Faceman2K23

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

I think it’s worth figuring out why Fileflows wasn’t using your hardware, if you re running in a container you may need to manually map the hardware device for example. you can customise and configure as much as you want too, you can even go as far as custom ffmpeg command line options, and having multiple options based on the flow you write.

However, the CPU encode will provide better image quality in most cases, and since you can set it to run slowly in the background with a couple of CPU cores and limited usage you can just let it run and eventually it will be done.

I run fileflows on my file server and it is using a GPU, but some files have to fall back to CPU (my GPU is a bit older so there are some unsupported files) in which case it gets just a single core and takes its time. it’s saved me several terabytes of space archiving old content in libraries that I consider less than critical. I could have just run a one time ffmpegbatch run, but I like having it checking regularly so that new additions to the library enter the flow, they stay untouched for

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

This is a good meme.

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

Jellyfin is great and I follow its development and test it every now an then but it is nowhere near fully featured or well supported enough or me to transfer my family over to.

I will eventually, when it’s ready.

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

Totally different software solutions aimed at different users, and many people use both.

Plex is a Server software that handles media management, libraries, users, etc etc… and a range of player apps that have a somewhat beginner friendly layout requiring little to no setup

Personally, I run a large Plex server that provides content for my family across dozens of mixed devices in home and out of home, different users have access to different libraries and have different preferences. If needed it will automatically transcode content for remote users out of the home to fit my upload bandwidth and their available speed if they are on mobile. it keeps track of watched content and position for all users so they can move between devices seamlessly.

Kodi is an extensible media player frontend, it can play files from a remote server or NAS but there is no server management, it is just doing basic file access. there are addons for many common services and media sources but there is no user management, no transcoding, no sharing content with other clients etc etc. Having multiple kodi installs on multiple players requires each client to be configured more or less from scratch and no easy way to have multiple setups for different users with their own preferences, libraries and/or content restrictions. It is extremely powerful and configurable and has strong format support.

I have Kodi installed on one of my Nvidia Shield Pros but only use it for playback of surround music files (support for 5.1 flac on plex seems to be limited to audio within video containers for some reason) I find the interface (and all the skins I tried) extremely clunky for use as a music player, the way the remote works within the player itself is unintuitive and makes for an annoying experience restarting the track when you just want to move the playback a few seconds, a bit unfair of course as that isn’t what it was made for but that’s just my experience.

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

a remux is just the video and audio data put into a new container, no compression. but it is just the main movie file, no menus, no extras, nothing like that.

the common tag for searching for whole disks (BDMV folders, Video_ts folders or ISO images) is BR-DISK

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

search for the “BR-DISK” tag

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

Another Tdarr alternative with (i think) a more flexible and automatable setup is FileFlows (the free version is all you need) you can build node based rulesets and apply those rules to different libraries.

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

Hate repost bots, if you want to use one as a back-er-up-er-er it should post to a dedicated community intended to be an archive, not the main communities for a topic, they are practically spam and don’t promote any conversation in the comments as people avoid commenting on something that has zero connection to the original poster of the question.

Faceman2K23 OP , 9 months ago

I’ve been using Prowlarr and Jacket to do mass searches of public trackers and my Usenet sources for every variation of surround, multichannel, dvd-a, bd-a sacd, dff, dsd, atmos, ac3, dts, 5.1, 7.1, etc etc etc…

I think I have about 70 surround albums so far, excluding concerts that I have a separate collection of.

Faceman2K23 OP , 9 months ago

I’m hunting through there at the moment but so far nothing that I don’t already have or have access too.

Faceman2K23 OP , 9 months ago

Found a few users with heaps, but a lot of fake amateur algorithm upmixed stuff mixed in with real professional mutlitrack mixes.

Also a lot of Tidal rips, though they are mostly very poor quality upmixes done by engineers who don’t know how to use surround properly.

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

basically any PC with a recent (intel 10th gen and newer quad cores) CPU will work great for any normal media server build. You will just need enough space for your disks and some room to grow, the motherboard, cpu, ram and psu.

since you already have disks with media on them moving to a dedicated NAS OS will be a bit of a pain if you want some form of data protection. I’d definitely allow in the budget for at least 2 new large disks to start with. Personally I went down the unraid path as it allowed the most flexible disk mixing and matching, I could just throw whatever HDDs I had into it and all data was parity protected. it’s not free but it makes for a good home NAS. moving existing data and re-using the disks is a pain as you need to start with enough space to dump a whole disk to, then wipe that disk then add it to the array, then repeat for all of your disks, this can take days but it works and gets your data loaded and parity protected with a minimum number of new disks required.

Freenas, now called Truenas is an excellent option but it will be less flexible in adding disks that arent the same capacity. you cant just buy one HDD and drop it in to expand in the future, you tend to need to plan it out a bit more, but it is extremely fast and very reliable. so it’s free but can cost more in the long run.

If you like to tinker you can just run something like ubuntu and set it all up from scratch, or there is one called Xpenology, which is a clone of the synology software, it is very easy to use and reasonably flexible.

You can just plug the HDDs into the motherboard if it has enough ports, but I’d recommend getting onto eBay and getting yourself a SAS HBA card and sas-sata breakouts, there are sellers that have them as combo kits just for this purpose.

My first couple of server builds used the motherboard ports and the SATA controllers died pretty quickly, then I got a LSI 9211-8i, than added a sas expander for more ports, and more recently a newer 9300-16i card that will do me forever.

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

I have a Boox tablet (an older Note3) for the actual reading, I run readarr as a downloader/manager and use Ubooquity as the server. If you arent a massive nerd I’d probably suggest a kobo reader over an android reader.

I dont tend to “stream” the books from the server, because there is no point, they are tiny files, so i use the ubooquity webui to download the file to the device when needed. though even that is unnecessary as I can just vpn into the server itself and pull the files, or have them all sync automatically when on wifi since it is just an android device so i can run whatever apps I want to do that, I just use ubooquity as I used to use its web ui reader to keep in sync between multiple devices but stopped reading on my phone as I preferred the e-ink display. could also just dump them to a usb-c disk and move them manually.

I might soon replace ubooquity alltogether and just have Readarr put the files into nextcloud or something directly and have that sync with the tablet when on wifi.

The source for the titles themselves is the usual suspects, public trackers, usenet etc.

I’ve used calibre in the past to convert and de-drm books for a kindle I used previously, but I never actually needed any of its other features like re-formatting or editing metadata so I stopped using it as soon as I replaced the kindle with the Boox reader.

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

I do get about 2 weeks out of my Boox tablet usually, but that is with all the radios turned off, no light and using the built in reader app that puts it into a super low power state as opposed to third party reader apps that burn through battery like nothing else.

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

Ubooquity does this if you use the web reader across multiple devices, not sure about any third party apps or e-reader integration though.

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

Yep. I’m 100Tb deep into that rabbit hole.

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

yessir

sonarr, radarr, bazarr, lidarr, prowlarr and a bunch of other smaller ones.

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

im just waiting for a Mangarr that actually works, currently run FMD in a container.

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

It’s a neat website, but it is very America specific.

For example, I’m Australian and I wasn’t taught about slavery or genocide of our native people in high school. Hell, I was taught that the Stolen generation was a misnomer and children were only taken voluntarily or as an act of mercy… I graduated in 2008 so it wasn’t exactly the dark ages. Referring to the planned exterminations of the natives as “battles” and “conflicts” at best was another one. they didn’t even mention the shit that went down in Tasmania.

it’s not just the dumb stuff like food pyramids and taste zones, even in schools today history is being glossed over

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

Wait to you find out what we call a corn dog

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

What I’d like to see is something like an updated and optimised ~pi3-spec device with EMMC or an m.2 sata slot. Yes I know I can put a pi zero2 into a breakout board, but they connect via USB and that severely limits performance.

I recently decommissioned my pis (2x 3b and 1x 4b) and replaced them all with a single intel n95 based NUC (which cost less than a single pi4 8gb at the time) and I didn’t need any real gpio other than some serial ports, but if the right device came along with reliable storage I’d consider moving back to pis.

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

Man I really want something in the full size form factor but with a CPU closer to a zero2, basically I want a pi3 modernised and cost optimised, not another more powerful pi.

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

I use a program called FMD (free Manga Downloader) I have it running in a container on my server and have a bunch of series watchlisted, when chapters are released it download them, converts them to CBZ and they appear in my Komga Library which I can access via web browser or Tachiyomi on all of my devices anywhere in the world.

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

Komga is a server app that manages comics and manga and makes them available via a web interface, has multi user management and multiple library support with read tracking and such… think Plex for Manga.

I access it from my Phone and my Boox e-ink Tablet and if I use the webui it tracks where I’ve read up to between devices.

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

Or use the komga add on for tachiyomi to download the series and read off-line. I’ve never had to do that as I’ve never not had internet on my devices

Faceman2K23 , 9 months ago

That’s what FMD does. I give it a list of series to follow and the preferred source for them and it just downloads the lot as fast as it can and checks for updates regularly.

It’s kind of like sonarr for manga and comics.

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago

Stroganoff 2: Electric boogaloo

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago

Man I could go for a Strog right about now too

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago

make sure to lick the letter seal really good and wet so the stroganoff doesn’t fall out.

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

Hold up, Stroganoff 2 just dropped

(it’s chicken thigh strog on rice, that’s stroganoff 2, try it, it’s magic)

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago

Actually the history of Stroganoff is a messy one, it definately originated in russia, but we dont really know where or when, some are tomato based and some have no cream at all, some have freaking pickles in it. the true origins of the dish are lost.

The modern western strog is closer to chinese strog than any of the slavic strogs. Japanese strog is its own thing that seems to be based on an older recipe likely replicated from memory or from a vague description.

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago

It’s tonight for me. Might have stroganoff for dinner

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

well anything based on android TV can be easily modified with sideloaded APKs for excellent compatibility and upgradeability, there are also some package sideloading techniques for LG and Samsung but they are less open and there is less to do when you do jailbreak them. the issue with this, even on the top of the line TVs is that the hardware eventually gets out of date, and format/codec support is locked to that hardware so an external device is always a better option.

Buy the TV with the image quality you need and want in your price bracket (don’t look past TCL and Hisense these days), then plug in any of the top external streaming device and just leave the TV offline other than to check for firmware updates occasionally.

The Nvidia Shield pro 2019 is getting old but it is still the king for home media servers using plex or jellyfin, only weakness is no youtube HDR but thats not a big loss. great support for dedicated theatre setups with Dolby Vision, Atmos, DTSX etc…

Chromecast google tv is actually pretty good for most people for “normal” use with the standard streaming services and is pretty good at plex or jellyfin if you get an ethernet adaptor for it. DV and Atmos support is there but isnt perfect.

Current gen AppleTV is pretty good for all general playback, but is less hackable, so app support is limited to whatever is in the store, jailbreaks might be possible in the future as usual with apple devices, but I havent researched them.

the cheaper android boxes like the xiaomis and the microbrands on amazon all vary in quality and some are downright dangerous, but if you know android you can probably clean them up by stripping out crap with ADB commands.

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago

commercial displays are often smart these days too, sometimes just with a more limited default app setup aimed at signage and such and usually a more commercially focussed warranty.

The cheaper dumb commercial displays as others have said can have severe limitations in image quality.

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago

I’ve only seen that on brands like NEC, Benq and some dedicated education or business models. Sony and Samsung just have modified versions of their standard OSs on much of their range.

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago

Yea there’s very little public information on hacking anything other than android boxes and most of the more extreme stuff will break apps like Netflix or Disney+ so the best thing to do it leave it effectively stock, load on a hacked youtube client, with a dummy google account if you really want it private and your personal streaming client of choice (Plex, Jellyfin, Kodi etc) and then do some filtering/ad blocking in your network to lock it down.

The only caveat with an SBC is codec support varies greatly between distros you use on them, and you have to work out your own control/remote situation. I moved away from them for media a few years ago because I was sick of having to tinker and reinstall things because some codec was broken or the screen was tearing, or an update broke something requiring terminal access to fix. If you want a proper home theatre setup with full HDR and lossless surround support it’s not worth the trouble.

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago

I recently replaced a pi4 with an intel n95 based mini-pc and it’s been an absolute joy. I moved a few of my services and VMs over from the main server. It runs my Homeassistant via HAOS in a VM significantly faster than the pi4, another VM with access to the IGPU runs a 4k dashboard feed into my video distribution matrix, a few containers for simple things like MQTT and Adguard Home (like pihole) and it has room to do more.

The whole computer with 16gb of ram and 256gb SSD cost about the same as a pi4 8gb did when the shortage was at its worst.

The other option of course, is a cheap older optiplex, for under $200 you can get quad core sky lake or kaby lake generation processors, 16gb of ram and room for a couple of SSDs, a bulk storage HDD and a couple of low profile PCIE cards.

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago

She needs a friend named Bonnie.

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago

I have no idea why this is what it is.

I’m glad it exists, but confused and slightly scared.

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago

My theory here is this episode is 4 mini episodes written by ai.

Usually when they do an anthology or clip show they have some kind of in-universe framing device, but this almost feels like the whole screenplay was ai and they just said fuck it.

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago

I’m on a fold3 and it’s never once crashed when moving to the inner screen?

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago

stable, app store version 117.1.0 on OneUI 5.1.1

I think the transitioning difficulties would be website dependant, but most work just fine seamlessly for me.

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago

My sonarr has handled disenchantment fine, the files it grabbed are s5exx but they imported automatically as s3exx just fine. I didn’t have to do anything.

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago

Mine does that for futurama, but I just manually import that as they release.

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago

I have 2 UPS’s, a small one that runs the fibre gear and keeps the connection alive and the main one in the rack that keeps the main server running for a couple of hours.

I’ve only ever had 1 power outage in the last 5 years though and it was scheduled electrical work. couple of brownouts during storms that were just barely deep enough to kick in the UPS boost for a minute but nothing major. nothing else is critical enough to worry about it in my case.

but if I were in a place where power is patchy, I’d have enough solar+battery for the whole house to last a normal day/night cycle, then a UPS for the rack, then a generator as a last resort only.

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago

Could be a bad cable, one dodgy wire in an ethernet cable will drop you to 100mbit link speed, or it could be that your adaptor isnt actually gigabit, or the port you are plugging into isn’t gigabit.

I’ve used a USB3 Ethernet adaptor on a Samsung Note9 and a Fold3 and both supported the full gigabit sync with the expected speeds for a cheap usb ethernet controller.

Faceman2K23 , 10 months ago

I used to SSH into my server and proxy out from there. Then I learned how shit of a solution that is for daily use and set up a vpn like a normal person.