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No, sorry there is no select all that I know of. But you can touch multiple photos to select two or three at a single touch, which may help a bit.

@@GadgeteerZA thanks. I’ll try it out.

Yes basically that, and also nice way to anonymously share something to public etc.

You're very welcome! The only sticky thing for me is the viewer comments but not everyone has that as a requirement, and no app has absolutely everything. Hopefully you also saw my 3 or so other photo management app videos as they may also give some insight into the other offerings.

Sorry no idea, it could be various reasons like correct link, permissions, etc. You may find some guidance at matrix.org/docs/communities/getting-started/.

Ouch! thanks yes completely different church. I'll fix the text title at least.

Always good to hear from another War Thunder player ;-) OK I'd try switching it's video capture between fullscreen, window and area. Window for example needs focus on the window itself but the other two modes may work better. I noticed on my PC if I click on anything else, War Thunder minimises. I actually used OBS Studio last time I did some captures for War Thunder.

No it won't know about passwords, but both devices do need to be on the same LAN or accessible between local networks. So if your guest network is isolated and only has Internet access (no visibility) of other devices on local network) then it won't be able to establish a local connection. Same goes for a mobile hotspot - those connect out to the Internet only. LocalSend keeps things local for better security. If a device connects to the local WiFi on your router, it should see other devices on your network fine. Guest networks can be setup often to see other devices, but not everyone wants that active.

@@GadgeteerZA Thanks for the answers. It was really helpful.

OK all your settings sound right. The only way to see is if people have publish to map on then they'll appear at meshmap.net/ if they have a location set as well. Right now I'm not seeing anyone but the thing is to leave one of your nodes on so that others may see you. You'll also see them appear in your nodes list if at any time they are seen by your radio. You could also try going to any location that has a view over the city, and run your radio from there for 15 to 20 mins and see if you see any others.

Sorry to hear that

It depends on what country you're in, but if in South Africa the choices are a bit limited - I put some links in my webpage at gadgeteer.co.za/hamradio/meshtastic-in-south-africa/ for SA. Just bear in mind whether you are in the Europe Africa region for 868MHz or the USA which I think is 915MHz.

Thanks, yes pretty sad about our last Spitfire that crashed in 1995. There are still attempts to get it flyable again but it has been quiet for a while - see www.key.aero/forum/historic-aviation/147151-saaf-museum-spitfire-5518-rebuild and from 2021 at www.defenceweb.co.za/military-history/spitfire-5518-restoration-progressing-despite-covid-hiccups/. I feel really privileged to have seen it actually flying.

Glad this still helps!

No, it reads it in place like a drive mapping

Sorry I see now your comment got held for review (no idea why). But we did get in contact. Yes definitely a high site though if possible, as it really gets all nodes in contact with each other. For example in Cape Town we have one node higher up (can't say exactly where yet as paperwork must be approved) and it connected me (on Cape Flats) to a node in Stellenbosch 32 km away. Other thing in the beginning is to maybe increase max hops to 5 or 7 so that you can reach further through some nodes until you have a few in the area and then drop it again. But I have one node above my roof and one in the house so that already uses one additional hop. I did also describe my home setup in my webpage at gadgeteer.co.za/hamradio/meshtastic-in-south-africa/ as well as some sources. The ham radio guys have been quite keen to get involved so it may be worth trying to get in contact with one or two in the area. You can reach them at www.parc.org.za/ and maybe ask they announce something about Meshtastic to their members. I wrote an article in the Radio ZS magazine for hams in the May 2024 edition about Meshtastic. We try to also at least have the MQTT uplink enabled for Channel 0 the LongFast channel, so that locations are advertised at meshmap.net/ for others to see where the nodes are.

LOL you're ahead of me here, as I've not used it on mobile yet. What I'd suggest, though, is to look at the project for the mobile version at github.com/yang991178/fluent-reader-lite. They don't discuss the UI specifically, but you can log a new issue for some guidance on the usage, and someone using it will be able to guide you a bit.

Thank you! I'm using Manjaro Linux with the KDE desktop it has various Desktop Effects and this one was called Track Mouse which you can enable or disable with a shortcut key combo. No sorry I'd not done on audio filters for OBS as I struggled a bit myself - I did do some filters for the microphone but it was pretty complex (after watching other videos) and I do find it can be a bit choppy especially if I run many other things in the background (clearly the more filters, the more processing). But I'm using the basic included filters in OBS for Noise Gate, Noise Suppression, Compressor, Expander, Gain, and Limiter.

@@GadgeteerZA thx for the reply ! I really like your newsletter btw. I’ll look into the track mouse, I’m running a vm with kali (don’t know what I’m doing tbh ) just to be “cool”. I went through about 20 audio tutorials , my fav is one called something like “make any mic sound expensive in obs | mic settings and filters 2023). “ I just finished my first recording with a poor usb mic, and recorded it with a canon m50 and rose mic, going to import into Davinci (which I still don’t know how to use hehe) and go from there. Btw, mad respect on your newsletter not accepting sponsorships bc of your open source philosophy, you’re a legend.

I really can't say, as I got rid of my iPhone a year back. I do know iOS is quite aggressive about background apps. It may be worth asking on their Discord channel at discord.com/channels/1100157156742926406/1100157157669879921 or their GitHub project.

Sadly no I don't see any option for otehr colours.

Good point! I'm still struggling to decide and really need to re-watch all my videos about this. I love Memories actually and especially the way it sits (and accepts) the photos inside of Nextcloud, but the commenting system is horribly clunky as it uses Nextcloud's file comments. I imagine the comments are robust as it uses what works well, but if a UI could run the comments in front it could be a winner.

Good to know. Honestly, I never used the comment features much. Once in a blue moon I'll send something to my mother-in-law she'll respond back with a heart on Google photos

Then I think Memories will serve very well. The end user app also works well on a phone with album views etc, or just sending a plain link which I use for my more tech-challenged family.

@@GadgeteerZA That's what I was thinking. Thank you for all your life information! Now my hangup is the latest next cloud install on TrueNAS is having issues

Glad it was helpful! Yes, nowadays, you need to keep rephrasing searches to find what really helps!

Glad you liked it!

I've honestly not made my mind up yet (and had some issues again with Piwigo's 3rd party modules being outdated and had to disable some of them). Memories looked really promising as it uses the existing photo structure in Nextcloud with virtual albums overlaid above that, but the commenting is really clunky as it uses the underlying Nextcloud file commenting. It was the next closest to Immich's look and feel otherwise. So, I'm really going to have to review all my videos again to get a better feeling across all of them.

Wow thanks! I do try keep it down to Earth to give a feel of what any user would experience when using it. Hope you have a great day too!!

Yes it's more a backup to self-host and view/share your photos outside of the Big Tech hosting environments. That auto-backup is more an auto-upload, as it does not actually restore as a function. The photos get sorted into albums, and you can also upload from desktop into Immich hosting etc. If you wanted to "restore" a few photos, you'd download them from Immich to your phone from inside the app. What is seen in the Immich app UI is the photos on the hosted side, not the phone. Personally I use Syncthing to sync all my phone photos/videos to my desktop, and every few days I delete them from the phone.

@GadgeteerZA Thanks for your answer, I've tested, and it works fine, but i prefer Nextcloud so long.

@@GadgeteerZA Thanks for your answer, well I think that after having tried Immich I think I'd better stay with Nextcloud for now, many thanks to the creators of Immich.

OK I don't have an iPhone or Windows PC, but on Android if I hit send button, then media button to open folder, from that list of photos or files I just touch each one to select for multiple. It adds it to a batch to send together.

Yes, not sure of the exact model but it has the voice activation too: Additionally, in Cape Town, South Africa, several Modulator sirens are installed which use their standard wail tone to alert citizens in the Melkbosstrand, Duynefontein, Blaauwberg, Table View, Robben Island, Atlantis, Philadelphia and Parklands areas in case of any emergency which can occur at the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station.] These Modulators are tested for about an hour annually on the first Wednesday of March during a so-called "Full Volume Siren Test" using a preset female voice (which reads "This is only a test; there is no need to take any action. This is only a test; there is no need to take any action. I repeat: this is only a test; there is no need to take any action. Listen to Good Hope FM or Kfm for further information") and live voice announcements (which are read by people and are often cite similar things said by the preset voice), other than the typical wail tone of the Modulator.

​@@GadgeteerZAWhy a female voice instead of a male voice?

@@cincophone_ I'm not sure specifically here but generally female voices, with a slightly higher pitch than males, are more easily distinguished from background noise.

@@GadgeteerZA Do they use a male voice?

@@cincophone_ No idea - this clip was just a short clip my daughter sent me. But I would not think they would use two different voices. Most announcement systems at all airports and trains I've been in are usually a single voice. Most of these locations also want fewer announcements and noise, so all efforts are about reducing duplication and repetition.

It's a pleasure, even obscure videos have value for some people having that need.

Yes it's not the ultimate PDF editor at all, but it is great for quick and simple stuff. Not sure if I'm recalling correctly, but maybe it was Okular filling in garbage into form fill fields, I used to print the form to PDF, then open to complete in Okular.

Thank you. Yes that was the reasoning behind it. I'm planning to also do a short one on what the mobile app interface looks like, and what you can do with it. Really to give a feel of what it looks like to actually use.

Thanks 👍

Glad you liked it!

It's a pleasure. Yes, I realised many I spoke to were interested, but the technology did not always the "what it is about".

Clever cat!

OK not sure as my range test page in settings only has options to enable it, interval, and save in .CSV format. I'm on latest Beta so maybe you're on Alpha version? Radio frequencies tho do depend on Earth curvature as high frequencies are only straight line of sight vs lower frequencies (not Meshtastic frequencies) which are HF and can follow the curvature of the Earth by bouncing off the ionosphere. So as far as Meshtastic goes - it really only works in straight lines, unless you can reach a far mountain peak with a node on top, and then relay to nodes far on the other side. But even for 100km that is still pretty flat ground.

@@GadgeteerZA The claim "HF and can follow the curvature of the Earth by bouncing off the ionosphere." is in interesting one in that 1st, it commits the logical fallacy of begging the question Earth is a sphere and 2, There are no known experiments in physics to validate the claim of anything bouncing off of a layer of gas in an open system where that gas fails to obey the 2nd law of thermodynamics and expand into the available volume of lower pressure. I'm a shortwave guy not a ham but I have seen hams make such claims without scientific validation. Fun fact you can look up - The idea of an ionosphere was not created (it was not discovered) until after Marconi's radio test between England and New York. It was said by the mainstream scientists of the day it would never work due to Earth being spherical. Poof, it worked. Suddenly the radio buffs needed a reason why it worked in keeping with their heliocentric belief. Thus, the Ionosphere was born.

@@DivergentDroid the ionosphere did not just appear then, it was really only discovered after radio waves were invented and could be experimented with, and it was observed how waves that travel in straight lines only, could sometimes bounce long distances. I am a radio ham so had to study all the theory of radio propagation at different frequencies as well as power and bandwidth levels. A lot of what radio hams do is experimenting with radio, so we have radio beacons, and low power signals that are sent out 24/7 and we monitor when and when they are received elsewhere on Earth. Each frequency band ha sits own characteristics in how it propagates,a nd it is quite fascinating. That experimenting also includes bouncing VHF signals (line of sight) off the moon when it is present, to reach further to locatiosn you cannot see ove rthe horison (no moon, no reach). So hence why we are interested in Meshtastic as it is straight line of sight only, but it's relay capability let's it get around all sorts of objects.

@@GadgeteerZA Do you realize all you have given me is still a never before validated claim? I have heard the explanation hundreds of times. Explanations are Not scientific evidence. I Need the Physics. If you cannot show me the physics, then all you have is a Belief not substantiated in reality. Show me - the "physics to validate the claim of anything bouncing off of a layer of gas in an open system where that gas fails to obey the 2nd law of thermodynamics and expand into the available volume of lower pressure." I want to see the physics demonstrations that prove the claim.

I think you are taking us way off the topic here, and I'm not making any claims. The video is about Meshtastic line of sight radio - it only connects to what it can see in a straight line (I never claimed anything else for this radio). You asked about the Range Test page - was that the one in the Meshtastic mobile app config settings labelled Range Test? As I said, my app's config page only shows the three settings I mentioned, and no link to anything external. The Range Test is intended to generate signals on one radio, with the other one receiving them whilst in Range Test mode. Those can be saved to a CSV file and imported into a spreadsheet to analyse. I haven't used it myself yet, but the idea is to walk around a neighbourhood, doing this test, and then seeing what the signal strengths look like at say 100m, 500, 800m etc to see where the signal works or not.

Thanks!!! Yes two ways: 1. Obviously, just adding tags in metadata and filtering on that. 2. But you mean for People View: Click on that Person with question mark icon at top right when in People View. It will highlight some faces with a green square in photos there. Select just those photos with the same face you want to ID. Then click on the icon top right that has small arrow to right saying Move to Person. If a person is not already present, then click on + to add them, and move. But that is only for faces it recognises as faces. You can't manually draw around a face and add it like Piwwigo does. You can maybe tweak the face recognition parameters under settings though to force it to recognise more faces, maybe.

Not also its recognition runs in batch jobs so object, face, etc recognition may take a while after uploads are done. Under Nextcloud Admin Settings / Recognise, you can see if face recognition has photos in the queue still.

Thank you. Mmm not sure about a few thousand, but put it this way, you can tweak how often each transmits so typically you reduce that a bit, and you can set an encrypted channel so no-one else is reading the data. The devices transmit incredibly quickly - quick short bursts. The other thing is by default they will each relay signals onwards, but Meshtastic does choose the most direct route. But again you can set a few to relay, and the rest not. So some thought and tweaking is just required. It depends on how far away they are versus concentrated in a smaller space. But you can reach those who will know more at meshtastic.org/ in the Discord or Reddit servers. I'm sure many have actually done something like this.

Glad it was helpful! Yes, I've even found a coffee vending guy interested in setting one up on top of his coffee station near a forest. I'm getting another mobile device end of this week and also hope to use it when hiking.

Glad you made it here and thanks for letting me know 😊

There is that too. I suppose too the older an app is, the more likely it does not get rewritten into anything different.

Thanks Paul, appreciate your feedback!

I've mostly been uploading from my desktop into Memories. But if you have existing photos in your time line you should be able to open them full screen, and then choose from the menu top right to add to album. Or do you mean from folders someone else shared with you?

@@GadgeteerZA its trying to add shared photos that you don't own to an album. I can't get it to work with either photos or memories :( tags work so thats what we have been using.

I'm not too sure of exactly what your situation looks like but remember there is a difference between Memories albums where you have to "link" photos to them in Memories or during an upload, versus Nextcloud shared folders. For the latter, Memories will have to read those photos in if it has access to those folders i the path. That happens automatically as the photos are in NC shared folders. Only thing for that is to maybe change the root folder in Memories, or else move your NC folders. But if neither Photos or Memories is doing what you expect, the problem is maybe not with them, but at the NC folder level.

Not directly as far as I know but a few ideas are: 1. Immich has a feature request open at github.com/immich-app/immich/discussions/6090 2. Memories does not either, but underlying Nextcloud does connect to S3, so that connection may be seen as a "local" connect (not sure). 3. Piwigo may have a plugin called S3Upload that may do something like this. 4. There may be ways to get Docker to create a virtual sync to S3 i.e. so photos app sees it as a locally mapped volume, with something like this at github.com/efrecon/docker-s3fs-client.

Yes it's always a trip we'll worth doing and remember that locals get a free return trip in the month of their birthday.