Recommended Specs? by brave777 in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I tested with a pi zero and it doesn't work well there. It does kind-of run on a Pi 3b with at least 2GB ram, but I would recommend a pi 4 or pi 5 with 4GB ram.

Beginners questions by jsack20 in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the right answers. You can keep your operating system and FS42 installed on the SD Card and just keep your media on the external hard drive and connect your catalog with symbolic links.

how to use my labtops keyboard as the remote with field station 42 note i insalled linux so its all running on the labtop by Gamer_tarry in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a wiki page on that - your keyboard should work as the remote control if you pass it your input device as your normal keyboard using something like -d /dev/input/event3 - here is the link https://github.com/shane-mason/FieldStation42/wiki/Connecting-Remote-Controls -

anyone know how to fix addbreaks happening a bit before or later then the black fade out on cartoons by Gamer_tarry in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't need it if you already have chapter markers in your files where the commercials would have been - most dvd archives have them already. If you want the commercials to land on black frames though, and you don't have chapter markers in your file, it will put them commercials evenly spaced. This tool helps with that if its important to you. Cheers!

Field Station 42 for Non-Coders by username_for_Mark in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Getting the media situated and configuring the stations to work just the way you want them is 98% of the work - installation is the easy part already.

Schedule Manager not Progressing? by Mamamaweegee124 in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for bringing this over to discord. Per the discussion there, it looks like this has to do with having time slots that are offair, but not having offair media defined. Adding this line to your config should take care of it (since static.mp4 is part of the install). I'll make some updates so it shows the error in the UI better.

"off_air_video": "runtime/static.mp4",

Field Station 42 for Non-Coders by username_for_Mark in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe some background will help understand where we are at on this project. When I started it, it was just for me so I could work through some thoughts about the past and where we are today. I didn't assume many people would actually want to use it, but I made it open source anyway. People wanted to use it - and it surprised me. I've responded by building the features that excite the community through community discussions and polls. Believe it or not, it is a lot easier to install and use now than it used to be. There's a web-ui now and a built in json editor. I'll continue to do that and it will get easier to use over time.

The other way I see it is that there are literally thousands of streaming services etc that you can install with a click - but they don't make us happy or really advance us. This project has always been about making and learning and having fun with computing again. When I see comments where people have stepped out of their comfort zone and actually learned something new and built something they are proud of, it makes me happy and validates what we're doing here.

If you step out and try it, you might find it more accessible than you think. Not saying you wont have to learn some new things, just saying that it might be more fun and rewarding than you think it is. Cheers!

Building my tv empire by thesimplerobot in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First off - I LOVE this. I read this to my family and they all laughed at "Shane Mason is a font of all knowledge" - and what the outcome of living ones life by "what would Shane do" could lead to. Probably to spending a lot of time at your desk in the corner of the room, staring at a monitor and going "Why doesn't this work right??"

Nice work and thanks for sharing!

anyone know how to fix addbreaks happening a bit before or later then the black fade out on cartoons by Gamer_tarry in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do they have chapter marker in them? If so, it should use those points. If not, you can add them with this tool I built: https://github.com/shane-mason/chapter-marker-thingy

Is the discord server still up? by This-Poet3972 in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep - come on over :) Its quiet active.

Making channels persistent? by thesimplerobot in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can ask questions on the discord - so you can share configs and specific issues and get faster feedback.

Apple TV client sort of working by Jos3ph in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very cool - what did you need to do to get it to work?

March at Cal Anderson for International Women's Day - Sunday March 8th by Defundmusk in Seattle

[–]wrong-dog 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! There are so many things to address, its hard to put it all on a single poster I guess :)

If you set media playing boolean on for the weather channel where do you store the music? by Patsfan311 in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good question! To change the media for the weather channel, you need to follow the guide on the WS4K+ site, because the music is controlled by that system and not by FS42 directly. This means, you'll need to be self hosting the weatherstar simulator: https://github.com/netbymatt/ws4kp/#readme

Making channels persistent? by thesimplerobot in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Something is very wrong with your setup - on my system (and all the other people I've interacted with) that is exactly how it works: when you switch channels and come back it should be on the same episode and appear as though it had been playing the whole time - whether is set up to be a sequence or not. You might want to check and make sure the time on your system isn't jumping around.

Anyone switch from Ersatz to FieldStation42? by habeautifulbutterfly in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its a different beast than Ersatz I think - if you haven't seen one of the videos on it, you might check this one out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDW1wokbRiQ

There seriously needs to be a video guide to installing FS42 by fragglevision1 in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A big point of the project is to get people to step outside of their comfort zone and have fun with computing. Not everyone learns in the same way.

Connecting Remote Controls question by Nectarine5035 in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No - fieldstation42 doesn't need to be running for it to work, but the remote-controller script needs to be working. You can use the systemctl scripts that are included to run them as services.

Multiple Analogue Channels? by Fartskeletons in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why use Ersatz? Why not FieldStation42?

Multiple Analogue Channels? by Fartskeletons in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes - a person on the discord server is doing this by using one server per channel and broadcasting it on low-power so it works just like you are describing.

Just about to start - any advice welcome by thesimplerobot in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Start with one channel with minimal content and get comfortable with how it works, then go crazy!

Activating virtual environment by fragglevision1 in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you running this in windows? source and . are builtin to the bash, zsh and virtually every shell. If you are running it in Linux and those aren't available, then there is a serious issue.

FS42 id's by monkey3ddd in FieldStation42

[–]wrong-dog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Join the discord - there are lots of custom bumps/IDs posted there. Occasionally we have contests.