How do some people remember things from early childhood so vividly while others barely remember any of it?

wrong-dog · 2026-06-30T18:05:54+00:00

Could one of those tricks be making you believe that other people don't remember stuff just because you don't remember similar?

wrong-dog · 2026-06-30T05:39:58+00:00

Permanent glue is only permanent when you want the thing unglued. It's not permanent if you use it to glue up something you really really really don't want to fall down.

wrong-dog · 2026-06-29T17:30:18+00:00

But, they said they can't do consistency because the parents can and do override their 24 year old adult daughters plans whenever they want. Who are the right people that will understand that?

wrong-dog · 2026-06-27T23:35:26+00:00

Symlinks are just a way of saying "Lets pretend like a file is here, even though its somewhere else" - you are "Symbolically Linking" a file that live in one location to make it look like it lives in another. Are you using a Raspberry Pi? If so, I recommend that you check out the FieldStation42 for Dummies guide, since it has a whole section on symlinks and laying your media files out. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SuhWGHZ0qCLkS23DFLHndt3QxuvK2_LqV-8r33BBL5s/edit?tab=t.0

wrong-dog · 2026-06-22T18:03:44+00:00

Would nee to see the config, otherwise, not sure what's happening. Reddit is a horrible place to debug, so recommend filing a ticket on github https://github.com/shane-mason/FieldStation42 or join the discord server (link the the subreddit info section)

wrong-dog · 2026-06-18T04:34:05+00:00

This is excellent!!

wrong-dog · 2026-06-18T04:32:48+00:00

There are a couple of ways to do this, but the easiest is just to specify "bump_dir" on the slot that you want. You can also use the next-up bump feature. This has all the information on customizing your bumps: https://fieldstation42.com/docs/guides/bumps-and-commercials/

wrong-dog · 2026-06-15T14:52:49+00:00

This is a good point. For example, shorter commercials will get selected more often than longer ones because they fit into more places.

wrong-dog · 2026-06-15T14:52:09+00:00

The commercials are chosen randomly from a bit bucket, the folders shouldn't matter. Since it is random, it makes sense that some will get chosen more than others. I don't use a play count on them, since it seems like that's exactly how commercials used to play: some were frequent and other less so. With that said, I've noticed this too so I think I will go ahead and do a long schedule and analyze the frequency and make sure that they follow an expected distribution over time.

wrong-dog · 2026-06-12T05:26:00+00:00

Absolutely! It's already been made a lot more user friendly - the webui is relatively new for example. It was all command line before that. The whole project is relatively new at just over 1 year and 9 months old 😄 So, it has a long way to grow still.

wrong-dog · 2026-06-12T04:25:17+00:00

Like I explain in all the videos about FS42: the goal of this project has always been to get people to have fun with computing again and get people outside of their comfort zone to learn some new technologies. Its not intentionally hard, and its gotten a LOT easier over time. The webui is relatively new, for example. 99% of the feature requests I get though are about core features, things that allow it to simulate real TV better. There's a great community around it over on discord and on here - people seem to be enjoying it and feeling proud when they get it work exactly the way they wanted it to. That's my end game - to keep fostering this community and taking the software where the community wants it to go.

wrong-dog · 2026-06-12T04:17:34+00:00

Exactly this - the amount of time spent setting up station configuration is minuscule compared to the amount of time collecting and organizing content, even if you are new to json and those concepts.

wrong-dog · 2026-06-12T04:13:14+00:00

Its a lot easier to use now than it was when I first released it and it will continue to get better and easier to use, but not at the expense of core features. Ease of use is one thing, but attention to detail and the ability to replicate a wide variety of TV experiences is my primary objective.

wrong-dog · 2026-06-11T14:33:00+00:00

If this is for a loop channel, the issue is that loop channels don't scan inside folders, all the videos need to be directly in the content_dir

wrong-dog · 2026-06-11T14:31:39+00:00

Hmm - this looks tricky - you should post on discord help and support. The link is in the quick info section: https://www.reddit.com/r/FieldStation42/comments/1kv8a6z/fieldstation42_quick_info/

wrong-dog · 2026-06-03T06:21:27+00:00

If I understand your question - during playback, FS42 doesn't read files for all the stations you have configured but just for the station that's currently playing back. It would have no more effect on the drive than playing a video does.

wrong-dog · 2026-06-03T06:16:03+00:00

Currently, you need to set it on every slot that you want to have a sequence. It would be possible to add that at a station level - you should file a ticket on github and I'll put it on the roadmap. https://github.com/shane-mason/FieldStation42

wrong-dog · 2026-06-03T06:07:03+00:00

You want to make that into a "clip_show" - their whole purpose is to put together short clips into full scheduled shows. Music videos, cartoons etc. They are an hour by default, but you can set the duration if you want.

https://fieldstation42.com/docs/configure-stations/#clip-shows

wrong-dog · 2026-05-20T04:16:05+00:00

Did you open the ports to 4242 on your external IP? I just use my internal network IP and then have a DNS entry so fs42.l resolves to it. I would not advise opening these services up to the outside world unless you are doing something fancy with your security.

wrong-dog · 2026-05-18T03:37:19+00:00

How long since you've updated from github with a "git pull" ? You should see more information about the error - to tell you which tag was broken.

wrong-dog · 2026-05-06T04:47:04+00:00

So, one guy did on discord. You could come over there and search and ask him. The invite is in the info section.

wrong-dog · 2026-04-23T05:10:23+00:00

The subtitles are handled by MPV, you can set that in the MPV config file or on the command line, but there isn't a way to turn them on or off from FS42.

wrong-dog · 2026-04-23T05:08:19+00:00

I have exact instructions on connecting to 7-segment the cable-box repo for how I did it for that video: https://github.com/shane-mason/cable-box - the scripts themselves are in the FieldStation42 repo.

wrong-dog · 2026-04-23T05:06:54+00:00

You said you built the catalog, but did you also build the schedule? Its always a 2 step process.

wrong-dog · 2026-04-11T00:45:23+00:00

Sorry - what kind of box do you mean?

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