Cooking black beans and salsa playlist

Musical motivation

I would like to thank ChatGPT for selecting the tunes this evening. This could be the start of a collection. Of course it could!

find . -type f \
 ! -path "*/.AppleDouble/*" \
 ! -path "*/__MACOSX/*" \
 ! -name "._*" \
 \( -iname "*.mp3" -o -iname "*.flac" -o -iname "*.m4a" \) \
 | grep -Ei "Ohio Players|Sly And The Family Stone|The Temptations|The Stylistics|Two Tone|Prince.*Funk|We Can Funk|Funky Music|Calypso|Stomp" \
 | shuf \
 | mpv --playlist=-

[CML] tux@localhost …/athlone/Tunes $ find . -type f   ! -path "*/.AppleDouble/*"   ! -path "*/__MACOSX/*"   ! -name "._*"   \( -iname "*.mp3" -o -iname "*.flac" -o -iname "*.m4a" -o -iname "*.ogg" \)   | shuf   | mpv --playlist=-
[file] Reading from stdin...
[playlist] Reading plaintext playlist.
Playing: ./Herbie Hancock/Blow-Up/14 Verushka (Part 1).mp3
● Audio  --aid=1  (mp3 2ch 44100 Hz 224 kbps)

I would especially like to that AI for providing tailor made instructions for me. So I will save a copy because, this is going to happen again. Remember to turn bluetooth off on the cell phone!! Stay tuned for more adventures in Switching a JBL from cellphone to laptop again

Yes. Here are quick notes you can drop into a sound/ or music/ directory on rochford.

Camelot / JBL Clip 4 / mpv notes
Sat Jun 27 2026

Goal:
Play music from Camelot/Tunes through JBL Clip 4 while cooking.

Working music command:
From the Tunes directory:

find . -type f \
  ! -path "*/.AppleDouble/*" \
  ! -path "*/__MACOSX/*" \
  ! -name "._*" \
  \( -iname "*.mp3" -o -iname "*.flac" -o -iname "*.m4a" -o -iname "*.ogg" \) \
  | grep -Ei "salsa|latin|cumbia|reggae|ska|funk|soul|afro|calypso|celtic|stomp" \
  | shuf \
  | mpv --playlist=-

Why the exclusions:
.AppleDouble, __MACOSX, and ._* are Mac metadata cruft. They can look like music files but fail in mpv.

mpv controls:
space = pause/play
>     = next track
<     = previous track
9     = volume down
0     = volume up
q     = quit

JBL Clip 4 Bluetooth address:
D8:37:3B:D4:59:EC

Bluetooth status check:
bluetoothctl
info D8:37:3B:D4:59:EC

Good signs:
Paired: yes
Trusted: yes
Connected: yes

Connect manually if needed:
bluetoothctl
connect D8:37:3B:D4:59:EC
quit

Audio/PipeWire checks:
pactl list cards short
pactl list sinks short
wpctl status

Good signs:
bluez_card.D8_37_3B_D4_59_EC
bluez_output.D8_37_3B_D4_59_EC.1
Active Profile: a2dp-sink

Set JBL as default audio sink:
wpctl set-default 79

Alternative:
pactl set-default-sink bluez_output.D8_37_3B_D4_59_EC.1

Test sound:
speaker-test -t wav -c 2

Stop test:
Ctrl+C

What happened:
The JBL was paired and trusted but initially not connected as a PipeWire audio sink.
Once connected, PipeWire exposed it as:
bluez_card.D8_37_3B_D4_59_EC
bluez_output.D8_37_3B_D4_59_EC.1

The active profile was:
a2dp-sink

After setting sink 79 as default, speaker-test produced audio.

Tiny caveat-goblin: setting it as default should help a lot, but Bluetooth can still be stolen by your phone or change IDs after reconnect/reboot. If it vanishes later, the key checks are:

bluetoothctl info D8:37:3B:D4:59:EC
pactl list sinks short
wpctl status

The important remembered fact is not the sink number 79, which may change. It is the JBL identity:

D8:37:3B:D4:59:EC
bluez_output.D8_37_3B_D4_59_EC

There was a sound project once

I might have changed some default settings

[CML] tux@localhost …/tux/music_service $ ll
total 8
-rw-r--r--. 1 tux tux  192 Nov  2  2025 app.py
-rw-r--r--. 1 tux tux 3288 Jun 27 19:54 JBL-Camelot.readme
drwxr-xr-x. 6 tux tux  105 Nov  2  2025 venv

That could happen!

But now it's time to make dinner!

[CML] tux@localhost …/athlone/Tunes $ find . -type f   ! -path "*/.AppleDouble/*"   ! -path "*/__MACOSX/*"   ! -name "._*"   \( -iname "*.mp3" -o -iname "*.flac" -o -iname "*.m4a" -o -iname "*.ogg" \)   | grep -Ei "salsa|latin|cumbia|reggae|ska|funk|soul|afro|calypso|celtic|stomp"   | shuf   | mpv --playlist=-
[file] Reading from stdin...
[playlist] Reading plaintext playlist.

playlist