u/Hoylegu

Trouble with routine

Hi all,

When I directly say to my devices, “Alexa, open ibroadcast and shuffle King Gizzard,” it works great.

But I can’t seem to get this to work in a routine. I set up a bunch of “when” phrases (“Alexa, play king gizzard” or “Alexa, gizzard time”), and in the “Alexa will” section I add the custom “open ibroadast and shuffle king gizzard”, it just doesn’t work.

Any tips what I’m doing wrong?

TIA.

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u/Hoylegu — 6 days ago

Hi all,

I’ve moved over almost entirely from my Windows 11 box to my m4 mini, and I love it.

On my Windows machine I ran Emby in the background with a USB drive connected to the computer, and it worked great for my kid watching movies downstairs on the Apple TV.

I don’t have much use for that now, but there are a handful of mp3 I own that aren’t on Spotify that I’d like to listen to around the house on occasion.

Is there a quick, simple, light, MacOs native media server that I can set up which includes Alexa integration so I can just say, “Alexa, play King Gizzard”? and it’ll play the songs on my USB drive?

TIA.

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u/Hoylegu — 6 days ago

So I'm sitting here working and listening to Rime. I'm sorry, but it deserves more praise from fans here. It is an f'ing masterpiece, musically and lyrically.

The way the poem's actual lyrics are interwoven and incorporated into the song are genius. The slow, creepy interlude in the middle really feels like you're on a boat stranded in the middle of the ocean with no wind and death imminent. The baseline coming out of the interlude is pure adrenaline shot into my veins. And the headbanging drop out of that bridge is just...chef's kiss.

Maiden's song PERFECTLY captures the spirit of the poem, and it's an impressive feat and work of art unto itself, imho.

Ok, back to work. Sorry for the soapboxing. Up the irons!

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u/Hoylegu — 8 days ago