Previously on Optimizing Video: 2021 Honda Odyssey RES I had a beautiful ffmpeg 1-liner to convert videos to “space-saving-letterbox-loving-USB-sized” videos to be played on my Vehicles Entertainment System. Unfortunately, some of the videos continued to fail to play to the point where the system would reset and would need me to cycle the vehicles power to cold reboot the entertainment system.
Suffice to write it’s led to much trial-and-error, with much more excitement on success.
Read MoreOn April 7, 2024 at about 3am I physically beat the poop out of a deer on Interstate 90 crossing into Ohio from Pennsylvania (41.925716, -80.54277). The front bumper being damaged and excrement all along the drivers side of the vehicle does qualify for the “beat the crap”-stamp to be applied to the drivers side door.
Insurance did what insurance does and says that the 2012 is not cost effective to repair so they scrapped the vehicle and wrote a check. With that check the family was able to go place a down payment on a 2021 Honda Odyssey Touring.
One of the biggest improvements from 2012 to the 2021 is that the rear passengers have access to an Entertainment System. I decided one day to figure out what we could do with the USB input.
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