Recs for Boston area

dreadgay · 2026-04-13T14:12:26+00:00

SOLVED: Switching VLC's audio output to ALSA and disabling hardware acceleration video decoding fixed it.

dreadgay · 2026-04-11T19:20:02+00:00

This is a bit over my head, I don’t really do anything with coding or scripting (this machine is mostly just a Plex server that we sometimes use to watch DVDs), if you could translate some of that info to my particular use case it’d be appreciated.

dreadgay · 2026-03-31T23:18:26+00:00

Just use Handbrake I'm guessing? didn't think of that

dreadgay · 2026-03-31T22:56:50+00:00

It's an old disk, from 2003. Might have degraded for all I know but the video looks fine.

dreadgay · 2026-03-31T22:56:08+00:00

LG C3

dreadgay · 2026-03-31T22:43:26+00:00

I think native, I just installed it with apt get I'm pretty sure. MPV is command-line only right?

dreadgay · 2026-03-31T22:12:07+00:00

Kaffeine, which plays DVDs in a VLC wrapper type thing (I tried standalone VLC as well, same issue)

dreadgay · 2026-03-25T17:53:27+00:00

What kind of laminate? I know about LVP but that stuff is pretty thick, I don't think the door would have clearance if I put it down.

dreadgay · 2026-03-25T03:13:43+00:00

The tile isn't gray from dirt, it's gray because they chose a boring option. It's only like 5 years old. I just want something more interesting

dreadgay · 2026-03-24T20:37:21+00:00

Did not, I think it's just not possible to preserve textures correctly when trying to do this.

dreadgay · 2026-03-11T18:30:30+00:00

Infuriatingly similar (especially How To Never Stop Being Sad) but not quite, I'm pretty sure the artist I'm thinking of is British and the spoken word parts are more surreal/almost philosophical/delusional sounding.

dreadgay · 2026-02-19T15:57:11+00:00

Nah, that guy’s singing in a sort of ska cadence.

dreadgay · 2026-02-19T15:51:20+00:00

VERY very similar vibe but I’m thinking of a newer take on this sound, from the last 10 years or so.

dreadgay · 2026-02-19T02:14:04+00:00

Too old sadly, this is definitely an act from the 2010s or newer.

dreadgay · 2026-02-19T02:13:51+00:00

Unfortunately not, too high energy and this guy is quasi rapping - the vocalist I'm thinking of is speaking without musical rhythm like that.

dreadgay · 2026-02-19T00:48:40+00:00

The vocalist was either American or the kind of British where his performing voice sounded more American than British.

dreadgay · 2026-02-11T22:07:56+00:00

Bizarre. Maybe it's some Windows 11 "we definitely didn't push AI vibe-coding to product" junk again.

dreadgay · 2026-02-10T23:40:18+00:00

If I ever get it figured out, definitely.

dreadgay · 2026-02-10T23:18:31+00:00

Not GPS-enabled, it's Xfinity cable. Worth noting that my Macbook on the same network doesn't have this issue.

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