been using volumio on a pi zero as a music player. has been working nicely using an mpd client on my phone rather than the web interface (which fails to display the queue at times)
oh, their webpage says i can type 'volumio pull' to update. that seems easy enough.
2 hours later i'm watching a newly imaged disk fsck. been 30 minutes so far.
― koogs, Wednesday, 13 May 2020 19:38 (four years ago) link
I use an 8bitdo sn30 Pro Plus controller for emulation on my pi. Works equally well for retro games and newer. It's essentially a modernized SNES controller with dual analog sticks in a dualshock-style arrangement. This is the only indie controller manufacturer that's putting out stuff with a build quality comparable to the major players.
https://www.8bitdo.com/sn30-pro-plus/
― OneSecondBefore, Saturday, 16 May 2020 15:55 (four years ago) link
whoa
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Saturday, 16 May 2020 16:13 (four years ago) link
anybody used a converter for PS2 dual-shock controllers to usb? gotta be cheaper and less wasteful than buying a new controller, i figure
also, spectrum game emulation, what do i use for keys?
― koogs, Saturday, 16 May 2020 18:03 (four years ago) link
m bison did you already do this? retropie JUST released a new version with Pi 4 support w greatly improved n64 compatibility, worth the cost of a fan imo (you can get cheapish cases w/ a fan built in)
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 29 May 2020 16:55 (four years ago) link
i did! and i got a case with a fan! and some of the n64 stuff works ok!
ALSO HI STEVIE
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Friday, 29 May 2020 17:01 (four years ago) link
specifically: mario kart, sm64, tony hawk all work with some sound lag that minimally affects gameplay. mario tennis on the other hand was NAH.
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Friday, 29 May 2020 17:03 (four years ago) link
stevie d! gad to see you're well!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 29 May 2020 17:09 (four years ago) link
HI HELLO!
I have a Pi 3 (I don't think it's even a 3+) and I'm considering upgrading to a 4 but I still have SO much to keep be busy with genesis/ps1/snes
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 29 May 2020 17:09 (four years ago) link
my understanding is that while a lot of emulators you just configure them once and they're set, n64 requires a lot more hands on per-game tweaking to get it working the best
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 29 May 2020 17:10 (four years ago) link
yeah im getting that impresh. right now my son and i are both deep diving into game boy advance stuff i never played (esp the pokemen)
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Friday, 29 May 2020 17:26 (four years ago) link
oh shit! DEFINITELY play Mother 3 (you can find a translated ROM p easily), I also had a lot of fun w Mario vs Donkey Kong
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 29 May 2020 17:28 (four years ago) link
hit me up via lixmail, i have a pretty complete r0m c0llection
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 29 May 2020 17:35 (four years ago) link
unless you already have them all?
GBA was an amazing system
― Nhex, Friday, 29 May 2020 17:42 (four years ago) link
best Nintendo handheld until the Switch Lite
― silby, Friday, 29 May 2020 17:42 (four years ago) link
Switch Lite still too big tbh
we've been playing mother 3!
i get my ROMs from v1mm's, it's been v v reliable
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Friday, 29 May 2020 18:23 (four years ago) link
was unfamiliar; thanks for that!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 29 May 2020 18:41 (four years ago) link
oh v1mm's is the best, that and the-eye are my go-tos
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 29 May 2020 19:07 (four years ago) link
Raspberry Pi - A keyboard sized, personal computer for $70 "now thirty times as powerful as it was at launch"https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-400-the-70-desktop-pc/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 03:00 (three years ago) link
pretty cool! although one of the advantages of the current rpi is that it's easy to hide inside of things if you don't want to show the computery parts.
― just another 3-pinnochio post by (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 03:04 (three years ago) link
but i'm sure there's a lot more going on with that update than the keyboard and it's physical size. which is why i say,
pretty cool!
― just another 3-pinnochio post by (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 03:05 (three years ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CH6jn2WAH_i/?igshid=viivrs3vi8c0An excellent Chonky case with a pi inside. Love dat keyboard too
― calstars, Saturday, 28 November 2020 19:50 (three years ago) link
The 400 is dplaying on my unfulfilled SAM Coupë / Jupiter Ace desires. Don't need but...
― Noel Emits, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 08:39 (three years ago) link
would be interesting to know how many hundreds of times more powerful they are than the spectrum i grew up with. and if the kids are similarly inspired or whether the complexity works against it.
― koogs, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 09:25 (three years ago) link
inspired imosome are, at least, imo
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 15:29 (three years ago) link
pi Jukebox decided to die yesterday, just stopped playing after a Dead Can Dance song. i was logged in at the time but i couldn't ls let alone shutdown nicely. pulled the plug but the sd card is now toast, laptop doesn't even see it.
still, something to do...
― koogs, Friday, 7 April 2023 10:34 (one year ago) link
Pi 5 is the most capable yet, and the most expensive (and needs active cooling?). part of me thinks this is missing the point, but i guess you still have the zeros for the small stuff, even the picos. do i need a third? perhaps not.
(oh, places still have various model 3s and 4s in stock, more than enough choice)
― koogs, Wednesday, 29 November 2023 17:37 (six months ago) link
It's weird but you can often find used computer kits that used rpi3 for the brains for cheaper than bare rpi3.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 29 November 2023 17:55 (six months ago) link
I guess less weird but still weird -- you can find full working laptops for even cheaper.
needing active cooling makes them pretty much useless
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 18:07 (six months ago) link
some of the new cases have fans built in (but will limit expandability, getting in the way of the pins)
the official word is "continual heavy usage" will cause thermal throttling and a fan will avoid that. also that the 5 is generally cooler than the 4 and faster even if throttling, so it's not as terrible as all that.
― koogs, Wednesday, 29 November 2023 18:22 (six months ago) link