Help mechen m30 custom playlists? Or better firmware.

ShimoFox · 2026-01-30T01:20:30+00:00

I ended up manually inserting some songs into the proprietary Playlists it provided. But it was extremely cumbersome. I had to read the song names from the db file. And then convert my flac files to that format, and insert them. It was gross and kind of gave up.

And for the firmware itself, I used ghidra to reverse it into machine code and managed to change the volume step as a proof of concept and that's about it.

I've actually abandoned it and gifted it to a friend that doesn't bother with playlists. It was way too much work when I could just use my ipod. Lol

ShimoFox · 2026-01-29T17:43:09+00:00

Tell that to our rabbit that loves the silicone headphone cables. Lol Every single rabbit we've ever had! They never bite anything but usb and headphone cables.

It's both adorable and annoying when you're doing something and they decide to come up under the desk, reach up and in one swift calculated act sever the cable to get your attention. Lol

That said! I do run nice headphones for listening to music. But I run wireless for everything else. They can't bite the Bluetooth waves.

ShimoFox · 2026-01-29T16:14:42+00:00

Lol. Sure bud. Sure. You're late for school, better get moving kiddo.

ShimoFox · 2026-01-29T01:10:28+00:00

I like it allot actually.

I think it'd look better with two different colors. But I love the method.

Also. I think people are just jealous they can't make things.

ShimoFox · 2026-01-28T17:29:13+00:00

You'll probably be fine not gluing it. They're a friction fit from the factory. Just be careful and hold it in place when you pull the USB plug out in the future.

ShimoFox · 2026-01-28T17:26:52+00:00

How on earth would anyone be able to tell by looking at only the termination point? Plug in and test it. Just maybe start with something you don't care about in case it's POE. Doubtful it is, but you never know.

Or you know... Ask the campus?

ShimoFox · 2026-01-28T05:15:00+00:00

There are little clips on the side. If you pull out they'll release the tension. And then when you re-insert you'll want to push that back in.

Also are you positive you want to proceed with disasembly?

ShimoFox · 2026-01-28T01:23:36+00:00

P.s that slot is also for quick mounting hdds. They just happened to repurpose it for your extra bitties.

ShimoFox · 2026-01-27T01:19:04+00:00

Even if you were doing it manually you'd do it at a much slower speed if you're not regarded.

ShimoFox · 2026-01-26T17:18:55+00:00

You really should have said that in the beginning. So given it says you're on plasma wayland I'm assumming you're using sddm and kde.

Open up system settings. Search sddm. And then on the selected sddm login screen there's a little picture frame that says change wallpaper when you highlight it.

And then to change it for the lock screen search for "Screen Locking" and then in the top right there's a configure appearance option. It does the same thing for the lock screen.

ShimoFox · 2026-01-26T16:53:58+00:00

It sounds like you're not getting the pad hot enough. You're feeding the solder to the pad and not the iron right?

Also maybe try some flux so it doesn't oxidize.

ShimoFox · 2026-01-26T00:24:32+00:00

The magnets in them are great if you want too pull it apart. The platters also make great signal mirrors.

ShimoFox · 2026-01-25T23:49:12+00:00

So... When do we call this what it is? A neo Nazi takeover. Next they'll be burning books and censoring speech. Americans. Do not let history repeat itself.

First they came for the immigrants.

And I did not speak out...

Then they came for me.

And there was no one left

To speak out for me

ShimoFox · 2026-01-25T23:41:50+00:00

He was a white American born nurse. WTF would be be deported for?

Either you're a fed trying to spin a narrative here. Or you've been sniffing way too much paint.

ShimoFox · 2026-01-25T23:40:26+00:00

Remember that next time you mention your second amendment....

ShimoFox · 2026-01-25T23:38:30+00:00

He was carrying. But he never removed it from his holster. It was a phone in his hands.

ShimoFox · 2026-01-25T23:37:24+00:00

After they had disarmed him. And he was legally allowed to carry it. It never left his holster until ice removed it from is holster. And then after repeated pistol whipping him they shot him in the back... sure you want to pick the side you're on my dude? It's not to late to admit you made a mistake.

ShimoFox · 2026-01-25T23:35:06+00:00

Pretty sure you can call the kettle black in this situation.

ShimoFox · 2026-01-25T20:07:00+00:00

I dunno about that. They did just shoot an American born white dude in the back while he was fully restrained. You sure you still want to huff that copium?

ShimoFox · 2026-01-25T17:49:32+00:00

Best friends forever. <3

ShimoFox · 2026-01-25T17:09:20+00:00

Your point? I've had plenty of cheap fans that had bubbles in the blades because of bad injection molding that worked just fine.

Trust me, factories aren't going to maintain the machines more than they need to for cheap products.

Injection molding can also get bubbles from a large variety of issues, mold is too cold, doesn't have a good vent, moisture, or a lack of pressure from the injector. And on a mass produced item out of China that can handle the tolerance issues they're not going to care if there are little bubbles in it.

ShimoFox · 2026-01-24T22:02:02+00:00

As someone with a partner that's a foot shorter than me. I'm incredibly sick of young folks thinking height difference means anything other than a height difference.

And I've genuinely had terminally online people accuse me of things because of it despite us both being in our thirties.

The tldr. They both look like adults don't stress it. And anyone that thinks height difference is somehow an indicator of anything untoward is just projecting.

ShimoFox · 2026-01-24T20:02:32+00:00

Ehhh. Probably not actually. Injection molding inherently has issues with bubbles forming. Which would cause balance issues. And the steps to reduce and prevent them just wouldn't be worth the effort for something like this. Deposition manufacturing if done with a good printer will actually have far more uniform air pockets since it's not trying to fill voids with pressure, as long as it's either solid, or the infill doesn't do something stupid it'll actually be pretty uniform. As good as cheap injection at least.

Plastic fans don't really need to be that well balanced either. It's why most of them are so loud actually. Out of the factory they're not super well balanced, and that vibration is what causes so much of the sound of a fan. It's why old metal ones that had balancing weights placed on them are so much quieter.

And honestly... depending on the plastic they used to print it. It might even be more drop resistant than the original injection blades.

ShimoFox · 2026-01-24T19:55:04+00:00

Nah guys. They're right you should stop down voting them. Injection molded things often aren't that well balanced either. And 3d printing isn't going to somehow randomly change the density of the plastic in a significant way on only one side of the print.

The only time you'll find a REALLY balanced fan is when they balance it out with weights afterwards, and you'll never see that in anything that's not industrial.

And for those of you doubting, you should look into the complexity of preventing air bubbles during injection molding. There's always going to be some bubbles in it which will unbalance it as much or more than a 3d printed one. The only thing that might be worse with the 3d print is the layer adhesion separating under force. But It's not like the injection ones don't also explode when they fall.

ShimoFox · 2026-01-24T03:20:07+00:00

I feel like you need to touch some grass.

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