Major update: Last week the CPU in our primary media server was replaced and we FINALLY resolved the issue of the system locking up. So as of now the GravityWell JellyFin is officially back up.

In the very long process of troubleshooting this issue down to the very last part we could replace without calling it a “new” computer, all the other services migrated to other systems ( cluster of 3 old laptops i had laying around). Some of these “cloned” services will continue to exist on the throbbing.click domain, and over time I will continue to revive the gravitywell equivalents at a pace that i feel comfortable with.

As for the updates/fixes, we have a new Ryzen 9 9500XT, 16c/32t, and the Operating System has been migrated from ArchlLinux to Debian. While I’m still sticking with arch (cachyOS Specifically), for my personal desktop, I have too many systems to admin at this point Debian is what I know best and its (testing/sid is) a much slower rolling release.

Lastly for now, I’ll probably make a dedicated post about this later but RipTide is a little project i’ve been vibe coding (without paying shit to AI companies) to make downloading music easier. Currently it supports Tidal, Qobuz and BandCamp, with plans for more soon. The main purpose for it is importing to the gravitywell library but I see no reason not to also allow downloading too. It’s not really finished yet, but its mostly functional enough to be worth checking out.