what are you listening to?

[The-10-Pen]

In US politics, a Red State is a state that ALWAYS votes Republican, no matter how STUPID or RETARDED the Republican candidate is.
A Blue State is a state that ALWAYS votes Democratic, no matter how STUPID or RETARDED the Democratic candidate is.

Red State examples would be Florida, Texas, Tennessee, Ohio.
Blue State examples would be California, New York, Illinois, Oregon, Massachusetts.

A Purple State is what some also refer to as a Swing State.
Examples are Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona.

https://purplestatesofamerica.org/

[Duke]

Please stay on topic before it's going too far.

[xperceniol_sal]

[wuggy]

[The-10-Pen]

Hey, it is what I am listening to for a project later today.
Nobody said I had to be listening to music, lol.

[xperceniol_sal]

[xperceniol_sal]

[UCyborg]

At workplace, there's a radio in the office set to this one station that loops same songs over and over. Maybe they change them every once in a while. Just realized the song above is one of those they have.

[xperceniol_sal]

^Yeah, I like it but, I know, they radio tends to wear out a good song playing it over-and-over.

[UCyborg]

I don't listen to much stuff anyway, rarely find something new. So when I do listen to something, it's the same old over and over again.

Hell is repetition.

[xperceniol_sal]

Just love this new song and I hope you do too.

[xperceniol_sal]

[The-10-Pen]

Speaking of "what are you listening to", I finally figured out an issue that I've been having for just over a month !!!

I pretty much always have at least 3 to 5 (sometimes even as many as 7 [I've tested the ability to do as many as TWENTY on my best computer, but let's face it, that was just a test, lol]) streaming videos all playing simultaneously.

Only one will have the sound on, all the others muted.
And my ADHD scrolls around and mutes/unmutes on whichever video has my "almost full" attention at the moment.

A couple streaming services have started to use "bells and whistles" that 'lock up' the video if it has been muted for "too long".
Userscripts to the rescue !!!
I no longer use the "mute" or "volume" buttons on those websites.
A userscript adds my own button and a userstyle replaces "their" button with my own!
I can set the "volume" to 0.001 (literally!) and it can sit their for DAYS and the website doen't "lock me out" for being muted for too long.

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[Duke]

A userscript adds my own button and a userstyle replaces "their" button with my own!
I can set the "volume" to 0.001

Would you mind sharing this script ?

[The-10-Pen]

I have two.

The first uses a toggle button that is added to the lower right corner.


// ==UserScript==
// @name - Add High/Low Audio Volume Button
// @version 1.0.1
// @match *://*/*
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
'use strict';

// Define your two volume levels (0.0 to 1.0)
const VOLUME_LOW = 0.00001;
const VOLUME_HIGH = 1.0;

let isLow = false; // Track current state

// Create the toggle button
const btn = document.createElement('button');
btn.textContent = ' Volume: High';
btn.style.position = 'fixed';
btn.style.bottom = '10px';
btn.style.right = '10px';
btn.style.zIndex = '99999';
btn.style.padding = '8px 12px';
btn.style.background = '#333';
btn.style.color = '#fff';
btn.style.border = 'none';
btn.style.borderRadius = '5px';
btn.style.cursor = 'pointer';
btn.style.fontSize = '14px';
btn.style.opacity = '0.8';

// Function to set volume for all audio/video elements
function setAllMediaVolume(level) {
document.querySelectorAll('audio, video').forEach(el => {
try {
el.volume = level;
} catch (e) {
console.warn('Could not set volume for element:', el, e);
}
});
}

// Toggle handler
btn.addEventListener('click', () => {
isLow = !isLow;
const newVolume = isLow ? VOLUME_LOW : VOLUME_HIGH;
setAllMediaVolume(newVolume);
btn.textContent = ` Volume: ${isLow ? 'Low' : 'High'}`;
});

// Append button to page
document.body.appendChild(btn);

// Optional: set initial volume
setAllMediaVolume(VOLUME_HIGH);
})();

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[The-10-Pen]

This is the second one.
I prefer this one so far.
I no longer use a button but instead use a transparent overlay that covers the ENTIRE PAGE.
Click anywhere to mute/unmute.
This one can mute and umnute but not change the web site's "volume graphic" (at least for my problematic sites).
Which basically "tricks" the website to not know that it is muted and prevents their "lock out" overlay from popping up if I mute for "too long".


// ==UserScript==
// @name - Add Mute/Unmute Replacement
// @version 1.0.1
// @match *://*/*
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
'use strict';

// Create the button
const btn = document.createElement('muteunmutebutton');
//btn.textContent = ''; // Start as unmuted icon
btn.textContent = '';
btn.style.position = 'fixed';
//btn.style.bottom = '20px';
//btn.style.right = '20px';
btn.style.bottom = '0px';
btn.style.right = '0px';
btn.style.height = '100vh';
btn.style.width = '100vw';
btn.style.zIndex = '99999';
//btn.style.padding = '10px';
//btn.style.fontSize = '20px';
//btn.style.borderRadius = '50%';
btn.style.borderRadius = '0';
btn.style.border = 'none';
//btn.style.background = '#333';
btn.style.background = 'transparent';
btn.style.color = '#fff';
//btn.style.cursor = 'pointer';
btn.style.cursor = 'default';
//btn.style.boxShadow = '0 2px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.3)';

document.body.appendChild(btn);

let isMuted = false;

// Function to set mute state for all audio/video
function setMuteState(mute) {
const mediaElements = document.querySelectorAll('audio, video');
mediaElements.forEach(el => {
try {
el.muted = mute;
} catch (e) {
console.warn('Could not mute element:', e);
}
});
}

// Button click handler
btn.addEventListener('click', () => {
isMuted = !isMuted;
setMuteState(isMuted);
//btn.textContent = isMuted ? '' : '';
btn.textContent = isMuted ? '' : '';
});

// Optional: auto-detect new media elements added dynamically
const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
setMuteState(isMuted);
});
observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });

})();