I read an article somewhere about this years ago… Maybe even back in 2010. What’s new this time?

You just need your mom to date someone that works at a secret government base, “borrow” their badge, swap the uranium with dish soap, and good to go.

Sweet. Need to see about running this as an app on my phone for the next port :)

This looks like a way better interface over Synology photos which is fine, but missing the search and map feature. You need to see if they are hiring 😂

Thanks, but I can’t sit through a 2 hr interview… Lol I need a bot to summarize or something

Yeah, you can re-encode on your PC to a compatible codec and that should solve your issues

Why do you need to transcode video?

I would vote for running jellyfish off the NAS with powerful hardware Intel 8th Gen and up you should be fine. I personally don’t transcode video on my server only audio.

If I’m not sure about a video format working, I’ll manually re-encode the video with handbrake to h265 or av1. I also have used handbrake to create lower resolution copies of the same movies to reduce bandwidth needs when roaming on LTE.

Ahh, yeah that could be an issue. It takes my laptop like 11 hours to encode one of the Lord of the Rings Blu-ray. I also change the audio to eAC3 while I’m in there for better client support.

There is a trade off between just getting more storage and reencoding. I enjoy seeing the results of the re-encodes, but it’s more cost effective to just get a larger hard drive.

You can play in handbrake with AV1 encoding to see how it goes. I think I set the compression to 36 or something.

Yeah, from the re-encodes I’ve done, I only noticed artifacts in clouds and the New Line Cinema intro to lord of the Rings

Playback has pretty wide support by now.

Yes, AV1 is the next big deal. You can compress the hell out of the video and it still looks near original. I’ve re-encode some of my locally ripped movies for fun to see how it looks and it’s really impressive.

Yeah, if the streaming providers ever switch over to AV1 that would be an interesting comparison.

Yeah, doesn’t everyone use a VPN in some form by now?

You can get the desktop one on sale for a lot less over the website one.

Running the desktop version of turbo tax. I will try again with wine or some other things. I did toy with the though of a vm on Linux that’s running windows ten, but not sure.

Nice, I use Lidl beans before, let me check if they have a light roast.

Ok, but everyone’s pallet is different and some can taste the difference between a fresh roast and a sale one. Personally, I can taste the difference in coffee when I have a bag that’s opened for over a few weeks, but not sure if it matters how recent the roasting was done.

I spend $$ on coffee more to support a roasting business that is small and makes a fresh batch to order. It’s also nice that the bean sourcing is better for the workers, so I hope.

I find the aeropress makes a really great cup considering how quick it is to brew.