u/MattAtDoomsdayBrunch

I have this python script that waits for a button to be pressed:

#!/usr/bin/python
from gpiozero import Button
import subprocess
from signal import pause


def handle_button_pressed(channel):
    print(f"Button pressed.")
    subprocess.run("./command.sh")

def handle_button_released(channel):
    print(f"Button released.")


button = Button(17, bounce_time=0.5)
button.when_pressed = handle_button_pressed
button.when_released = handle_button_released

print(f"Waiting for events...")
pause()

Sitting there doing nothing the python process is consuming 5% CPU as watched with top.

Is there anything I can do to get this closer to 0%? Is there a more efficient library that I could use?

I previously wrote a script that uses a loop to check for continuity between two GPIO pins, but I thought this was going to be simpler and not use nearly this much CPU. Any thoughts or suggestions?

I have a set of files from The Flaming Lips album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. This album previously played beautifully on my 5.1 setup.

AppleTV -> HDMI -> Denon -> HDMI -> Panasonic flatscreen (video doesn't matter, I just want the audio to play)

Now I'm trying to play it and the audio from the left rear speaker is muffled and not clear like all the other speakers. 5.1 audio from movies plays fine in Plex and with other apps like Netflix. Again, there are no speaker connection issues or other hardware problems. Seems like Plex just isn't decoding or playing the left rear as it should. Yes, I've swapped LR and RR speakers and the problem persists in whichever speaker is connected to left rear wires. Unfortunately I don't have any other 5.1 music to test this with.

I have no idea what could have changed within software to cause this. Has anyone else seen this happen and know what could fix it?

UPDATE: Sorry for the noise. Turns out I had bad files that in fact contained junk data for the left rear channel. I figured this out by using ffmpeg to rip out just that track and played it back on my laptop. Same muffled problem occured.

In case it helps someone in the future:

ffmpeg -i input.flac -filter_complex "channelsplit=channel_layout=5.1:channels=BL[OUT]" -map "[OUT]" ~/back_left.wav

I have a universal remote that works with my Apple TV and all of the other apps on it. Why does Rouvy force me to use an Apple remote? In my case my iPhone works for this, but it ruins the point of having a universal remote.

Found in NW Washington State. As young shrooms they're blueish and as they age turn much more brown. I haven't had a chance to spore print them yet, but keep walking past these and have been watching them grow.

https://preview.redd.it/f6j73bwqtm0h1.jpg?width=5712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0fbc6c0d6e39c0858272999d771a6a304437cd69

It would be great if my companion Heltec T114 would just pop up a notification on my iPhone when paired and its battery is getting low. It would be nice to not need to monitor the battery manually.