Still VDR for now, but my next alternative after VDR dies is probably Balabolka on Windows for pre-processing them to audio and then BookPlayer.

Tiny little media player phone? I am ... intrigued.

@fireborn @FrostPoem I'm honestly impressed. Mine hasn't and probably won't. I'm not quite that comfortable typing on it, for a start. But it's a lot more generally useful than I expected it to be. I just wanted something that could do Spotify, NPlayer, book readers, podcasts, and maybe YouTube. Turns out it's actually an all-around amazing phone, despite being technically slower than my 2019 Samsung.

@fireborn I was literally just saying to someone that, if Apple keeps coming out with bigger and bigger phones, and cancels the last smaller thing, I would likely be looking into Android, because I am more than tired of this trend. Right now I have the SE 2020, but I miss how tiny iPhones used to be, especially having recently seen an iPhone 5. Good to know something like this exists, and it tempts me ... probably more than it should.

@FrostPoem @fireborn For what it's worth, the 13 mini is also an amazing phone which still exists, is 2 years ahead of your SE and is technically smaller while having more screen. If you don't want to give up the iPhone, look for a used one of those.

@fireborn @FrostPoem That's very cool, but annoying that you had to root it to get that to work.

@fireborn @FrostPoem How is the speaker earpiece working for you? I wondered about that. Also haven't rooted a phone in many years so might be a fun project in general.

@fireborn That makes sense. Admittedly, I'm fairly contented with the ways I use my phone, and if it started doing that I would likely seek a way to turn the feature off, though knowing what was eating battery on a day I specifically needed it to last might be very potentially useful. Still, that's really neat, and it sounds like you've found ways that it makes your life better, which is always the best thing to do with whatever tech you have.

@fireborn First, I mistyped and actually have the SE2022, I'm half asleep, apparently. Sorry. Second, I admit I don't love FaceID. It just goes very contrary to the ways I hold and use my phone, but I'd be willing if absolutely necessary. MagSafe sounds nice, though.

@FrostPoem @fireborn The 13 mini is the same chip as the SE 2022, but with a far better battery than any SE, face ID (which could be a disadvantage to some people), the edge-to-edge screen, magsafe, and 5G, which the 2022 SE also has but I think it's missing a band.

@fireborn I thought that came out around the same time, for some reason. And that would honestly probably be my next move, if something happened to this phone and they weren't making anything smaller. It just worries me.

@FrostPoem @fireborn MagSafe charging and magsafe compatible power banks are the major upgrades there, along with the battery which is about 30% better. That probably isn't as big a deal if you don't often use wired headphones. I still do sometimes, so not having a way to charge my phone without (1) leaving it in one spot or (2) unplugging my headphones was seriously annoying. There are cases that claim to make the SE magsafe compatible, but I've never tried them. As soon as the 2022 SE was released with the same inexcusably shitty battery as the 2020 SE, I jumped ship to a 13. That said, magsafe accessories are annoyingly expensive, and you'd basically be sidegrading to the 13 mini--not really upgrading or downgrading, just trading some advantages for other disadvantages. So you're probably better off keeping what you have until it's ancient and there's some new thing to replace it. Maybe we'll get lucky and Apple will decide the Mini needs to return in the form of a 2025 SE.

@fireborn That's what I'm hoping for. I'd only consider another OS if I was literally forced bigger, and even then I'd probably hesitate a while. I never ever used wired if I can help it, so no real disadvantage there. And thought about upgrading, but always sort of came down on the side of thinking it wasn't worth it. Anyway yeah, fingers crossed Apple continues to have at least one smaller thing.

@fireborn That's what I've heard, and is why I'm starting to think about future phones. For now, though, I plan to stay with the one I have either until something happens to it or until it will no longer support the latest iOS. It should last me a while yet.

@fireborn @FrostPoem What phone is this? For some reason even if I pull the thread I cannot see original post.

@FreakyFwoof @FrostPoem The Unihertz Jelly Star. Me, @fireborn and @hmaealdeza have been playing with them. unihertz.com/products/jelly-st…

@FrostPoem @fireborn @hmaealdeza Aah yes... I wonder how it handles external peripherals like Ambeos etc? Samsung does that with ease. Some phone manufacturers don't have a proper audio stack, so they just... Don't work at all.