I’ve bought a Gotek drive a few years ago.
Remembering which disk number is what, needed a dotting down on paper what is what.
But this week I found a great opensource project which allows you to add a touch display to select disk images.
https://github.com/mesarim/Gotek-Touchscreen-interface
I used following display: Guition JC3248W535C (3.5″, 480×320)
FIX rotation of movie
usage rotatefix movie001.mpg 90 (or -90)
If your data is in a external library, you can do this on the file in the library. After that you have to select it and do the following:
#!/bin/bash
#set -x
if [ "$#" -lt 2 ]; then
echo >&2 'fix filename 90||-90||0'
exit 1
fi
fix=0
exiftool $1 | grep "^Create Date" | grep 0000 && fix=1
dater=$(realpath $1| grep -oE '[0-9]{8}' | head -1 )
if [ $2 == "90" ] ; then
ffmpeg -i $1 -vf 'transpose=1' -c:a copy tmp_${1}
mv tmp_${1} $1
fi
if [ $2 == "-90" ] ; then
ffmpeg -i $1 -vf 'transpose=2' -c:a copy tmp_${1}
mv tmp_${1} $1
fi
if [ $fix == "1" ] ; then
echo "Fixing date"
touch -t ${dater}1200.00 $1
fi
Get location of file by pressing the (i)
Deinterlace video and touch date, when no exif date is embedded
#!/bin/bash
mkdir -p deinterlace
for video in DV*; do
[ -f "$video" ] || continue
: >2.log
echo "testing $video"
ffmpeg -i "$video" -filter:v idet -frames:v 500 -an -f rawvideo -y /dev/null 2>2.log
inter=$(
grep Parsed 2.log |
tail -2 |
cut -d: -f2- |
awk '
{
inter += $2 + $4
prog += $6
}
END {
print (inter > prog ? 1 : 0)
}'
)
if [ "$inter" -eq 1 ]; then
echo "convert $video"
ffmpeg -i "$video" -vf bwdif -c:v libx264 -crf 18 -preset medium \
-c:a aac -b:a 192k "deinterlace/${video%.*}-deinterlaced.mp4"
fi
dt=$(echo "$video" | grep -oE '[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}_[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}' | tr '_' ' ' | tr '-' ' ')
if [ -n "$dt" ]; then
# convert DD-MM-YY HH-MM to YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM
read year month day hour minute <<< "$dt"
# assume 20xx for year
year=$((2000 + year))
touch -d "$year-$month-$day $hour:$minute:00" "deinterlace/${video%.*}-deinterlaced.mp4"
touch -d "$year-$month-$day $hour:$minute:00" "$video"
fi
done
FIX DATES FILES in /2006/20060701/ structure
This touches files which have no exif info, to the date of the directory to that date with time 12:00
find . -type f -iname "*.mpg" | while read -r file; do ymd=$(echo "$file" | grep -oE '[0-9]{8}' | head -1); touch -t "${ymd}1200.00" "$file"; done
Touch date of current directory to date in path
for f in *; do
[[ $f =~ ([0-9]{8}) ]] || continue
touch -t "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}1200.00" "$f"
done
Broken thumb nail fix
# goto movie file in your library # Add flags using below command ffmpeg -i 73a1a221be4c.mp4 -c copy -video_track_timescale 90000 -movflags +faststart output.mp4 # replace movie file cat output.mp4 > 73a1a221be4c.mp4 rm output.mp4 # then fresh encoded videos in immich, then refresh metadata and thumbnails.
FIX Date unknown or incorrect dates
#!/bin/bash
if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 <movie-file> <YYYYMMDD>"
exit 1
fi
FILE="$1"
DATE="$2"
# Validate date format
if [[ ! "$DATE" =~ ^[0-9]{8}$ ]]; then
echo "Error: date must be YYYYMMDD"
exit 1
fi
# Convert YYYYMMDD -> YYYY:MM:DD 12:00:00 for EXIF metadata
YEAR="${DATE:0:4}"
MONTH="${DATE:4:2}"
DAY="${DATE:6:2}"
EXIFDATE="${YEAR}:${MONTH}:${DAY} 12:00:00"
# touch format: YYYYMMDD1200.00
TOUCHDATE="${DATE}1200.00"
echo "File: $FILE"
echo "Date: $DATE"
echo "Metadata: $EXIFDATE"
echo "Filesystem: $TOUCHDATE"
# Change movie metadata dates
exiftool -overwrite_original \
"-CreateDate=$EXIFDATE" \
"-ModifyDate=$EXIFDATE" \
"-TrackCreateDate=$EXIFDATE" \
"-TrackModifyDate=$EXIFDATE" \
"-MediaCreateDate=$EXIFDATE" \
"-MediaModifyDate=$EXIFDATE" \
"$FILE"
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Error: exiftool failed"
exit 1
fi
# Change filesystem timestamps
touch -t "$TOUCHDATE" "$FILE"
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Error: touch failed"
exit 1
fi
UPDATE: 20280826 – Made a Microcontroller joystick controller for the maze game.
Above test was abandoned, it was working okay.
But I made a V2 using some vibe coding … yeah, I know …
Time to shelf …
Works:
No working / needs work / nice to have:
UPDATE: 20280828
import time
import board
import digitalio
import usb_hid
from adafruit_hid.keyboard import Keyboard
from adafruit_hid.keycode import Keycode
# GPIO -> tactile switch -> GND
BUTTONS = {
board.GP2: Keycode.UP_ARROW,
board.GP4: Keycode.DOWN_ARROW,
board.GP3: Keycode.LEFT_ARROW,
board.GP1: Keycode.RIGHT_ARROW,
board.GP0: Keycode.SPACE,
board.GP5: Keycode.Q,
board.GP7: Keycode.E,
}
keyboard = Keyboard(usb_hid.devices)
inputs = {}
for pin, key in BUTTONS.items():
button = digitalio.DigitalInOut(pin)
button.direction = digitalio.Direction.INPUT
button.pull = digitalio.Pull.UP
inputs[pin] = (button, key)
# Remember previous state
last_state = {}
for pin, (button, key) in inputs.items():
last_state[pin] = button.value
while True:
for pin, (button, key) in inputs.items():
state = button.value
# Button changed
if state != last_state[pin]:
if not state:
# Press
keyboard.press(key)
else:
# Release
keyboard.release(key)
last_state[pin] = state
time.sleep(0.005)
My previous plotter test was using my old Laser-cutter, I sold this one, because I wanted a better one.
So, I was thinking about repurposing my old 3D printer as Plotter/CNC machine.
Pen holder in above post was GCODE controlled, but I lost it somewhere. Now not needed because i’ve got a bedslinger 3D printer with Z axis instead of using a X/Y lasercutter frame.
Using Inkscape and OpenScad (to design a pen holder see below)
In Inkscape you need the Gcodetool extention
UPDATE:
Some text writing using Hershey fonts.
Below a python script to move X/Y in the GCODE
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import re
import sys
OFFSET_X = 40.0
OFFSET_Y = 80.0
def shift_gcode(input_file, output_file):
coord_re = re.compile(r'([XY])([-+]?\d*\.?\d+)')
with open(input_file, "r", encoding="utf-8", errors="ignore") as f:
lines = f.readlines()
with open(output_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
for line in lines:
def replace_coord(match):
axis = match.group(1)
value = float(match.group(2))
if axis == "X":
value += OFFSET_X
elif axis == "Y":
value += OFFSET_Y
if value.is_integer():
value = int(value)
return f"{axis}{value}"
line = coord_re.sub(replace_coord, line)
f.write(line)
if __name__ == "__main__":
if len(sys.argv) != 3:
print(f"Usage: {sys.argv[0]} input.gcode output.gcode")
sys.exit(1)
shift_gcode(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])
print(f"Shifted X/Y by {OFFSET_X} x {OFFSET_Y} mm: {sys.argv[1]} -> {sys.argv[2]}")
Pen height adjusted using sed
sed -i "s/Z0.0/Z1.5/g" example.gcodeSo this week I made a Magic Eye replacement using an ESP32, Microphone and a round display.
Maybe I have to fix the black dot (bigger) the lines on the 3D printed part will be invisible when placed in the radio frame.
We’ll see.
Today I made some code to switch to different playlists, using triggers.
So this will emulate turning into a radio channel and searching for the next channel
Little demo below
For tuning I will use potentiometer or a rotary encoder to select playlists, using the original knobs below.
1 – Added remote control for our media devices.
2 – Added automation for our green wall with plants in the garden
(These can be watered using a zigbee automatic valve.)
If during the day the temperature is above 25 degrees, a water drip value is turned on for 5 minutes
alias: Groene muur
description: ""
triggers:
- trigger: time
at: "01:00:00"
id: reset
- trigger: time
at: "20:00:00"
id: run
- trigger: temperature.changed
target:
entity_id: sensor.buienradar_temperature
options:
threshold:
type: above
value:
active_choice: number
number: 25
unit_of_measurement: °C
id: temptrig
- trigger: time
at: "20:05:00"
id: stoprun
conditions: []
actions:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id:
- reset
sequence:
- action: input_number.set_value
metadata: {}
target:
entity_id: input_number.heattrigger
data:
value: 0
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id:
- temptrig
sequence:
- action: input_number.set_value
metadata: {}
target:
entity_id: input_number.heattrigger
data:
value: 25
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id:
- run
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: input_number.heattrigger
above: 24
sequence:
- action: switch.turn_on
metadata: {}
target:
entity_id: switch.0x4c97a1fffeef9146_valve_1
data: {}
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id:
- stoprun
sequence:
- action: switch.turn_off
metadata: {}
target:
entity_id: switch.0x4c97a1fffeef9146_valve_1
data: {}
mode: single
3 – A little automation to display “Put the bins out!” on my TV, when a led it still on and the lid not pushed on my afvalwijzer thingy
No code : this is too customized, interested? Mail me
Next to do .. make my cover art display using esphome.
Browsing though secondhand shops, and retro art shops, I came across a cool old piece of history.
I was planning to remove the internals (first checking if its really broken .. it is), and make a radio which plays audio fragments from the 50-60s.
(Music and News)
Type H265A01.
This one was made in de 50s in Nederlandsche Seintoestellen Fabriek (N.S.F.).
This factory was standing within 100 meters where I currently live
Another interesting thing: It has a Magic Eye (Philips MiniWatt EM4)!
This little thingy works like a mini CRT device.
A magic eye EM4 is a vintage vacuum tube (introduced around 1938–1939) used as a visual tuning indicator in old European radios and test equipment. It glows with a green or yellow-green phosphor pattern that narrows or expands based on signal strength, helping users find the exact radio frequency
Due too the high voltages needed for this device, I’ll be storing this in a safe place, and make a modern alternative using a microcontroller and a round display.
For ML i’m using a second machine with GPU.
name: immich
services:
immich-server:
container_name: immich_server
image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
# extends:
# file: hwaccel.transcoding.yml
# service: cpu # set to one of [nvenc, quicksync, rkmpp, vaapi, vaapi-wsl] for accelerated transcoding
volumes:
# Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit the value of UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file
- ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/data
- /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
env_file:
- .env
ports:
- '2283:2283'
depends_on:
- redis
- database
restart: always
healthcheck:
disable: false
immich-machine-learning:
container_name: immich_machine_learning
# For hardware acceleration, add one of -[armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, rknn] to the image tag.
# Example tag: ${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}-cuda
image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
# extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://docs.immich.app/features/ml-hardware-acceleration
# file: hwaccel.ml.yml
# service: cpu # set to one of [armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, openvino-wsl, rknn] for accelerated inference - use the `-wsl` version for WSL2 where applicable
volumes:
- model-cache:/cache
env_file:
- .env
restart: always
healthcheck:
disable: false
immich-kiosk:
image: ghcr.io/damongolding/immich-kiosk:latest
container_name: immich-kiosk
environment:
LANG: "en_GB"
TZ: "Europe/Amsterdam"
# Required settings
KIOSK_IMMICH_API_KEY: "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx"
KIOSK_IMMICH_URL: "https://mypix.henriaanstoot.nl/"
# External url for image links/QR codes
KIOSK_IMMICH_EXTERNAL_URL: ""
# Clock
KIOSK_SHOW_TIME: true
KIOSK_TIME_FORMAT: 24
KIOSK_SHOW_DATE: false
KIOSK_DATE_FORMAT: YYYY/MM/DD
KIOSK_CLOCK_SOURCE: client
# Kiosk behaviour
KIOSK_DURATION: 60
KIOSK_DISABLE_SCREENSAVER: false
KIOSK_OPTIMIZE_IMAGES: false
KIOSK_USE_GPU: true
KIOSK_BURN_IN_INTERVAL: 0
KIOSK_BURN_IN_DURATION: 30
KIOSK_BURN_IN_OPACITY: 70
# Asset sources
KIOSK_SHOW_ARCHIVED: false
KIOSK_ALBUMS: ""
KIOSK_ALBUM_ORDER: random
KIOSK_EXCLUDED_ALBUMS: "ALBUM_ID,ALBUM_ID,ALBUM_ID"
KIOSK_PEOPLE: ""
KIOSK_REQUIRE_ALL_PEOPLE: false
KIOSK_EXCLUDED_PEOPLE: "PERSON_ID,PERSON_ID,PERSON_ID"
KIOSK_DATES: ""
KIOSK_TAGS: ""
KIOSK_EXCLUDED_TAGS: "TAG_VALUE,TAG_VALUE,TAG_VALUE"
KIOSK_RATING: -1
KIOSK_EXCLUDED_PARTNERS: "PARTNER_ID"
KIOSK_MEMORIES: false
KIOSK_BLACKLIST: "ASSET_ID,ASSET_ID,ASSET_ID"
# FILTER
KIOSK_FILTER_DATE: ""
KIOSK_FILTER_NEWEST: 0
KIOSK_FILTER_EXCLUDE_FACES: false
KIOSK_FILTER_FAVORITES: false
# UI
KIOSK_SHOW_PROGRESS_BAR: false
KIOSK_DISABLE_NAVIGATION: false
KIOSK_DISABLE_UI: false
KIOSK_FRAMELESS: false
KIOSK_HIDE_CURSOR: false
KIOSK_FONT_SIZE: 100
KIOSK_BACKGROUND_BLUR: true
KIOSK_BACKGROUND_BLUR_AMOUNT: 10
KIOSK_THEME: fade
KIOSK_LAYOUT: single
KIOSK_SHOW_USER: false
# Sleep mode
# KIOSK_SLEEP_START: 22
# KIOSK_SLEEP_END: 7
# KIOSK_SLEEP_DIM_SCREEN: false
# Transistion options
KIOSK_TRANSITION: none
KIOSK_FADE_TRANSITION_DURATION: 1
KIOSK_CROSS_FADE_TRANSITION_DURATION: 1
# Image display settings
KIOSK_IMAGE_FIT: contain
KIOSK_IMAGE_EFFECT: zoom
KIOSK_IMAGE_EFFECT_AMOUNT: 120
KIOSK_USE_ORIGINAL_IMAGE: false
# Video
KIOSK_SHOW_VIDEOS: true
KIOSK_LIVE_PHOTOS: false
KIOSK_LIVE_PHOTO_LOOP_DELAY: 0
KIOSK_SHOW_ANIMATED_GIFS: false
# Image metadata
KIOSK_SHOW_IMAGE_RATING: true
KIOSK_SHOW_OWNER: false
KIOSK_SHOW_ALBUM_NAME: true
KIOSK_SHOW_PERSON_NAME: false
KIOSK_SHOW_PERSON_AGE: false
KIOSK_SHOW_IMAGE_TIME: true
KIOSK_IMAGE_TIME_FORMAT: 24
KIOSK_SHOW_IMAGE_DATE: true
KIOSK_IMAGE_DATE_FORMAT: YYYY-MM-DD
KIOSK_SHOW_IMAGE_DESCRIPTION: true
KIOSK_SHOW_IMAGE_CAMERA: false
KIOSK_SHOW_IMAGE_EXIF: true
KIOSK_SHOW_IMAGE_LOCATION: true
KIOSK_HIDE_COUNTRIES: "HIDDEN_COUNTRY,HIDDEN_COUNTRY"
KIOSK_SHOW_IMAGE_ID: false
KIOSK_SHOW_IMAGE_QR: false
KIOSK_SHOW_MORE_INFO: true
KIOSK_SHOW_MORE_INFO_IMAGE_LINK: true
KIOSK_SHOW_MORE_INFO_QR_CODE: true
# More info actions
KIOSK_LIKE_BUTTON_ACTION: favorite
KIOSK_HIDE_BUTTON_ACTION: tag
# Kiosk settings
KIOSK_PORT: 3000
KIOSK_BEHIND_PROXY: false
KIOSK_DISABLE_URL_QUERIES: false
KIOSK_DISABLE_CONFIG_ENDPOINT: false
KIOSK_ENABLE_URL_BUILDER: false
KIOSK_WATCH_CONFIG: false
KIOSK_FETCHED_ASSETS_SIZE: 1000
KIOSK_HTTP_TIMEOUT: 20
KIOSK_PASSWORD: ""
KIOSK_CACHE: true
KIOSK_PREFETCH: true
KIOSK_ASSET_WEIGHTING: true
ports:
- 3000:3000
restart: always
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "/kiosk", "--healthcheck"]
interval: 30s
timeout: 5s
retries: 3
start_period: 10s
redis:
container_name: immich_redis
image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
healthcheck:
test: redis-cli ping || exit 1
restart: always
database:
container_name: immich_postgres
image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.4.3-pgvectors0.2.0xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
environment:
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME}
POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: '--data-checksums'
# Uncomment the DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD' var if your database isn't stored on SSDs
# DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD'
volumes:
# Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the database storage location on your system, edit the value of DB_DATA_LOCATION in the .env file
- ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data
shm_size: 128mb
restart: always
power-tools:
container_name: immich_power_tools
image: ghcr.io/immich-power-tools/immich-power-tools:latest
volumes:
- immich-power-tools-data:/app/data
ports:
- "8001:3000"
env_file:
- .env
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "wget", "--no-verbose", "--tries=1", "--spider", "http://localhost:3000/api/health"]
interval: 30s
timeout: 10s
retries: 3
start_period: 40s
volumes:
model-cache:
immich-power-tools-data:
Foss is Awesome
Our Onkyo was giving problems, some channels are breaking up.
To have some channels back, we needed to crank up the volume for a few seconds.
So I thought .. preamps!
So I opened the Onkyo and started investigating.
We used it as a 5.1 surround sound system. So I’ve got PreAmp channels to spare, so lets switch the boards!
Well, that didn’t work.
Reading forums, it COULD be the sound chip, on the main board.
Because of the heat over the years, it could losing contact with the main PCB.
So I put my heatgun to work, but to no avail.
One of the square chips on the right in first photo.
The AMP being 15+ years old, we decided to get a new one.
Researching best amp’s in 2026 … in our price range.
Onkyo TX-RZ50
Amazing …
Using the DIRAC sound setup, perfect again.
Using the same IP, our Home Assistant setup mostly worked without changing much.