sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
I have 2 x 4tb in a RAID 1 config, I regret not buying 8’sJust ordered a 10TB hard drive.
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UnderOpenSky
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This is more about saving upload rates. Not sure how that all works about when it chooses to transcode. I've been doing stuff with no transcodes locally for years.
Sounds great
This is for my backup NAS, I'll move drives around a bit, so should give me 16TB in my server and 16TB in NAS.
dervish
if you flibble when you wibble, don't wobble
I'm always up for sharing libraries and I've got some spare bandwidth, PM me for access.
Ranbay
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UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
This could be epic
It was only last night that I realised that forced sub titles meant it only shows when you need them.
This has been frustrating me for ages.
It was only last night that I realised that forced sub titles meant it only shows when you need them.
This has been frustrating me for ages.
sim667
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sim667
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Vobsub subtitles are raster images of text that are remuxed onto the picture as it plays too, so anything vobsub will always need to transcode, so try and find SRT subs when you can as they’re effectively text files that are displayed as the video playsThis could be epic
It was only last night that I realised that forced sub titles meant it only shows when you need them.
Ranbay
The same rules apply
Just shared drive F with you
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Thanks. Are Vobsub the ones that are included in the file? For example we watching McMafia over the weekend and there's just the video files and no seperate subtitle files.
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UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Got round to shuffling drives. So that's 14TB in NAS I use for backups and 16TB in the Microserver. I've got a few 2TB drives that I can fit into another box I use for lab stuff. It's a bonkers thing having loads of old hard drives. I've got a good number ranging from 500GB to 1.5GB, a good size back in the day, but now pretty much worthless.
Didn't realise using the BTRFS file system chewed up so much space. My 10TB gave me 9.1TB which is to be expected, but when I made a volume on the NAS it shrunk again to 8.7TB. After some head scratching I deleted the volume and made a new one in ext4 which gives me 9TB which seems a bit better.
Didn't realise using the BTRFS file system chewed up so much space. My 10TB gave me 9.1TB which is to be expected, but when I made a volume on the NAS it shrunk again to 8.7TB. After some head scratching I deleted the volume and made a new one in ext4 which gives me 9TB which seems a bit better.
sim667
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Yeah that's right, normally in MKV's
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Setup Jellyfin out of curiosity. It's like an uglier version of Plex that's much harder to configure for remote access.
sim667
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Just use Tailscale
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Yes, that's rather good, I couldn't belive how simple it was.
I was curious how you'd do it if you just wanted to give someone access to your media via the Web interface, like you might Plex. I used caddy as a reverse proxy, so I could give jellyfin.mydomain.co.uk to someone and they can login.
Plex is much easier and of course you can see other people's collections without changing server.
sim667
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I don’t think you can do that with tailscale. That’s not really the point of it, it’s more a vpn.
I’d like to do a reverse proxy for my plex rather than opening the ports but I’ve no idea where to start
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Yes. Tailscale is great, but it's just a VPN.
Why do you need to open ports for Plex. For me one the joys is that they handle the remote play for you.
I used caddy to do the reverse proxy, took me a few slightly fustrating hours, but it wasn't that bad. It get the SSL cert for you, so you don't have to bother. Obviously you need to open ports, but it's handling the security for you on that. I thought it worth getting my head around in case I want to share other stuff that's not media. Not sure what I'll use yet.
sim667
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Even if you haven’t configured port forwarding plex will probably be handling it for you via upnp so it feels like it’s a seamless experience but actually it’s just doing the groundwork itself
Elpenor
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Plex seemed to be working so well for me until yesterday. Now every time I watch something on the tv (laptop with the files on is around a metre away so basically using Plex to cast only which is about as much I understand) it stutters and buffers every few seconds. At most it’s a minute before it happens.
The c drive of my laptop is only about 70% full, I’ve tried moving the files in and out of the folder I share with Plex so Plex “rediscovers the files”, internet speed is normal (55 Meg / second download), I’m not running any other programs on the laptop, I’ve tried restarting my laptop and Plex, and now am at a loss of what to do.
I have tried duplicating display from laptop to my tv to watch stuff in another program and that worked, sort of, some parts of the video was blocky. But it’s not ideal as I watch a lot of stuff with subtitles and I rely on Plex to find these for me
hopefully any suggestions will be simple ones, I’m not very technical! Going to try it again tomorrow to see if it was just being odd the last few days
The c drive of my laptop is only about 70% full, I’ve tried moving the files in and out of the folder I share with Plex so Plex “rediscovers the files”, internet speed is normal (55 Meg / second download), I’m not running any other programs on the laptop, I’ve tried restarting my laptop and Plex, and now am at a loss of what to do.
I have tried duplicating display from laptop to my tv to watch stuff in another program and that worked, sort of, some parts of the video was blocky. But it’s not ideal as I watch a lot of stuff with subtitles and I rely on Plex to find these for me
hopefully any suggestions will be simple ones, I’m not very technical! Going to try it again tomorrow to see if it was just being odd the last few days
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
What's the CPU doing on the laptop when thisnhappens? My first thing I'd check is it hasn't started transcoding rather then doing direct play.
Internet speed should have no bearing as it's on the local network. How are the two devices connected and could you try a cable if its WiFi?
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
I’ll try looking at the CPU, presumably not very fixable if a problem
I’m not sure what ports I have on laptop, will check later as I’m out, would it be something like Ethernet or hdmi cable?
Edit - the laptop connecting to the TV via Chromecast.
And thanks
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UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I’ll try looking at the CPU, presumably not very fixable if a problem
I’m not sure what ports I have on laptop, will check later as I’m out, would it be something like Ethernet or hdmi cable?
Edit - the laptop connecting to the TV via Chromecast.
And thanks
OK, so it's almost a mirror of the laptop. What's it like with Plex just on the laptop? If that's fine, I might try plex app on my phone cast to the TV. Sorry no quick answer, troubleshooting is a pain sometimes.
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
Still buffers on the laptop. I tried looking at CPU and it seemed really high.
Also tried downloading the Plex iPhone app and then logged in but then can’t see the files I have on my laptop on the iPhone app, I thought I’d be able to see them on the app as that was the point.
Meh, will try again tomorrow
Also tried downloading the Plex iPhone app and then logged in but then can’t see the files I have on my laptop on the iPhone app, I thought I’d be able to see them on the app as that was the point.
Meh, will try again tomorrow
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Still buffers on the laptop. I tried looking at CPU and it seemed really high.
Also tried downloading the Plex iPhone app and then logged in but then can’t see the files I have on my laptop on the iPhone app, I thought I’d be able to see them on the app as that was the point.
Meh, will try again tomorrow
That's progress. It plays in another program on the laptop, but not Plex. It's not network etc. So it's Plex. It used to work but now doesn't. So it's not that your laptop is limited. Have you uninstall and reinstalled Plex?
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
I ended up having to do a complete reset of my laptop as couldn’t connect to Internet via network. Having to reinstall everything has made Plex suddenly work on my phone so hoping if the buffering problems return then I can cast from that to the tv
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
So is Plex not buffering anymore on the laptop if you can use an HDMI? Or your using an HDMI and a player other then Plex?
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
The former. I like Plex as it gets me the subtitles
But it’s been trying my patience the last few days!
souljacker
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Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
Yes it was laptop browser from chrome, casting to tv
If I try doing it off the tv app I can get into Plex fine but when I try and play something i just a message saying checking laptop speed and then get the orange circle spiralling and it never begins playing. Have tried with a few files.
Might stick with the cable as at least that works
If I try doing it off the tv app I can get into Plex fine but when I try and play something i just a message saying checking laptop speed and then get the orange circle spiralling and it never begins playing. Have tried with a few files.
Might stick with the cable as at least that works
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