Squeezebox radio working again with Lyrion Media Server

 I am a big fan of the squeezebox Radio but when Logitech decided to stop their service it took me a while to understand that that was why the Squeezebox radio could no longer connect.
The fact it only supports 2.4 Ghz always made the connection a bit sensitive.

I had a small windows Machine that I used for playing audio using Foobar.
It was running Windows 10 Pro and could not be upgraded to Win 11 so I decided to switch to Linux.

I opted for Linux Mint Cinnamon and Lyrion Media server below the specs:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.8.0-45-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.0
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.2.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin dm: LightDM
    Distro: Linux Mint 22 Wilma base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: Q1900TM-ITX serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: P1.60 date: 03/01/2018
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series High Definition Audio vendor: ASRock
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:0f04
  Device-2: C-Media DSD TECH USB Audio Device driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 0d8c:0147
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-45-generic status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin

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And here the Squeezebox player info:

I can say it is very stable running for months already.
The only tweak I used was in the community Firmware for Touch/Radio/Controller (v0.0.9)
Go to Settings:

and there checked the box and everything else default:

 For a friend I installed Linux Mint and Lyrion Media Server on a HP T630 Thin Client and that is working also flawlessly. The T630 is running headless and connected Wireless to his home router and serving 2 Squeezebox Radio's.

So to conclude
You can still enjoy your Squeezebox Radio. It only costs about 120 Euro if you have no old hardware lying around and some time to install the software

Enjoy!

Switched my small audio Windows machine from Win 10 to Linux Mint and connected Mytek DSD 192 DAC

 I realized that My small audio PC running Windows 10 Pro could not be upgraded to Win 11 because it is too old. Because Win10 will no longer be supported after Oct 2025 I decided to switch to Linux

Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: Q1900TM-ITX
UEFI: American Megatrends v: P1.60 date: 03/01/2018

I chose Linux Mint Cinnamon 22 and it is working perfectly

Connecting Mytek DAC 192 DSD

Connecting to my DAC Mytek dsd 192 was a bit of a challenge. Under Windows I used USB.
Googling I found that there is no  Linux  USB driver from Mytek.

Luckily this ASrock Motherboard also has a TOSLINK Optical connection that  allows me to connect to the Mytek.
That works fine but I realized if I ever need to replace this ASrock Motherboard for a different one I did not want to be depending on a Motherboard with Optical out.

I found on Amazon a small box from DSD Tech:SH-AU02A USB to TOSLINK Coaxial SPDIF Audio Adapter

This way I have a broader choice when I need to replace my motherboard and still use the Mytek

I hope it helps to still use your beloved Mytek DAC

Enable NumLock at windows startup using registry

 Instead of having to go into your bios to Activate NumLock at startup you can also change the following key in Registry:

HKEY_USERS\Default\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators

Change value from 2147483648 to  2147483650

 As Admin:
reg add "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard" /v "InitialKeyboardIndicators" /d 2147483650 /f /t REG_SZ

[Solved]: HP Printers - A 'Printer Isn't Available' Message Displays (Android)

 Since Google Cloud print is no longer supported after Dec 31 2020. I needed something else to be able to print from my android phone to my HP Envy 4500 Printer.

After installing HP Print service plugin from Google Play Store on My Mobile I added the printer by going to the 3 dots on the right side of your screen, selected Settings and went to Discovery.
I added a name for my printer and it's IP address. 

I set the HP Print Service to ON and disabled the Default Print Service on my mobile
(Settings -> Connected Devices -> Printing)

So far so good. Now when I tried to print something from my Nexus it showed the Envy 4500 but it didn't present the Print button and it displayed the message: Printer isn't available.

I looked at the HP troubleshooting page but none of the options fixed the issue for me.

Solution:
I went into my Printer Webpage (http://<IP address of your printer> and enabled IPP Protocol under Network: (Press Apply to confirm) 

Note: Web Services is not required and still disabled

Now Printing works from your android device and you can choose several options like :

- Number of Copies
- Paper size
- Color or Black and White
- Orientation
- Two sided
- Number of pages to be printed

Use Chrome as PDF viewer

I really like the possibility to be able to fill in PDF forms on the computer. For this I use Chrome which allows you to do exactly that.

Only now something has changed and instead of opening the PDF it only offers the download

Luckily this can be changed and PDF viewer extension is not required.

source

-Go into Chrome Control Sidebar (3 dots)

-Settings

-Scroll to the bottom click on Advanced

-Under Privacy And Security - Click on "Site Settings"

- Scroll to PDF Documents

- Enable "Download PDF files instead of automatically opening them in Chrome"

So you can toggle to choose if you want to download or view. I prefer view ..

Patch PowerShell Core Security Bug to Fix WDAC Bypass

On BleepingComputer I found below Article:
Source

Microsoft has released new versions of PowerShell Core to fix a vulnerability that allows a local attacker to bypass Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) enforcements.  This could allow the attacker to execute untrusted programs even with WDAC enabled.

To check the current version of Powershell: Start -> Run-> Type "Powershell"
This will open a Powershell window -> Type "$psversiontable"

To upgrade to a higher version of at least 6.1.5 go to https://aka.ms/pscore6 as suggested by Microsoft
Here you will find the version for Windows. This will point you to Github releases.
I chose v6.2.2 as latest stable release and downloaded the .msi file

I ran System File Checker: sfc /scannow and that showed mismatch

From Microsoft: The System File Checker (SFC) tool flags files in %windir%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\Defender as corrupted or damaged. You see error messages such as the following: 
Hashes for file member do not match.

Because SFC incorrectly flags the files in %windir%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\Defender, you can safely ignore the SFC error messages regarding these files.

Now you can run pwsh -v and it will tell you: PowerShell 6.2.2

Firmware download for J9802A Switch (not able to download .img file) [Solved]

You can download the latest firmware for the J9802A switch here:


This location offers PL2.08 software version for J9802A (HP 1810-8G switch) but is is not a zip file containing a .img file for upgrading but it is a .gz file containing a .bin file (If you use Chrome)

In other words it is not possible to upgrade from a windows machine.
Note: PL.2.07 does provide a zip file which contains a .img file

Solution:
Do not use Chrome but IE and Voila now from the same location a .img file can be downloaded

Strange but luckily solved by switching browser ..