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Thanks for the detailed write-up and the "Qobuz" link - hadn't heard of that before. Looking forward to them adding API access so I can add the site as an app to my server more easily.

Also I imagine it's really cool to have that, literal, physical connection to your music. Makes it more tangible and more substantial since you curate what you listen to more so than just via downloads.

I'll think about what I'll do with my CDs!

That's really cool, and I love that you found a new way to enjoy music.

In my case, I just have the CDs in a shelf and don't ever touch them anymore which is kinda sad. Been thinking about getting a disc drive to digitise the CDs and put the music on my server, but I can get music digitally anyway, so what's the point is what I'm thinking.

A disc man sounds cool in theory, but in practise I'm not sure I'd like the hassle of changing CDs and using wired headphones. How long did it take you to adjust?

So sad that gog-games will be shutting down soon. Are there any plans for forks?

Do you just collect the CDs or do you also play them with a CD player? I feel like it's not even worth the hassle of getting a system set up to play CDs compared to a record player because the quality won't be as good.

I've got a good couple dozen of CDs I bought over the years when I hadn't used Spotify yet - moved to self-hosting now - and I was always wondering if I should work on actually playing CDs instead of just burning them

I'm probably an unsuitable person to ask this since my TV is basically a glorified monitor, but from what I could tell there are no downsides except for the obvious one being that I can't update my TV. But considering much bloat and spying is going on with (LG) smart TVs, I don't mind it all.

I use Twitch, YouTube, and Jellyfin on mine, and it's been awesome. I hadn't used any other functionality or apps the TV comes with before rooting and I likely won't in the future. So even if some of them didn't work, I couldn't care less.

Maybe do some research and find out for your specific model?

Check out rootmy.tv to jailbreak your LG smart TV. Depending on the model and firmware, there could be additional steps you need to take, but in my case, since I still had the stock firmware installed, it was just a single slide of a button on the TV's web browser.

There's a website called rootmy.tv that can help you find or execute roots right off the TV's web browser. When I bought the TV, I hadn't connected it to the Internet a single time, so it still had the stock firmware. I could just type in the URL and click a single button - that's it. Depending on the firmware, model and brand, this could look different for you. Also I'm not sure if this only works for LG TVs - might have to do some research to find a suitable method for yours.

That also sounds very practical. I'd love to get into Pis sometime, but the RAM fiasco is making them quite expensive for my current budget, sadly.

Same! I jailbroke mine and can watch YouTube and Twitch ad-free, and it's got Jellyfin on the homebrew channel, so I can access my server off my TV :)

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