Linux, Gadgets and Multimedia. In ye olde days a Cyprianus was the Wizard's spellbook. As a rule a Cyprianus manuscript started with these words: "Even though Roboam knew all the secrets of our Art he did not abuse his knowledge. Do Thou likewise."
As an alternative to the Bang & Olufsen app, try the remote app from LG. You'll have more control options.
In fact a B&O Contour is just a good LG TV with a "Beosound Stage" soundbar under the TV,.
So you can control the TV via the LG and the soundbar via the B&O app.
Stray idea (not tried yet): control the TV via some API from LG. Should be possible.
So you want to edit a question?
However, the edit option is hidden, and you have to find it by moving the bottom scrollbar. If you try to resize the window, the button will still be hidden. This is an insanely stupid UI (pardon my French here).
Here's a howto in the terminal:
# system_profiler SPPowerDataType | grep "Cycle Count" | awk '{print $3}'
# 777
On my work phone google asked: "verify that it's you" - but I could not log in in any way. On other devices Google Play worked.
I tried and tried, but nothing seemed to work - not even if I took the correct password from other devices.
The final solution: resert the phone!
Nope - that did not do the trick.
And now the phone seemed utterly useless ... However:
Now this is strange: an old password worked .. even though it was rejected on some systems. The logic is totally absent here, but alas finally I could log in.
The Cure:
I used around three hours fighting this #!!!%&&%&!! problem
PS: I am not the only one having these issues. On the web there are several people fighting the same kind of issue. They range from despair to angryness. I almost gave up. And I really don't know why things are working now.
PPS: I was lucky to have another phone that worked. If that had not been the case, well ... let's not even thing about that here.
The first impression was: og no a teenager programmed the cycling colors. It was most annoying, just to say it in a civil manner.
However, I found this Gist: https://gist.github.com/cornernote/a0d1893aa004b8928ec7e94ccd8dd844
This recipe works on Ubuntu:
Running crontab -e will allow you to edit your cron.Adding a line like this to it:@reboot /path/to/scriptwill execute that script once your computer boots up.
Well, for a while the thing worked like a charm. Today the Assistant did not work any more. This is annoying. The sound quality is fantastic, but the integration with Google is a major problem.
After a factory reset everything seems to work again. I had to reinstall the Level in the B&O app and in Google's Assistant.
After update Chrome would not accept the recent version. That's why I used the command line approach. This is what worked for me:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list'\n\n
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install google-chrome-stable
In class the Clevershare screen locked. And it seeemed like there was no way whatsoever to unlock it. So by this "feature" my class lost almost half an hour. If
A fellow lecturer "M" asked AI how to unlock. Push the red button was the answer. If that does not work, try the yellow one for a reset.
At first I thought: but I have pressed the red on-off button on the remote control.
However, that's not the red button, even though it's red too. The red button is the red one among the function buttons: red, blue, yellow, green.
However, the red one was not the solution. The yellow buttton did the trick. When I clicked it there was a "restart" option. After a restart the yellow button could turn the locked screen off and of.
I know that many of our collegues had the same issue.
But now the problem is solved.
UX-wise this annoying automatic lock is not-so-clever.
When I changed batteries on the remote the connection between the TV and the remote was lost. I had to pair them again.
The "recipe" may be hard to follow.
The icon on the tiny button is very small, and if you have bad eyesight it may be hard to find. On my TV the button was hidden behind some wires.
I marked the button with a dot to be able to find it again ...
Beosound Level has the coolest sound - but why is it so hard to configure the thing? In the app I tried to connect several speakers to one, with the result that they just hung there - and multiroom did not work for weeks.
Now Beosound Level lost it's connection to Home Assistant. I have tried to reinstall Level in the B&O app - but this does not work.
There are constant problems with the different apps - and that's frustrating if you just want to listen to music or radio.
I don't want to fight with set up and annoying apps. I want to listen to music.
My Beoremote One is cool. But I cannot change the batteries. There are constant problems with the construction. So I must go to the shop every time the batteries must be changes. That's frustrating at this price tag. I've had several very cheap remotes that just worked out of the box.
First a few months ago the remote could not be opened at all. Our B&O dealer repaired the thing.
Now one of the metal parts is stuck inside the metal box.
Probably the best solution is to replace the thing with a cheap remote for LG TVs. Preferably a cheap thing that will just work out of the box.
Borrowed this device where I work. After only a few years (2019) the app seems discontinued. Basicly a camera like that is useless - IMHO. Even Bluetooth does not work. Don't use cams that depend on an app.
For some reason Pass and QtPass stopped working. I tried many things, however what worked was to run:
> pass init KEY-NUMBERS-HERE
In order to get the keys do this:
> gpg --list-keys
Now select a suitable key.
For some reason you have to enter the gpg password in a terminal before QtPass works. Here I need a workaround, that's unpractical.
PS: June 29th 2023
QtPass stopped working after a short while. I only use Pass from the commandline now. I prefer working on Ubuntu here. Why waste time on GUIs?
