I've read the various comments about it and have no idea why you would have to defederate with them. As long as they play by the rules it should be fine. Just downvote if you don't agree. The voting system will take care of it.

I think defederation should be a last resort.

RD is down, that may be related....

More info here: https://technomagnus.vercel.app/posts/no-more-pricey-streaming

Stremio + RD is awesome, when it works.

Yep, just when I was beaming to my family that Stremio with RD is awesome...

Just subscribed to AllDebrid as backup, and we're back streaming.

Good point about Jackett! I had only set up qbittorrent to use vpn.

I've set it up with PrivadoVPN without issues, using Docker. Gluetun in its own docker container and Qbittorrent in its own, with network mode set to use the Gluetun contaoner. Haven't tested downloading a lot though. Gluetun has some good docs how to set it up in Docker.

Hi mate, how is it going? Did your Leaf arrive yet?

Please not!

Glad to help! Any questions, just ask :)

Sorry one more post :) I just found this one on Aliexpress which seems promising. Works via a dedicated app but it seems compatible with HA. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003331228026.html

Could be an affordable alternative.

This is an ESP32 solution: https://www.instructables.com/MQTT-Audio-Notifier-for-ESP8266-Play-MP3-TTS-RTTL/

I saw ESPMuse, which is an ESP32 based speaker, but has terrible reviews.

I just checked TM, CC Audio is sold for $200 there. Crazy. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/electronics-photography/media-streaming/chromecast/listing/4278960673

Great that it's working! Enjoy :) And yes it's interesting to see the charts.

So... Zigbee should be self correcting / fixing. But I've had sensors become unresponsive and had to re Add them to ZHA. Don't have to delete them first.

The button wakes up the sensor if pressed briefly, something you should do when you click reconfigure. I've never had luck with reconfigure though.

Thanks. Yeah I don't want any cloud based stuff, especially not from Amazon as I'm afraid they will shut down Alexa if they keep losing money on it.

Guess I'll wait for now. Thanks.

In HA if you go to the device, there's an option Zigbee info which shows latest seen.

If humidity doesn't change it won't update it, to save battery, at least that's how I understand it.

At the start I've struggled a lot with devices that became unresponsive. Adding a bunch of mains powered devices solved that.

That's a nice automation. Where did you get CC Audio? As they are no longer sold.

Awesome, glad that it's working. Please add mains powered devices to increase range and stability. I've got these smart switches which are awesome.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mMg26em

Good luck

How do you do speakers? I've got a bluetooth speaker but couldn't find a way to control it via HA. It's too far away from the HA server, tried to connect it to a tablet I'm using as wall panel, but then couldn't play music through it. Tried with DLNA apps but that was slow/unreliable. Also tried Browsermod but that didn't work either. Also saw people using a Chromecast with HDMI to Audio splitter and then cast to the Chromecast, seemed overkill to me. Finally, saw some ESPHome projects connected via aux to the speaker, but didn't seem very reliable.

Think best way is to get proper smart speakers like Sonos, but I find them too expensive.

An option is to list for $1 reserve as premium listing, I've seen various stories that it worked out well, and you will definitely sell. We initially listed ours for $2k reserve, no offers, then $1 reserve and sold for $2200 :) YMMV of course. Good luck!