After getting tons of notifications saying the Shield TV is running out of space, then deleting a bunch of apps, and still getting tons of notifications, I had to factory reset the entire thing. This is why I won’t use the Shield TV as a Plex Media Server or emulation station again. This is probably the fourth or fifth time I’ve had to blow everything up and start over. That reminds me that I need to reinstall Funimation.
In today’s episode, we attach a Roku Streambar to an already-mounted TV. To do this, we needed to add a couple of brackets so the soundbar would look all nice and neat. After all the hardware is attached, we go through the setup to make sure audio is pumping through the new soundbar and NOT the TV speakers.
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Links to the stuff we talked about:
– Roku Streambar: https://amzn.to/3TVV0gB
– Brackets we used: https://amzn.to/3J0ho3h
– VESA Explained: https://www.vesa-standard.com/vesa-standards.html
Stadia was Google’s attempt at streaming video games from the cloud to pretty much any device you wanted! It was a cool idea, but there were so many issues that Google pulled the plug on the service. So what do you do with your Stadia controllers if you still have them? You can update them to Bluetooth and then game with them on other devices!
In this episode, Iyaz finds out how easy it is (or isn’t) to make sure his Stadia controllers don’t turn into e-waste.
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Links to stuff we mentioned in the video:
Rerez’s look at Stadia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9KPNQ7sT3E
Google Graveyard: https://killedbygoogle.com/
Stadia controller update site: https://stadia.google.com/controller/index_en_US.html
Iyaz is trying to solve a problem. How do you take one video source and have it appear on every screen you have (like your smart display, your tablets, and phones)? Well, join us in brainstorming some ideas.
Iyaz’s brain is noisy at times, so it’s been recommended he meditate (particularly mindfulness meditation). So, he turned to tech. He mainly uses the app Buddhify (available on iOS and Android). But the thing is, sometimes stuff goes wrong. The app doesn’t load on a particular phone. Or the app is fine, but on a device that is dead. So, here comes the meditation kit.
But, of course, Iyaz didn’t stop there. He wanted to get those guided meditations, so he found a way to extract the audio files.
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Apps Iyaz uses:
Timecodes:
00:00 – The project
00:33 – Why meditation?
01:30 – Tech for meditation
02:30 – The meditation kit
03:05 – Origins of the meditation kit
03:53 – The kit explained
04:51 – Best practices for your old phone
05:50 – Not happy. Need to extract the audio.
06:26 – How to get audio from an iPad app
06:55 – Figuring out which audio file is which
08:09 – A snag with the audio files
08:51- Partner acceptance rating (How your tech impacts the people you live with)
10:25 – Support the show!
11:08 – Post-credit scene/Cheddar