Useful discussion rarely happens here. At least with X you can actually reach an audience, here it’s just an echo chamber.

People here are so quick to jump to “AI bad” while not thinking at all. Automatically hiding comments for them being “rude” is also insane

Attention Kernel Engineers: The Spotify Car Thing revival project needs assistance with graphics acceleration. The device features a Mali G31 Bifrost GPU on an Amlogic S905D2. Currently, graphics performance is severely limited with Panfrost,

Follow me (@itsnebula.net), and join our Discord for more update threads in the future!

discord.gg/qFkvpAHnS4
github.com/usenocturne

You may also expect some more features in the future:

- No Pi required
- OTA updates
- Better brightness control
- Select Spotify device
- Account switcher based on connected phone
- Voice controls

*Please note that not all of these may make it in 3.0.0, but are on the roadmap*

Welcome to Nocturne screen with login with phone button

Connect to Nocturne screen with a sign in QR code

Recently, we added the ability to log in directly with your phone, no VNC needed.

This is the first feature preparing for 3.0.0, which will let you use your hacked Car Thing with just Bluetooth tethering on your phone, resulting in similar functionality to the stock Car Thing.

Nocturne Recents tab (2 albums)

Nocturne album view

I’m a developer for Nocturne, a custom firmware for the (soon to be ewaste) Spotify Car Thing that restores stock functionality.

We’ve fixed a bunch of bugs, added new features, and we’re hard at work to release 3.0.0 beta, the fully standalone version (no Raspberry Pi).

🧵🔽

this site is kinda dry