\nto sound. I was curious, so I bought a second hand Cambridge Audio\nDACmagic XS - a micro, portable DAC. It did sound nice, but I couldn't\nshake the feeling that (a) it's louder, than any other output I have\nand\nit colours the sound.\nMainly though it's utter pain to have it with a tablet that has a\nsingle USB-C connection: I need to connect a hub that can do PD\ncharging; it's micro USB, and the last time I tried a USB-C to microUSB\ncable, it overheated the DACmagic.\nThe tablet already has a jack output. At the level I can afford to\nlisten to music, which isn't only limited by wealth, but by space, time,\na young child, hearing, and so on, the built in jack of that tablet is\nalready crystal clear, and it's convenience is inquestionable.\nI checked my hearing. With good headphones I seem to hear up to 18kHz\nat the volume I'd listen music; 19kHz if I push the volume up, but\nbasically nothing abouve that. This is less, than the people who can\nhear the differences between DACs9. I'm 40 years old, so\nit's most likely downhill from here.\nSo at this point the stack has reduced to:\na 32\" gaming monitor with built-in speakers10 -\nmy previous TV died, and I didn't like a single one of the new TVs\npicture, hence the IPS gaming monitor that actually lets me see the dark\nparts in movies, unlike UltraSuperMegaHDR OLEDs\na Chromecast with Google TV\na tablet\nan amplifier\nspeakers\nAnd it lets me focus on the music without worrying about stuff\nbreaking every week.\n\n\nhttps://petermolnar.net/article/music-center-chromecast-dlna/index.html\u21a9\ufe0e\nhttps://indieweb.org/digital_garden\u21a9\ufe0e\nhttps://old.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/\u21a9\ufe0e\nhttps://www.hifiberry.com/\u21a9\ufe0e\nhttps://nadelectronics.com/product/c-3050-stereophonic-amplifier/\u21a9\ufe0e\nhttps://www.wiimhome.com/wiimultra/overview\u21a9\ufe0e\nhttps://www.samsung.com/uk/support/model/SM-T545NZKAU07/\u21a9\ufe0e\nhttps://www.lttlabs.com/blog/2025/07/14/we-promise-these-lines-mean-something-new-audio-testing-method\u21a9\ufe0e\nhttps://youtu.be/UzECc522A1Y?si=PhinNQ919iAEXOi4&t=899\u21a9\ufe0e\nhttps://www.richersounds.com/benq-mobiuz-ex3210u/\u21a9\ufe0e"
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"html": "<p>Anyone here keep a list that's not on Goodreads or Storygraph or any other digital platform?</p><p><a href=\"https://chavanniclass.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/the-book-list/\"><span>https://</span><span>chavanniclass.wordpress.com/20</span><span>25/10/30/the-book-list/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://scicomm.xyz/tags/books\">#<span>books</span></a> <a href=\"https://scicomm.xyz/tags/reading\">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href=\"https://scicomm.xyz/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://scicomm.xyz/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://scicomm.xyz/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
"text": "Anyone here keep a list that's not on Goodreads or Storygraph or any other digital platform?\n\nhttps://chavanniclass.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/the-book-list/\n\n#books #reading #blog #blogging #IndieWeb"
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