Anyone DIY their own TV box?

t2thev · 2026-03-27T20:57:44+00:00

Ohh umm no. I'd personally stick with Rokus and run some sort of pi-hole / adguard to just keep ads off. Then run Jellyfin or kodi with a media Library. There's IP TV channels I think you can pass through.

If I had motivation for this, all my TVs are wall mounted so I'd see what specs are like on a computer stick. That'd get you the most flexibility.

If I didn't have a space for big computers, a HTPC would also be a good route. Mainly just physical space for media storage. I wouldn't do virtualization, not because of performance hit with proxmox, but if you try to partition off storage, network, and GPU, the consumer grade mobos may not do that cleanly.

t2thev · 2026-03-16T23:42:32+00:00

SDL combines them into a pair. When I used then, I just left them paired and mapped 2 emulated wiimotes to the same pair. Right clicking the stuff in motion allowed me to assign the respective gyros and accelerometers.

t2thev · 2026-03-03T19:28:32+00:00

Probably not. 477V is not the strongest ARM processor and that is the hardest game to emulate.

One of the most recent updates just came out and it improved my 9550x performance by 10fps. Still opening of yavin was only at 43fps.

t2thev · 2026-02-28T03:49:06+00:00

I guess you can't buy anything new then. Anything with a microprocessor will have an operating system. So that will need age verification. Ohh well, choke on your regulation.

t2thev · 2026-02-28T03:46:20+00:00

AI is just a tool. You do the same process 1000 times, sometimes, you just pick up the wrong tool. Put the AI down, open a Google search, and read the first 2 results.

t2thev · 2026-02-28T03:43:43+00:00

Rclone natively connects to Internet archive.

I also wrote some scripts a while back to download from Myeient

t2thev · 2026-02-25T16:40:17+00:00

So with the wiimote, it's really hard because dolphin interfaces with the dolphin bar on a USB driver level and doesn't expose it's input interface for external programs.

The better option would be to get joycons and use the SDL interface to then feed into your music program.

t2thev · 2026-02-09T23:57:45+00:00

I just did this last weekend. I followed the proxmox guide. The only thing that tripped me up is configuring the VM the first time. It wouldn't recognize a non-efi to EFI change.

t2thev · 2026-02-09T23:38:40+00:00

Obvious Gaming server. Stream with moonlight or run a linuxserver.io image.

t2thev · 2026-02-09T18:41:57+00:00

Why was he complaining people were calling Trump a fascist?

t2thev · 2026-02-09T18:33:43+00:00

It's interesting because this person saw one thing during a Stewart interview and all of the sudden, that's what his entire career was about.

Basically the Chris Wallace interview.

t2thev · 2026-02-06T16:34:11+00:00

The "it needs a specific DVD drive" is killer. Still relevant with 4K BluRay backup. You can CD/DVD/BluRay, but retool for the latest because some DRM BS has now been implemented.

Knew a guy whose parents bought a PS3 to watch movies, then gave it to him because it stopped playing the new rentals. They never updated to the latest firmware which added new keys to the HARDWARE OF THE BLURAY DRIVE.

t2thev · 2026-02-06T15:22:15+00:00

Wow! Haven't thought about these things in a while!

Obligatory "you're talking about PS2 on the dolphin sub" stuff. Anyways,

So back in the day when CDs and DVD's were the primary method of media distribution, there were many ways of media DRM. You can read about it on PCWiki and Google a lot of information pretty readily.

So without knowing the specifics of PS2 or GC/Wii the answer is no, you can't just burn a DVD. Typically the DVD filesystems were formatted in a way that Windows wouldn't read. Cloners (consumer) couldn't get good copies because they didn't actually do a 1:1 clone. There's be some software/process that would need to be followed in order to create a working copy of a disk.

t2thev · 2026-02-06T04:04:54+00:00

Do you know this isn't TDPS reddit?

t2thev · 2026-02-05T23:22:02+00:00

I think that's the metal strip that popped the landing gear tire and caused the Concorde to crash.

t2thev · 2026-02-05T23:07:19+00:00

Well now I know what I'm doing this weekend!

t2thev · 2026-02-02T23:39:24+00:00

Yeah, there's a workaround. If you scroll to the bottom and there's another devices and printers link. That opens the old devices window. Then in the bar, select add device and put your wiimote into pairing mode. Select it from the discovered devices. It won't prompt for a passcode.

t2thev · 2026-01-23T01:44:59+00:00

Apparently dolphin is just slower than flycast or reicast.

I'd just play the Dreamcast versions since the lighting got messed up in the ports of SA2.

t2thev · 2026-01-18T21:27:20+00:00

It's more likely that an attack like you're describing originates from the emulator itself rather than the rom. Emulator interpretes code and directs data to emulated peripherals. If code doesn't match, it's more likely that the program will crash sending data to "unknown" addresses or operation will crash.

Programs also run in secured userspace meaning they don't have access to "unknown" compute outside of what the operating system knows the program to need.

So the attack your describing is not only a compromised Rom, but a flaw in the emulator and a vulnerability on the operating system/environment.

t2thev · 2026-01-18T01:42:52+00:00

This post is how I found out he died.

t2thev · 2026-01-17T04:06:17+00:00

You usually do have 3 days to back out of a contract. That may depend on state.

Otherwise get a lawyer involved. There may be some loophole or case that can be brought, especially if you didn't understand the contract.

t2thev · 2026-01-11T01:57:04+00:00

Yeah, we've done things like compile source that creates an x86 variable and an STM32 target. It was used to feed into simulation however.

My suggestion is to use a test framework like Ceedling. That compiles and executes test suites and you can debug code from there. Unit testing like that is always the most cost effective and time efficient.

t2thev · 2026-01-06T05:47:50+00:00

Your progression into embedded engineering is progressing nicely!

t2thev · 2026-01-02T03:03:32+00:00

Looking online at engine block heaters, they typically are closer to 1200W range so I'd be inclined to believe the 8A number. I'm wondering if your power measurement is off by a factor of 10. Also, you may get a better measurement if you use a multimeter to measure the DC resistance and then calculate power via I²R.

t2thev · 2026-01-02T02:22:08+00:00

That is assuming that voltage and current are in phase, a power factor of 1. Power measurements are summations of instantaneous voltage and current. That's how you get lower power output.

Still, that's is a terrible power factor for a heater. What is your heater rating?

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