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#CarAudio #Suzuki #Vitara #Music #TaskParalysis

I play music in my car via a USB stick (no carplay, and buggy bluetooth). For the longest time (years!) I've had problems with certain song files and I just couldn't figure out what was wrong.

I finally forced myself to pull my finger out of my arse and diagnose it properly. I found a Suzuki spec sheet for file types and started a process of re-encoding and re-tagging with the help of MediaHuman Audio Converter and Kid3 on my Mac.

After several rounds of testing I eventually established:

1. Bitrate is crucial
2. Encoder is also crucial
3. Tag length is also crucial
4. Filename length is also crucial
5. Punctuation in filenames is also crucial
6. Filesystem path length is also crucial
7. Having a stick that doesn't overheat is also crucial

So now on my computer, aside from my main music library which is part FLAC and part MP3 320, I now have a "car stick" folder which has everything as AAC (M4A) files, bitrate 196, no MP3 tags at all, and a simple folder structure with filenames that include artist, album and track but have no non-ASCII characters in them.

Finally I can play all the albums that were mysteriously refusing to play in the car. #Slint, #SecretMachines, #Mogwai, #Mono, to name but a few.

#CarAudio #Suzuki #Vitara #Music #TaskParalysis

I play music in my car via a USB stick (no carplay, and buggy bluetooth). For the longest time (years!) I've had problems with certain song files and I just couldn't figure out what was wrong.

I finally forced myself to pull my finger out of my arse and diagnose it properly. I found a Suzuki spec sheet for file types and started a process of re-encoding and re-tagging with the help of MediaHuman Audio Converter and Kid3 on my Mac.

After several rounds of testing I eventually established:

1. Bitrate is crucial
2. Encoder is also crucial
3. Tag length is also crucial
4. Filename length is also crucial
5. Punctuation in filenames is also crucial
6. Filesystem path length is also crucial
7. Having a stick that doesn't overheat is also crucial

So now on my computer, aside from my main music library which is part FLAC and part MP3 320, I now have a "car stick" folder which has everything as AAC (M4A) files, bitrate 196, no MP3 tags at all, and a simple folder structure with filenames that include artist, album and track but have no non-ASCII characters in them.

Finally I can play all the albums that were mysteriously refusing to play in the car. #Slint, #SecretMachines, #Mogwai, #Mono, to name but a few.

#CarAudio #Suzuki #Vitara #Music #TaskParalysis

I play music in my car via a USB stick (no carplay, and buggy bluetooth). For the longest time (years!) I've had problems with certain song files and I just couldn't figure out what was wrong.

I finally forced myself to pull my finger out of my arse and diagnose it properly. I found a Suzuki spec sheet for file types and started a process of re-encoding and re-tagging with the help of MediaHuman Audio Converter and Kid3 on my Mac.

After several rounds of testing I eventually established:

1. Bitrate is crucial
2. Encoder is also crucial
3. Tag length is also crucial
4. Filename length is also crucial
5. Punctuation in filenames is also crucial
6. Filesystem path length is also crucial
7. Having a stick that doesn't overheat is also crucial

So now on my computer, aside from my main music library which is part FLAC and part MP3 320, I now have a "car stick" folder which has everything as AAC (M4A) files, bitrate 196, no MP3 tags at all, and a simple folder structure with filenames that include artist, album and track but have no non-ASCII characters in them.

Finally I can play all the albums that were mysteriously refusing to play in the car. #Slint, #SecretMachines, #Mogwai, #Mono, to name but a few.

#CarAudio #Suzuki #Vitara #Music #TaskParalysis

I play music in my car via a USB stick (no carplay, and buggy bluetooth). For the longest time (years!) I've had problems with certain song files and I just couldn't figure out what was wrong.

I finally forced myself to pull my finger out of my arse and diagnose it properly. I found a Suzuki spec sheet for file types and started a process of re-encoding and re-tagging with the help of MediaHuman Audio Converter and Kid3 on my Mac.

After several rounds of testing I eventually established:

1. Bitrate is crucial
2. Encoder is also crucial
3. Tag length is also crucial
4. Filename length is also crucial
5. Punctuation in filenames is also crucial
6. Filesystem path length is also crucial
7. Having a stick that doesn't overheat is also crucial

So now on my computer, aside from my main music library which is part FLAC and part MP3 320, I now have a "car stick" folder which has everything as AAC (M4A) files, bitrate 196, no MP3 tags at all, and a simple folder structure with filenames that include artist, album and track but have no non-ASCII characters in them.

Finally I can play all the albums that were mysteriously refusing to play in the car. #Slint, #SecretMachines, #Mogwai, #Mono, to name but a few.

#CarAudio #Suzuki #Vitara #Music #TaskParalysis

I play music in my car via a USB stick (no carplay, and buggy bluetooth). For the longest time (years!) I've had problems with certain song files and I just couldn't figure out what was wrong.

I finally forced myself to pull my finger out of my arse and diagnose it properly. I found a Suzuki spec sheet for file types and started a process of re-encoding and re-tagging with the help of MediaHuman Audio Converter and Kid3 on my Mac.

After several rounds of testing I eventually established:

1. Bitrate is crucial
2. Encoder is also crucial
3. Tag length is also crucial
4. Filename length is also crucial
5. Punctuation in filenames is also crucial
6. Filesystem path length is also crucial
7. Having a stick that doesn't overheat is also crucial

So now on my computer, aside from my main music library which is part FLAC and part MP3 320, I now have a "car stick" folder which has everything as AAC (M4A) files, bitrate 196, no MP3 tags at all, and a simple folder structure with filenames that include artist, album and track but have no non-ASCII characters in them.

Finally I can play all the albums that were mysteriously refusing to play in the car. #Slint, #SecretMachines, #Mogwai, #Mono, to name but a few.

Task Paralysis and AI

https://g5t.de/articles/20260510-task-paralysis-and-ai/index.html

#HackerNews #TaskParalysis #AI #Productivity #Technology #MentalHealth

https://www.europesays.com/ie/437196/ Specialist coaching can help people living with ADHD #0899862079 #ADDAcademy #ADHD #Amphetamine #AttentionDeficitHyperactivityDisorder #AttentionDeficitHyperactivityDisorderControversies #Coach #coaching #Éire #Executive #FionaTimothy #Fiona@theadhdcoachIe #Health #Health_Medical_Pharma #IE #Ireland #Methylphenidate #MRI #ProjectManagerOfTheBrain #restlessness #SocialMedia #TanyaFroehlich #TaskParalysis #WwwTheadhdcoachIe

30% of planned study sessions were procrastinated. The biggest predictor wasn't difficulty, it was ambiguity. When you don't know how to start, you don't start. Clarity is an underrated productivity tool.
#TaskParalysis #Productivity

That important task that’s been sitting there for three days?
Your brain is telling you something. Persistent avoidance is data — about the task, not about you.
Listen before you push harder.
#TaskParalysis #ExecutiveFunction

Study: Blunt & Pychyl (2000) — Task aversiveness and procrastination: A multi-dimensional approach to task aversiveness across stages of personal projects https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886999000914

That important task that’s been sitting there for three days?
Your brain is telling you something. Persistent avoidance is data — about the task, not about you.
Listen before you push harder.
#TaskParalysis #ExecutiveFunction

Study: Blunt & Pychyl (2000) — Task aversiveness and procrastination: A multi-dimensional approach to task aversiveness across stages of personal projects https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886999000914

That important task that’s been sitting there for three days?
Your brain is telling you something. Persistent avoidance is data — about the task, not about you.
Listen before you push harder.
#TaskParalysis #ExecutiveFunction

Study: Blunt & Pychyl (2000) — Task aversiveness and procrastination: A multi-dimensional approach to task aversiveness across stages of personal projects https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886999000914

These ideas designed to help ADHDers get things done are really great!

Source: https://mastodon.social/@cmconseils/115084449771400173

#Neurodivergent
#TaskParalysis
#ADHD

I'm still new to being medicated for ADHD (I don't have an official diagnosis, but my doctor says I either have ADHD or my bipolar is mimicking it). I'm still struggling with task paralysis and ambition and not getting sidetracked and forgetting things. I think I need a med adjustment. I don't see my doctor again until September. I've been bugging him with a lot of stuff lately so I don't want to ask for an adjustment now. Tips for getting things done with ADHD?

#ADHD #motivation #taskparalysis

Anyone else having trouble getting going with work again after the Holidays..? #firstworldproblem #taskparalysis