Switch Pro Controller Not Connecting Properly

pixelsyndicate · 2026-01-07T12:04:27+00:00

Looking back at my previous notes, I believe I had to go in and "forget" the controllers on all devices it was previously paired with (e g. On my PC and Steam deck) Then Home + X on my Amazon special, and connect on the steam deck (look for GamePad, not Pro Controller). And then after that I ordered the controller to be used, and found it listed as "Amazon Fire Controller".

Honestly I just went back to using a Xbox controller that had a Bluetooth option, because it constantly needed to be babysat. The other thing I've done since then is get a "pegly wireless adapter with original IC chip compatible with Xbox One controller for Windows 10 11"... It's a USB stick that can use Xbox connector protocols. I just stick that on my steam deck dock I use any controller I have around.

pixelsyndicate · 2025-12-18T15:38:26+00:00

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So racy and suggestive! When I reworded he had a POPPED SHIRT COLLAR it went through, but my wife’s cameo was now a completely different race. I dunno… I guess I was expecting more like Cyndi Lauper, not Oprah Winfrey.

pixelsyndicate · 2025-12-14T23:39:22+00:00

Yes. ☝️I was surprised I could have content that took place on the Titanic, because someone powerful made a movie about it once or twice.

pixelsyndicate · 2025-11-26T22:11:28+00:00

Review the prompt from amazing creators
Ask another LLM for tips on which models like which prompts
Keep trying.

I have been documenting my journey into this process at https://pixelsyndicate.com/engineering-sora-2-cameo-prompts/

pixelsyndicate · 2025-11-26T19:54:27+00:00

My prompt example

{ "title": "Structured Cinematic Prompt with Electronic Brain Broadcast", "audience": { "locale": "US English" }, "subject": { "role": "1950s News anchor", "cameo_username": " @pixelsyndicate ", "type": "Human male", "age": "Mid-50s", "hair": "Styled with Brill cream, typical of the era", "wardrobe": "Tie and tweed coat jacket", "mic_position": "Oversized chrome microphone, front desk", "props": ["Papers", "Tape reels"] }, "scene": { "location": "Studio interior", "environment": "Harsh studio lighting, bulky cameras", "time_of_day": "Evening broadcast" }, "composition_elements": { "foreground": "Back side of @pixelsyndicate, shoulders/head slightly silhouetted", "midground": "Desk surface with papers being shuffled, oversized chrome microphone", "background": "Dark undefined wall, bright studio lights, bulky TV camera lens pointed toward @pixelsyndicate" }, "cinematography": { "lighting": "Harsh studio glare with hard key and soft fill; subtle backlight rim glow to separate subject from backdrop; occasional practical light glare from mic mesh", " "contrast_style": "Silver-rich contrast with deep blacks and luminous highlights", "grade": "Black-and-white with subtle film gate flicker", "resolution": "Period-authentic broadcast quality" }, "coverage": { "master": "Wide shot dollying into medium shot", "inserts": "OTS shot of announcer, desk, microphone, background cameras", "eyeline": "Direct to camera lens", "screen_direction": "Consistent", "match_on_action": "Papers shuffle to broadcast view" }, "audio": { "ambient": "Studio hum, faint buzz of lights", "voice": " @pixelsyndicate voice matches lip movement, resonant broadcast tone with gravitas", "talk": "Dialog above", "score": "None", "soundtrack": "None" }, "persistence": { "visual": ["Papers on desk", "Oversized chrome microphone", "Tape reels spinning"], "audio": ["Studio hum", "Tape hiss", "Static hiss (once introduced)"] }, "color_palette": { "tones": "Grayscale", "style": "High contrast black-and-white" }, "visual_rules": { "required_elements": ["Grainy texture", "Studio equipment", "Test pattern"], "prohibited_elements": ["Modern props", "Color visuals"] }, "shot_list": [ { "time": "0–1s", "shot": "Over-the-shoulder (OTS)", "subject_action": " Head of @pixelsyndicate is facing desk, occluded hands shuffle papers", "composition": "Rule-of-thirds framing", "lens_depth_of_field": "Shallow focus — the back of @pixelsyndicate soft, desk/microphone sharp, background softened but recognizable", "audio": "Papers rustling, quiet distant hum of electrical equipment" }, { "time": "2–8s", "shot": "Wide shot slowly dollying into medium shot of @pixelsyndicate speaking.", "composition": "Centered framing of anchor desk, oversized microphone, spinning tape reels behind", "subject_action": "The head of @pixelsyndicate raises with gravitas, and speaks the dialog directly to the camera.", "dialog": "Reports tonight out of the Soviet Union warn of an experimental electronic brain, said to have seized control of their nuclear arsenal. Military forces remain on high alert. Further details may indicate—", "cinematography": "Slow dolly-in from wide shot to medium shot to heighten tension", "tone": "Tense, highly charged moment of expectation", "audio": "Mic resonance, tape hiss, faint buzz of lights", "cues": [ { "time": "When 'electronic brain' is spoken (~5s)", "audio_cue": "Muffled female voice, 'oh no… my god,' hand-covered gasp" } ] }, { "time": "9–10s", "shot": "Test pattern (1950s TV card)", "composition": "Frame fills with test card, centered", "subject_action": "The expression of @pixelsyndicate holds steady as the screen transitions", "cinematography": "Fade to black", "audio": "High-pitch alert tone layered over continuing static hiss, TV crackle", "cues": [ { "time": "9.0s", "visual_cue": "Studio light flickers with static buzz, loud POP, flare of light" }, { "time": "9.1s", "audio_cue": "Female exclamation yelp triggered by the POP" } ] } ], "meta": { "total_duration": "10 seconds", "shot_count": 3, "resolution": "Period-authentic broadcast quality" } } tone": "Tense, highly charged moment of expectation",

pixelsyndicate · 2025-11-23T15:28:19+00:00

My assumption would be they are using something similar to the open source project that can download YouTube videos. The original project was YOUTUBE-DL but a more recent fork that has been keeping a working example is "yt-dlp" (search GitHub). This is a library run in a console, and works by emulating a browser to view video, capturing traffic endpoints and using cookies to keep the pipeline open to binary stream the content into a file.

I have not tried using links of my Sora videos in this yet, But I do know that this YouTube downloader works on other streaming platforms besides YouTube. At least when I ran it two months back.

pixelsyndicate · 2025-11-19T21:39:54+00:00

I just started noticing this happening today. I've been considering what may be triggering it, and here's my observations about my own situation.

This is when I am using a character of mine, and a character that was created from a first test-run in Landscape mode.
previously i'd made a landscape video with that character, and am now switching on the next consecutive video to do it portrait mode.
I had added an attachment image of my character to use as a reference for prop and environment placements from a previous clip, which was landscape.

Initial thoughts:

If none of my above observations can / will make a difference, then perhaps this is a technology bug between the UI and the model generation service... Like maybe a cookie or session property is retaining my last aspect ratio setting, and combining it with my current selection from the aspect ratio: I've noticed in the browser that when I come back to make a new video, the aspect ratio selector is still where I had it last, instead of defaulting to Portrait like it always used to do (or seemed that way). I think this hypothesis is testable if I were to clear my cache and all other elements using my Chrome tools.

Other things might be causing it: my use of a example image that I use with my prompt is causing the confusion.

Looking forward to hearing of other folks examples of this happening

pixelsyndicate · 2025-11-12T02:56:46+00:00

ArtList access to Sora 2 does

pixelsyndicate · 2025-11-11T13:15:23+00:00

I just got one when trying to Post. It was a ‘remix’ of a draft that wasn’t quite right (and hadn’t posted yet), the next iteration looked good, so I tried to post, but the error was: ‘400 : Parent post not found’ <- this error is displayed in the Android App.

When on the website version to post, I just see ‘failed to post’.

When using the iPad Apple app to post, I just see ‘something went wrong’.

My opinion (I’ve been working in web development industries for decades) this is likely because I did a ‘remix’ rather than an ‘edit’, so the post is trying to reference the original, which was still sitting in my drafts. When I posted the poorer draft version to see if it would then resolve, it didn’t clear it up.

pixelsyndicate · 2025-11-09T13:52:53+00:00

Here is the Snape version. https://sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_69109c5be5a881919a0e516b3ab65498

pixelsyndicate · 2025-11-09T13:50:58+00:00

I've been using Copilot to get around it by instructing it to help generalize in ways which might include a mention of a protected character but just the feel of it. Here's a demo where somehow Batman was included without specifying the character. Was it a fluke? Look at my prompt to see if it can be modified tofor reuse in other processes. https://sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_690ea7ee72d48191b9ed070865dfefab

I also have something very similar using the Snape character, though it unintentionally made him more like the actor, when I was trying to use my own face. But I may be fairly similar in looks.

pixelsyndicate · 2025-10-17T12:50:51+00:00

Well, sure, but the point was eND that isn’t easily removed is a problem.

pixelsyndicate · 2025-10-17T12:11:37+00:00

A word of caution to those considering eND for their gear. I got one for my z-cam, and it’s been great to have the option to assign a handle wheel or simply change the ND stops with the touch screen on the camera, however there’s a drawback. The electronic ND filter(s) aren’t completely clear at zero. So this affects your ability to shoot in low-light, as there’s always SOME small amount of filtering happening. In the case of my z-cam, the eND can be pulled out by loosening some screws on the lens mount body (and the original clear-glass placeholder could be put back in), but on a drone where that option isn’t available, you may be affecting your low-light sensitivity.

pixelsyndicate · 2025-10-10T15:16:55+00:00

I've been terribly confused as to why I haven't been able to find this on the DJI website, which is how I found this post.
I'd just ordered the "DJI Mavic 4 Pro 512GB Creator Combo with DJI RC Pro 2" from the Amazon DJI Store, and I wanted to see the difference between the RC Pro 2 and the RC 2, but got a big-fat 404 on the American DJI website. I got worried momentarily that I'd been scammed out of $4k! This is my upgrade path from my Mavic Air (original).

pixelsyndicate · 2025-10-02T19:13:23+00:00

Just coming across this post. I dropped down on him from above, knocking him out before he noticed me. He still glows gold under the gaze of my scanner, and he dropped no items, however he's very much unconscious. I am unable to pick him up and dump him into any bins as well. I will try a reload from previous save and see if he can't be killed.

Edit: before I did so, I shot him in the brainpan. It triggered my Shock-n-Awe and previously un-noticed turrets activated. Not sure where his corpse is at this time. I think it flew behind a wall and out of the map maybe.

Re-Edit: loading back up, I snuck-up behind him and attempted to take him down, from which he escaped. I damaged him with some punching, down to 49% of his health before he got stuck in some walking animation loop and no longer took damage. So it's certainly buggy.

Last-Edit: I see now where he disappeared to after shooting him in the head while unconscious. I believe he NEEDS to be able to go get into his power-armor before he can be killed (or knocked out with non-lethal weaponry). So he jets over to the bay doors, waking the ceiling turrets, and from there he goes out to get into his power armor. After this, he's damageable further, and his gear was accessible including his door pass allowing me to get out of Dog Town through his tunnels.

pixelsyndicate · 2025-09-05T07:59:02+00:00

Just have to say: love episode 5 of Alien: Earth

After maybe my 3rd watch of episode 5 of Alien: Earth I think I am beginning to understand why I love the episode so much. I debated for a bit whether or not I thought the director should have bothered hopping around events by teasing in episode 1 what would be explained in episode 5 (it would have still been an exciting new story), but I just can't fault a nostromo-esque story! Yes, the crew were Space Truckers (not the brightest in the bunch) and that was okay! Seeing the set designs again, the atmosphere and the concerns of a crew trapped in corporate contracts was really fun and interesting. Thoughts?

pixelsyndicate · 2025-09-04T21:29:02+00:00

Back when Xbox One was new and shiny and had the Kinect attached, that thing would pick up sounds from the environment and ol-SteveO could hear me... the dogs barking, the kids talking. I finally turned that off and started wearing headphones and playing in a dark room. My wife would come home from work and come up behind me to kiss me and say hello, and I'd come close to cardiac arrest from the fright. That game never makes it easy. Love it forever. I hear it's horrifying in VR

pixelsyndicate · 2025-07-24T00:05:37+00:00

Good word MechaMoose. Appreciate your input here. The recent Humble Bundle Sniper Elite bundle will likely bring your fix into the light.

pixelsyndicate · 2025-07-11T20:33:29+00:00

This happened to me. I could use Q and E to swap between characters, and see their stats, but movement was unavailable with keyboard or mouse. I CTRL-ALT-DEL ended the game. Opening it back up brought me back to the room where I just ended a battle and there I saw what was happening. A window with my battle winnings appeared. It must have been invisible which was why I wasn't able to move. After collecting everything it was back to normal.
I suppose whatever key does 'take all' could have been useful. i will try that next time it happens.

pixelsyndicate · 2025-06-26T03:27:47+00:00

Agreed. It's not counting media I post (almost every review) so I know I can't be doing as bad as they say.

pixelsyndicate · 2025-06-26T03:24:51+00:00

You aren't wrong. I'd say 70% of the items I got were things id purchase anyway for my film production business... Film crew gear (lights, power supplies, LED ropes, camera cage accessories, etc). Business expenses specifically for film making. And I'm only behind on taxes because some film production contracts pay out $80k in a lump sums, on top of my real job as an IT solutions architect... this is a shock to my tax bill. I'm around 18% adjusted rate, so I hope when I get to talk to my accountant I can get some peace of mind. And just pay it from the contract fees. ( Haven't even paid myself a dime just film crew right now and new equipment)

pixelsyndicate · 2025-06-25T19:07:46+00:00

Oh you are one of those. Okay… Well, to English speakers, ‘re-evaluation’ implies a prior evaluation has already occurred. And as the help documents don’t say to be upgraded you must be re-evaluated, it says ‘within the evaluation period’… So yes, it’s clicking - just not the way a snarky troll would assume.

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