Patrik “Popeen” Johansson – Page 2

The Booksonic app stopped working for almost ten hours today due to bug

Posted on April 25, 2019April 28, 2019 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

First of all, I want to say that I am very sorry to all of you who have been unable to use the Booksonic app today. Second I want to get in to a bit of what actually happened as well as give a promise that I will make sure it can never happen again….

Deleting domains from your pihole history database

Posted on April 20, 2019April 20, 2019 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

For a while I have had an error in my home automation system that caused my hub to do hundreds of request to popeen.com every night. Today I finally sat down and fixed it and once it was fixed I also wanted to purge all the lines from the database so it doesn’t screw up…

Building Powershell GUIs that won’t freeze when you use them

Posted on February 15, 2019February 3, 2023 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

A few days ago I wrote about how important I think it is that you build a GUI for your scripts if they are to be used by anoyone else. If you have ever built a GUI using Powershell however, you know there is a problem with it that I didn’t mention, that is, whenever…

Booksonic Bridge Preview

Posted on February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

As part of communicating more what happens with the Booksonic project I thought it might be a good idea to show what the Bridge will look like.Important to know is that most parts of the bridge currently doesn’t have an interface but as they are created I’ll add them to this post. If you have…

Writing Powershell GUIs the easy way

Posted on February 9, 2019February 3, 2023 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

One of the most important tools for any IT professional or service desk technician that works in a Windows environment is without a doubt Powershell. Not only is it extremely powerful but it is also very fun to work with if you ask me. One of the great features of Powershell that I feel doesn’t…

Booksonic FAQ

Posted on February 8, 2019February 2, 2020 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

The FAQ has moved to the Booksonic website and you can find it at https://booksonic.org/faq

Using a network shared folder in Booksonic

Posted on May 27, 2016February 8, 2019 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

I recently got a question regarding using a network shared folder in Booksonic so I thought it would be a great idea to show how you can do this. Press the windows button and R at the same time Type services.msc and hit enter Look for the service called Subsonic, rightclick it anc click on properties Go…

Booksonic server is out of BETA. I celebrate with an app giveaway

Posted on February 5, 2016November 1, 2017 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

Last night I released the first full release of the Booksonic server. So whats new in this new Booksonic server? Well check out the changelog * m4b files are now supported out of the box! * The server is installed as Booksonic instead of as Subsonic * Book descriptions and narrators are shown in the web GUI…

How to stream audiobooks to your phone with Booksonic Legacy

Posted on January 14, 2016September 15, 2020 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

Last updated: September 15, 2020 These instructions are for the Booksonic Legacy server. This server is no longer updated and it is not recommended to install it. Please see the guide for the new and improved Booksonic Air server available here If you are like me then you probably love audiobooks and services like Amazon’s…

Converting subtitles from wsrt to srt

Posted on January 9, 2016February 9, 2019 by Patrik "Popeen" Johansson

If you are from Sweden or are watching swedish TV anyway chances are that you have come across subtitle files with the extension wsrt. I know I have, and with that, prepare for one of my unnecessary long rants where I try and explain things, if you are only interested in the converter tool you…