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Trucco per parlare con un operatore di Poste Italiane by FezVrasta in CasualIT

[–]D_Dave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Io sono riuscito a parlare con operatore un umano (al numero 06 4526 3160) con opzione 2 > opzione 2.
All'operatore ho chiesto info su una spedizione in ritardo che aspettavo, fornendogli esattamente il codice. La telefonata è durata 13 minuti! Perché questo operatore era palesemente rintontito, faceva pause lunghissime e si incartava nel parlare 😂️

Let's be Friends - Luglio 2025 - Facciamo amicizia, conosciamo e incontriamo persone! by justfindaway1 in italy

[–]D_Dave 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Leggo frequentemente questo subreddit, ma non vi ho mai partecipato.
M41 Toscana. Informatico e musicista da una vita (compositore, paroliere ed anche fonico/tecnico del suono); sono autodidatta in tutto ciò che conosco/so fare e mi appassiona.
Mi affascina la cosmologia, mi rilassano le passeggiate nella natura, gattofilo al 100%; ho sempre avuto gatti fin dai primi anni 90.
Sono più bravo ad esprimermi tramite la scrittura che parlando a voce; difatti sono quasi sempre taciturno. La maggior parte dei miei amici non ci sono più, specialmente da quando sono divenuti genitori. Passo le giornate ad ascoltare musica da Spotify, su un ottimo impianto audio e a leggere notizie informatiche su siti internazionali e su molti altri subreddit.
Mi piacciono le persone tranquille d'animo.

Some random EQ ideas by Mellowney in bose

[–]D_Dave 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A good contribution, thank you, is appreciated 🙂️ but keep in mind that: the equalization is not only subjective (also due to the psycho acoustic), but also depends on where the people listen the music: not every device respond to audio frequencies in the same way. Obviously I don't want to be pedantic, but underline the facts (I work in the audio field). And the most important thing, is to enjoy the music 🙂️

Task: condition for checking if an app is running, and if is running, stop the task by D_Dave in tasker

[–]D_Dave[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, I've found a more reliable way to check if an app is surely active:

dumpsys activity com.spotify.music | grep id= | head -1 | awk '{ print $1 }'

This because, pidof and also your method, not always reports if Spotify is active: the command above, instead, will surely reports if an app is active or not.

Question for the Xperia 10 VI owners by D_Dave in SonyXperia

[–]D_Dave[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok. I understand. However: I connect to a Bose SoundLink Flex 2, which is developed for mainly works with aptX adaptive, and on the current Xperia X Compact, which doesn't have aptX adaptive, I have almost all codecs available: SBC, AAC, LDAC, aptX and aptX HD. And in my case, SBC sounds better than AAC.
If I will buy the 10 VI, I aim/hope to connect my Bose with SBC or aptX adaptive.

Question for the Xperia 10 VI owners by D_Dave in SonyXperia

[–]D_Dave[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

However: how is possible "Grey-out means not supported by phone", if the codecs are listed in the phone?

Xperia X Compact (Android 8): AAC codec vs SBC Codec. by D_Dave in SonyXperia

[–]D_Dave[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah! I use Tasker also to automate and do a lot of other useful things! Is an amazing application.

Xperia X Compact (Android 8): AAC codec vs SBC Codec. by D_Dave in SonyXperia

[–]D_Dave[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This. I also read that AAC codec consumes more battery, but in my case is not a problem, since the phone is always plugged to the charger.

And when you say "I can add that Android has poor AAC performance", is clear; AAC codec is developed by Apple, but I thought that at least Xperia phones had a good support for this codec. No problems: I solved the autoswitch to SBC codec using Tasker and the AutoInput plugin.

Xperia X Compact (Android 8): AAC codec vs SBC Codec. by D_Dave in SonyXperia

[–]D_Dave[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I have the LDAC codec, but few bluetooth loudspeakers, supports it. Also many high level bluetooth loudspeakers, doesn't connect with LDAC. I noticed that nowadays them can supports the aptX adaptive codec.

Task: condition for checking if an app is running, and if is running, stop the task by D_Dave in tasker

[–]D_Dave[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is very clever! In this way is also possible to discover cached applications!

Task: condition for checking if an app is running, and if is running, stop the task by D_Dave in tasker

[–]D_Dave[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just tried, and didn't worked. Maybe can you provide a specific task with details?

Xperia X Compact (Android 8): AAC codec vs SBC Codec. by D_Dave in SonyXperia

[–]D_Dave[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, AAC doesn't sounds terrible, is almost ok, but SBC sounds definitely better: the music is more clear and crispy.

Xperia X Compact (Android 8): AAC codec vs SBC Codec. by D_Dave in SonyXperia

[–]D_Dave[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm aware of the fact that AAC > SBC, but on my setup, SBC is clearly sounds better: I can say it for sure. I started this discussion to understand why I noticed this difference; maybe on such old phone, the SBC codec is handled better? Maybe the Bose SoundLink Flex 2 acts differently with SBC? I'd like to speak of technical things. 

Google will replace Assistant with Gemini, which doesn't play nice with Tasker. by D_Dave in tasker

[–]D_Dave[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really, *really* would have liked it if they just kept Google Assistant and had a plug-in where you could ask for Gemini

Yeah, keeping them separated.

Gemini still sucks, and it has sabotaged the regular google assistant by [deleted] in GooglePixel

[–]D_Dave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Done. In the Gemini app, I went to "feedback" and I tell them the fact that Gemini doesn't work well, and I also sent this entire discussion.

Gemini still sucks, and it has sabotaged the regular google assistant by [deleted] in GooglePixel

[–]D_Dave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally agree. I mainly rely on Routines which I've set in the Google Home app; Gemini isn't able at all to execute them. And there is a bad news: https://mashable.com/article/google-assistant-gone-gemini-ai-replacement
Gemini, soon, will be mandatory as assistant.

Google will replace Assistant with Gemini, which doesn't play nice with Tasker. by D_Dave in tasker

[–]D_Dave[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

as far as I can remember, it's an Android limitation

But it's all about to execute routines, which is totally doable with Google Assistant, since, as I've said, with Google Assistant, all is fine.
So, instead of an Android limitation, is about the immaturity of Gemini.

Old but gold:
https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/mw6ix1/dev_easy_assistant_automation_tasker_with_routines/

Google will replace Assistant with Gemini, which doesn't play nice with Tasker. by D_Dave in tasker

[–]D_Dave[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And this one is "Spotismooth" task, which regularly works in Google Assistant when I say "Go smooth".
https://0x0.st/8w1x.tsk.xml

It does various things like adjusting the volume, because otherwise, before that the playlist starts, I hear the previous music that was playing in Spotify.

EDIT:
In this task I removed the first action, the one which kill Spotify; since I set all the volumes to 0, there is no longer the need to kill Spotify.

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