RaspberryPi 4 Rev 1.2 Fixes USB-C Power Issues, Improves SD Card Resilience

The first Raspberry Pi 4 boards suffered from a poor USB-C power supply compatibility due to issues for the power circuitry. That means if you bought the official USB-C power supply you had no issues, but if you wanted to re-use a spare USB-C power supply or incompatible cable, you may be out of luck.

The Register is now reporting that the Raspberry Pi Foundation has discreetly released a new revision (v1.2) of the board that fixes several issues including USB-C PD compatibility, and as Eben Upton explains the new revision also:

moved the WLCSP SD card voltage switch to the top side

… silk screen tweaks to reduce solder bridging in manufacture”.

The new boards have been around for a couple of months as some users report the USB-C power issues have been fixed on new boards.

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Control the volume of programs running on your Windows PC like a DJ

If you have multiple applications open in Windows, you may want one to be louder than the other, but what if you want to adjust levels with physical sliders like an actual DJ? If that sounds interesting, check out this controller by “Aithorn.

The device uses an Arduino Nano to read signals from each slider and pass this info over to the computer. A Python script, along with a VBScript helper, runs on the PC to control the master and program-specific volumes.

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How To listen to Audiobooks With Plex

Audiobooks on Plex remains one of the most requested but neglected additions for Plex. But, there is a workaround.

To get audiobooks added into your library, you will need a few things to get started and depending on your current audiobook library, a few tweaks to get it running flawlessly.

How To listen to Audiobooks With Plex A few things you need to get started:

  1. An audiobook in supported file format 
  2. An audiobook tagging app 
  3. Metadata scraper for artwork, author, and book info 
  4. An organized folder with all your audiobooks

Each number below will explain in detail the 4 requirements above.

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