BruisedMoose

Just based on my own experience with my wife and kids, it’s the whole “you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink” thing. While I have services running for photo & file storage, books, music, and video (plus a Proton family plan and several other services), the only thing my family uses is Jellyfin.

I’ve mostly given up now. I keep everything up because I use it all and love working on it. Maybe one day they’ll express some concern with privacy or ownership, and then I can pounce. But people need to be ready to move.

Would you make someone you love a home server?

Hell no. I have one because I like tinkering and don’t mind maintaining it. My loved ones are not those kinds of people. So then it becomes more of a chore for me and less of a fun personal project.

I haven’t figured that part out. I try to just remember to fix things the next time I’m at the computer. My issue is that all my music is kept on the server and any tagging app I’ve found is for local files.

There are web accessible versions of beets and Picard, but I have found them more trouble than they’re worth.

TBH, I know the functionality is there, but I have never taken the time to look at it. It looks like more than it is. It’s a few clicks to search and find the right release, make my edits, 2 clicks to auto number, 2 clicks to rename. Sometimes I let the rename move the files for me too. Depends on the format.

I’ve gone back and forth on this, but ultimately, I enjoy the tagging process and accept it as part of my workflow.

When i’m adding a release to my collection, I throw it into a temo directory, open the album folder in MP3Tag, query MusicBrainz (or Discogs if necessary) for the basics, replace the cover image if I’m not happy with the one from the source, add additional genre tags and do cleanup, auto renumber tracks/discs. Once it all looks good, I use the tags-to-filename feature to rename everything to AlbumArtist/[OriginalYear] Album/### - Title (### - Artist - Title for multi artist releases) then copy it to my library.

It sounds like a lot, but it isn’t bad. Like I said, I enjoy it.

Updating tags shouldn’t change the actual music though. That seems really strange and like something else is going on.

This is so stupid.

At best, this is like a PS4.5. In order to get the most out of the hardware, the two consoles have to share as much surface area as possible. Unlock the true potential of your hardware by ensuring they are flat on top of one another!

Maybe. The same way I’ll sometimes read a YA book or watch a kids movie. Being aimed at children doesn’t make something inherently bad or unenjoyable. What you enjoy and how you relate to a piece of media can be influenced by any number of things. What you’re going through at work or in your personal life, what you’ve played recently, or watched or read. Maybe it won’t ever click for me, but I don’t mind taking an hour or two every few years to revisit something millions of people love to see if it will.

In the last couple of years, I’ve enjoyed the GBC Harry Potter games and Wendy Every Witch Way. If I just dismissed things as kid games, I wouldn’t have touched those. And Wendy has actually become a really fun and calming one I go back to often.

So I guess maybe you do you and I’ll do me and that’s okay?

Well…

because tastes change

Yeah, I try one every few years because tastes change. I will say my time last night was a bit more engaging than in the past. So we’ll see.

I was down with the flu for a week, so I a) started Broken Sword…for REAL this time. b) charged up my 3DS for the first time in years and am just playing a lot of CrossworDS Plus or whatever.

Tonight I started Pokemon Heartgold, but I can’t lie, didn’t play them back in the day and don’t understand the appeal. I’m going to try though.

What drew you to Tandoori from Mealie? It’s been a while since I compared them and I can’t quite recall why I chose Mealie. Which I’m happy enough with. Just curious.

I just scratched my ass. I guess we both deserve kudos.

Police Quest 1

Gabriel Knight: The Sins of the Fathers

Animal Crossing (GC)

Super Mario RPG

Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey

Okay look, I know a lot of people don’t like AC: Odyssey. But it was the first AC game I played and the whole thing just clicked for me. It’s a pure sit back and wander experience for me.

I’m not sure I agree with your definition of a game, but I am certain I can’t work out the meaning of what you have written here.

But I would argue that if there is any interactive element, you can’t say it’s a movie either. Just because one section doesn’t require player input doesn’t mean the entire thing plays itself.