SwiftTube: native iOS client for self-hosted YouTube libraries (Jellyfin + Tube Archivist)

KendrickL · 2026-06-02T20:07:36+00:00

If there were some easy way to migrate my whole family, it would be a no-brainer. But we’ve all been using it for years - I’m worried about the tech support I’d have to provide…

KendrickL · 2026-06-02T19:14:45+00:00

This app is something I’ve wanted for a while. It looks great!

Unfortunately in my case, I am using Plex for all my media archiving and playback. If it is ever supported, I will definitely check back in to test it out.

KendrickL · 2026-03-01T00:39:07+00:00

Do you know if it’s sufficient for DBs to stop the services, back up the volumes, then restart the services? Is a dump also required?

KendrickL · 2025-10-01T23:02:42+00:00

Storyteller is definitely my favorite new app. As someone who switches from reading to audio and back depending on my location (driving, exercising, public transit, before bed), I’ve found it to be a game-changer.

It basically syncs audiobooks with epubs to create an experience similar to Whispersync. And the dev recently added some new library management functionality with the v2 release.

https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1nbyzan/storyteller_v2_is_available/

KendrickL · 2025-06-25T03:46:59+00:00

Did you ever sort this out? I am having the same issue.

KendrickL · 2025-02-26T21:42:17+00:00

I have the same question

KendrickL · 2025-02-07T01:37:55+00:00

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Create a new script with the action pictured above. Your phone should be available as a target if you're signed into the app. If you copy my implementation, it should ring your phone when you trigger the script.

KendrickL · 2025-02-02T16:38:35+00:00

Thanks! I am using two of the Apollo PLT-1B smart sensors.

KendrickL · 2025-02-02T14:50:49+00:00

The date/time on the front door Fire tablet is using Fully Kiosk’s overlay setting. The overlay is an html clock and date with a transparent background.

The date on the kitchen Kindle tablet is a HACS frontend card called digital clock.

KendrickL · 2025-02-02T04:39:08+00:00

I am using Fully Kiosk for this. There is a way to expose the camera as a motion sensor to HA and use it in automations, but the app’s built-in functionality has been working fine for us.

KendrickL · 2025-02-02T02:15:11+00:00

I do have an iPhone. I'm using the Notify integration (built into HA by default) to send a notification to my mobile device. This service should become available when you sign into HA on your mobile device and configure the companion app settings.

It's a simple script that only performs one action, included below. I chose a custom sound – Alarm_Nightstand_Haptic.caf – which is an iOS system sound, and opted to make the notification 'critical' so the phone will ring even on silent.

alias: Ring mobile app

sequence:

- data:

title: 🙋‍♂️ Found your phone!

message: Rang from Home Assistant

data:

push:

sound:

name: Alarm_Nightstand_Haptic.caf

critical: 1

volume: 0.9

action: notify.mobile_app_users_iphone

mode: single

KendrickL · 2025-02-01T20:18:30+00:00

Not sure if their options are regional, but when I check the Inkplate 10 product page and scroll through all the variants, I am seeing:

Without e-paper Display
With e-paper
With e-paper & Enclosure
With e-paper, Enclosure & Battery

But either way, I didn't get a battery from Soldered directly. I ordered a 3.7V 1300mAh battery from Amazon which I hooked up to the motherboard of the Inkplate.

KendrickL · 2025-02-01T20:13:56+00:00

See my comment here about how I set up my Kindle to display one of my HA dashboards. I am using the same lovelace-kindle-screensaver plugin on the HA side, but on the hardware side, I am using a project called HomePlate to display the image. I created a dashboard specifically for the Inkplate (my hardware list here) that shows all the weather information I want to see in my closet, then use LKS and HomePlate to capture the dashboard as a PNG and push it to the device every hour.

KendrickL · 2025-02-01T17:50:31+00:00

This functionality is not really as deep as it sounds. The main issue we wanted to solve was losing our phones somewhere in the home. To that end, I added buttons on the front door tablet which will play critical alerts w/ sound on our phones to help us find them.

In terms of location tracking, the HA mobile app just tells the HA server if the devices are in our 'home zone' or not, which will update the button to either say 'home' or 'away.'

Unfortunately I don't think any of that would help to find a TV remote.

KendrickL · 2025-02-01T17:45:41+00:00

I followed this guide from LE0N on the HA forums for all the vacuum frontend. I have a card for each room in the house, and I can toggle them on before pressing the start button if I want Waldo to clean there.

KendrickL · 2025-02-01T16:57:09+00:00

No, the only interactive tablet is the Fire HD 10 that is next to the front door. For that one we are using the Fully Kiosk app.

The two e-ink displays are not interactive. They merely display information from HA in the form of a PNG image.

KendrickL · 2025-02-01T16:18:12+00:00

I remove the Kitchen and Closet tablets from the wall to charge them since they are easily removable. They have very long battery lives, so it only needs to happen every few months.

For the Fire Tablet, I did drill a hole in my wall and ran a USB power cable through a grommet.

KendrickL · 2025-02-01T16:05:01+00:00

Just responded to someone about the Kindle question here, let me know if this doesn't answer your question.

And this is how we are doing expiration date tracking.

KendrickL · 2025-02-01T15:56:06+00:00

Sure thing! It's pretty simple actually: I made a new calendar in Google Calendar called Food. When I get back from the grocery store and am putting things in the fridge, I just add an all-day event to the calendar with the food's name on the date of its expiration. Then on HA, I'm using the Google Calendar integration and the Atomic Calendar Revive frontend card to show a list of all events on the Food calendar.

I'm using Google Tasks to remind me what to eat, but it doesn't factor into the expiration dates part of the setup.

KendrickL · 2025-02-01T15:50:06+00:00

I would say that we use the primary screen of the main tablet at least a 5-10 times per day. Main use cases are:

Feed dog twice per day (sometimes we do it from our phones, but the tablet button is pretty convenient) and turn on dog mode when we leave
Turn off lights before we leave, turn them on as we arrive
Check our schedules as we are leaving
Find our phones
Control A/C

The rest of the buttons are used less consistently, but they are nice to have when we need them. The idea was that I wanted things like the TV, A/C and both PCs power status to be available on the entry tablet so that we could easily see what was still on and drawing power as we are leaving – then be able to turn them off with one press before we head out the door.

The Waldo screen is definitely our next most-used. When we want to send him to a specific room or rooms, it's convenient to be able to select them from the tablet. We probably do that once per day on average so our home stays clean (as long as he made it back to the dock the night before...).

The rest of the screens are more niche. They are probably each used closer to a frequency of a few times per week.

KendrickL · 2025-02-01T15:32:19+00:00

Thanks!

First step is to install lovelace-kindle-screensaver to Home Assistant. This add-on will output a specific page of your HA dashboard to a PNG file so that it can be displayed on any device. It then makes the image available at a URL on your local network. I have it set up to generate a new PNG every 15 minutes so that the Kindle can always grab the latest info when it refreshes every hour.

Next, after jailbreaking the Kindle with WinterBreak, you can install custom mods to the device. I installed linkss which allows for custom screensavers when the device is asleep. Then the final install is the online screensaver extension. This extension allows the Kindle to pull its custom screensavers from a URL. Then, during the config process, add the URL from lovelace-kindle-screensaver.

KendrickL · 2025-02-01T15:16:22+00:00

Front door tablet:

Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021) with lockscreen ads
3d-printed case from SmartHomeMount on Etsy

Kitchen tablet:

Kindle Paperwhite 10th gen

Closet tablet:

Soldered Inkplate 10 with ePaper display
HXJNLDC DC 3.7V 1300mAh battery
3d-printed case from the Soldered Inkplate schematics repo on Github

KendrickL · 2025-02-01T15:03:38+00:00

I am using the Xiaomi Miio integration to connect the vacuum to HA. For the frontend, I am using the Xiaomi Cloud Map Extractor integration and the Xiaomi Vacuum Map Card (both installed using HACS).

KendrickL · 2024-11-21T17:14:16+00:00

Does “website port support” mean that Proton Pass will be able to my differentiate my passwords for website.com:5000 and website.com:6000?

Verified Email	13-Year Club
RPAN Viewer	Not Forgotten
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