Yarmo - nuggets

playerctl: get currently playing music

2022-05-03T14:35:49+00:00

TLDR</h2>

To get information about music currently playing on the computer, run:</p>

playerctl</span> metadata</span> --all-players --format </span>'{{ status }}: {{ artist }} - {{ title }}'
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A wide variety of media players are MPRIS-enabled and can be queried using the above command, including media players running in the browser such as Airsonic</a>.</p>
playerctl on man.archlinux.org</a></p>
Explanation</h2>
For a long time, I've been using Airsonic</a> as my media player, handy if you are into selfhosted services and despise streaming platforms with a passion.</p>
Since I also do live streaming</a> and like to play ambient music in the background, I attempted to build a little "Now playing" widget for on stream.</p>
Sadly, no luck: Airsonic doesn't have an API.</p>
After a lot of trying out different clients and hosting additional services, I settled on syncing my music collection from the NAS to my computer and then playing music through mopidy, as I could then query the currently playing music using MPD:</p>
# Snippet will be added soon, currently away from computer
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Not my favorite solution but it works.</p>
In comes this guy DeavidSedice</a> and he tells me I can get that same information from most existing media players with a single line of bash:</p>
# The command as he sent it to me
</span>playerctl</span> metadata</span> --all-players --format </span>'{{ status }}: {{ artist }} - {{ title }}               ' </span>| </span>grep</span> Playing </span>| </span>tr </span>'\n' ' '
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Why did I never hear about this before? A life changer! And it even works with Airsonic running in the browser.</p>
This tool makes it quite trivial to write a bash script that loops the command, writes the output to a text file and have OBS display it on stream.</p>



GPG import public key from smartcard
2022-05-03T09:00:12+00:00
TLDR</h2>
On a new computer, insert your USB OpenPGP smartcard and run:</p>
gpg</span> --card-edit
</span>fetch
</span>quit
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Explanation</h2>
I have a YubiKey 5</a> (still waiting on my Solo v2</a>) on which I store my OpenPGP secret key.</p>
However, if I boot into a new system, insert my USB OpenPGP smartcard, import my public key from a keyserver:</p>
gpg</span> --keyserver</span> hkps://keys.openpgp.org</span> --recv-keys</span> ABCD1234
</span></code></pre>
configure git</a>:</p>
git</span> config</span> --global</span> user.signingkey ABCD1234
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and attempt to sign a commit, I'll get an error message:</p>
git</span> commit</span> -S -m </span>"Signed commit"
</span># error: gpg failed to sign the data
</span># fatal: failed to write commit object
</span></code></pre>
GPG doesn't know yet it can interact with the private key stored on the USB OpenPGP smartcard!</p>
So, instead of importing the public key from a keyserver, fetch it from the smartcard with the following commands:</p>
gpg</span> --card-edit
</span>fetch
</span>quit
</span></code></pre>


Webmentiond FTW
2020-07-01T10:31:49+00:00
I just read this post by Guillermo</a> which is a great general overview of webmentions</a> and in particular, the implemention by Horst Gutmann named webmentiond</a>. An absolute delight to use! Glad you got it working, Guillermo, and happy to have been of help!</p>


Set default git branch to main
2020-06-25T11:37:43+00:00
For a while, we've all been seeing the "switch git default branch from master to main" posts, the earliest I recall having been written by Scott Hanselman</a>. I've been postponing the change for a bit, but it was the post by Kristófer Reykjalín</a> that gave the required motivation to go out and just do it.</p>
For new repositories, Gitea</a> already has the option to set the default branch name</a>.</p>
For exiting repositories, the commands provided by Scott</a> work perfectly:</p>
git</span> checkout master</span>; </span>git</span> branch</span> -m</span> master main</span>; </span>git</span> push</span> -u</span> origin main
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Yes, a one-liner :) If you like to take things more slowly, here it goes:</p>
git</span> checkout master         </span># switch to master branch
</span>git</span> branch</span> -m</span> master main   </span># move existing master branch to main (keeping history)
</span>git</span> push</span> -u</span> origin main     </span># push the main branch to the server
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If you use Gitea</a>, you should now go the repository's Settings > Branches and set the main branch as the default branch. Once done, you can now safely delete the obsolete master branch with the command below.</p>
git</span> push</span> --delete</span> origin master     </span># delete the master from the server
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As for my website, here's the commit</a> that completed the transition, making sure my CI/CD solution knows what to listen to.</p>

Update 1</h2>
Thanks to Charles Pence</a> for reminding me to add the git push --delete origin master</code> line.</p>

Update 2</h2>
Thanks to Charles Pence</a> for reminding me that a Gitea branch cannot be deleted as long as it's the default.</p>


LunaSea: FOSS FTW
2020-05-22T19:47:38+00:00
#100DaysToOffload >> 2020-05-22 >> 023/100</code></p>
Out with the old</h2>
A couple of weeks ago, I finally discovered a FOSS alternative for nzb360, a great app for managing Plex, Radarr, Sonarr, etc. I wish to have kept using nzb360, but unfortunately, the app relies too heavily on Google Services and though I have paid for it, I can no longer use it as my LineageOS phone can't process purchases made on official Google Android phones.</p>
In with the new</h2>
Named LunaSea</a>, it can do anything it should, (manage Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, NZB clients), it looks fantastic, it's available for both Google Android and iPhone and, of course, it's FOSS</a>.</p>
Only thing I'm missing is a donation button. And a fediverse account :)</p>


Varken: Plex monitoring solution
2020-05-05T21:49:58+00:00
#100DaysToOffload >> 2020-05-05 >> 011/100</code></p>
Today, I discovered Varken</a>, a neat solution to monitor your Plex ecosystem (including Sonarr, Radarr, etc.) and store the data in your InfluxDB instance. This solution is a great addition as I can now make Grafana or Chronograf dashboardz encompassing both server metrics and Plex metrics. The reason this is important is that I have a relatively low-power server (NUC) and a single stream on Plex can have a noticeable impact on the CPU usage.</p>
Varken requires a Tautulli</a> instance to collect the data from as well as a MaxMind</a> API key which unfortunately isn't optional. I run all software mentioned in this post in separate docker containers.</p>
Also, 11th post for #100DaysToOffload today and 11 is my lucky number :)</p>

Yarmo - nuggets

playerctl: get currently playing music

GPG import public key from smartcard

TLDR</h2> On a new computer, insert your USB OpenPGP smartcard and run:</p>

Webmentiond FTW

Set default git branch to main

Update 1</h2> Thanks to Charles Pence</a> for reminding me to add the git push --delete origin master</code> line.</p> Update 2</h2> Thanks to Charles Pence</a> for reminding me that a Gitea branch cannot be deleted as long as it's the default.</p>

Update 2</h2> Thanks to Charles Pence</a> for reminding me that a Gitea branch cannot be deleted as long as it's the default.</p>

LunaSea: FOSS FTW

In with the new</h2> Named LunaSea</a>, it can do anything it should, (manage Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, NZB clients), it looks fantastic, it's available for both Google Android and iPhone and, of course, it's FOSS</a>.</p> Only thing I'm missing is a donation button. And a fediverse account :)</p>

Varken: Plex monitoring solution

Update 1</h2>
Thanks to Charles Pence</a> for reminding me to add the `git push --delete origin master</code> line.</p>`
`Update 2</h2> Thanks to Charles Pence</a> for reminding me that a Gitea branch cannot be deleted as long as it's the default.</p>`

Update 2</h2>
Thanks to Charles Pence</a> for reminding me that a Gitea branch cannot be deleted as long as it's the default.</p>

In with the new</h2>
Named LunaSea</a>, it can do anything it should, (manage Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, NZB clients), it looks fantastic, it's available for both Google Android and iPhone and, of course, it's FOSS</a>.</p>
Only thing I'm missing is a donation button. And a fediverse account :)</p>