Chewy

@ Chewy7324 @discuss.tchncs.de

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2mo ago

Any way to defeat HDCP for Chromecast recording?
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Chewy @discuss.tchncs.de 2mo ago
DRM tends to mess with your game, framerate even. People who pirate don't have that problem.
Not necessarily. Often times DRM doesn't get removed or completely bypassed, instead they only make the license check pass. In this case performance should be identical to the licensed original.

2mo ago

Best Synology Replacement?

Ugreen NAS support other OS. You could put TrueNAS or Proxmox on there, so no, there's no security concerns (beyond all computer hardware being partly manufactured there in some way).

2mo ago

How to manage docker compose apps?

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Chewy @discuss.tchncs.de 2mo ago

It won't save you from doing a bit of work but you could use podman. There's systemd integration so you can still start/stop/enable your services with systemctl while using docker/container images. You won't be able to use docker-compose directly, but it's usually not that hard to replicate the logic with systemd (Immich was a PITA at first (because they had so many microservices split into multiple images, but it improved considerably over the first two years).

I do this with NixOS quite a bit, and I've yet to use docker compose (although the syntax is different, it's still the same process).

2mo ago

How can I optimize my jellyfin, specifically transcoding and the CPU usage involved? I'm running it off a mini pc so resources are everything

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Chewy @discuss.tchncs.de 2mo ago

Given OP mentioned torrent and watching media in the same sentence I assume they didn't rip their own media, and pirated it instead.

If my assumption is wrong, I apologize.

Piracy and Morality

Whether they own a physical edition of that media I don't know. In my opinion owning a physical medium of the media is a big part in the morality discussion of piracy.

But in my juriscition I'm legally not allowed to break the encryption used for CD/DVD/Blu-ray, so I'm technically pirating even if I rip my own discs. There's obviously no way for copyright owners to find out if their discs were ripped for a private copy, but that's also (nearly) the case for Usenet/Torrent with proper precautions.

Anyway, if you read until this point, thank you!

2mo ago

How can I optimize my jellyfin, specifically transcoding and the CPU usage involved? I'm running it off a mini pc so resources are everything

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Chewy @discuss.tchncs.de 2mo ago

Especially anime often use the superior .ass subtitle format, which many devices don't support. Sadly Crunchyroll is switching to .srt which has broader support, so it likely won't require burning them in the video (transcoding), which is the only positive thing (still a shame imo).

https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1nuxuzs/crunchyroll_has_downgraded_their_subtitles

2mo ago

How can I optimize my jellyfin, specifically transcoding and the CPU usage involved? I'm running it off a mini pc so resources are everything

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Chewy @discuss.tchncs.de 2mo ago

Given they use a N100, I'd suggest redownloading instead of transcoding for time, energy and quality savings (i.e cost).

2mo ago

Is there any alternative to Stremio?

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Chewy @discuss.tchncs.de 2mo ago

There's non-streamable MP4, which have index metadata at the end of the file. For those you'd have to download the end first to be able to play anything before it. But I don't think I've stumbled upon it (not that I download any MP4 in general, as there's the superior MKV).

2mo ago

Steel vs copper screens?

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Chewy @discuss.tchncs.de 2mo ago

Inhaling copper fumes (copper oxides) released at high temperatures can be a health risk. So just to be careful I'd use the steel screens which are less reactive.

2mo ago

FFS Plex, the server is on my local network

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Chewy @discuss.tchncs.de 2mo ago

And making sure Tailscale auto launches on a FireTV stick is a pita too. Telling them to open Tailscale on each start is not an option.

2mo ago

FFS Plex, the server is on my local network

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Chewy @discuss.tchncs.de 2mo ago

Setting up auth before Jellyfin breaks clients. This is not an option. Edit: Unless you meant VPN like Tailscale, but then you'd have to install Tailscale too, which I don't want to explain to others.

2mo ago

FFS Plex, the server is on my local network

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Chewy @discuss.tchncs.de 2mo ago

And sharing my libraries with other friends sharing back with me is pretty great.

This feature is imo THE killer feature of Plex, although I use Jellyfin. There's no sharing of libraries like Plex does. Multiple user accounts per server, yes, but you have to switch between servers and search separately.

2mo ago

I knew I should have turned off auto-update ugh

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Chewy @discuss.tchncs.de 2mo ago

Yeah, music slowing down jellyfin search was the reason I moved to navidrome.

2mo ago

I knew I should have turned off auto-update ugh

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Chewy @discuss.tchncs.de 2mo ago

How big is your library? 1min is excessive but I also noticed jellyfins search getting slower with an increasing amount of shows and movies. There's projects like jellysearch which improve search noticeably.

3mo ago

Data Backup Solutions

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Chewy @discuss.tchncs.de 3mo ago

I also wholeheartedly recommend Restic. Hetzner Storage Box or Backblaze B2 are great storage backends and directly supported by Restic.

Borg is great too, though I've never used it because I've discovered Restic first.

3mo ago

Let's talk maps for driving, transit, finding businesses? OsmAnd, Organic Maps, CoMaps , etc

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Chewy @discuss.tchncs.de 3mo ago

Iirc it's possible to include Google Maps traffic data as an overlay map on OsmAnd.

3mo ago

I refuse to by a new mouse

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Chewy @discuss.tchncs.de 3mo ago

If you can solder I'd say most mice are easily fixable. The most common defect for mice are the switches, which are usually quite simple to desolder, as there aren't any components near them.

E.g. I don't have much experience soldering and it took me under an hour replacing both switches on the G Pro Wireless as well as the battery. I've bought this mouse used about 5 years ago and I wouldn't be surprised if it lasted another 5 years.

Edit: The annoying part is the screws being below the feet, so you have to replace them after opening the mouse. But it's all screwed in.

3mo ago

LTT Labs blog + benchmarks for linux vs windows performance AMD/Intel/NVIDIA

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Chewy @discuss.tchncs.de 3mo ago

The benchmarks go against the narrative that Windows and Linux are pretty much equal in performance. I've read regularly that Linux is "often" faster than Windows for gaming, especially from more recent Linux users.

5 years ago, 15% performance difference were the expected performance loss through DXVK and wine/proton, so these benchmarks would've been the expected result.

3mo ago

Dedicated music server or all-in-one media server?

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Chewy @discuss.tchncs.de 3mo ago

Interesting. I've had a worse experience with my music library because of how Navidrome didn't support multi artist tags properly until recently. But while writing this comment, I checked again and they merged it in 0.55.0!

So I'd recommend giving Navidrome a try too. Symfonium is a great client.

3mo ago

Does a torrented non-zipped folder mean anything bad?

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Chewy @discuss.tchncs.de 3mo ago

Unless they didn't enable file extensions to actually show, so an ".nfo" could actually be a ".nfo.exe".

It does not seem to be the case here, but I really would be careful with double clicking untrusted files. Opening them through a media player directly is a much safer option.

4mo ago

Can’t pay, won’t pay: impoverished streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy

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Chewy @discuss.tchncs.de 4mo ago

That's why private torrent sites & Usenet Indexers are mostly ignored by law enforcement. There's bigger fish to catch than going after a minority who goes through the trouble of downloading first and then watching it. Not to mention the even smaller part who automates their downloading through the likes of *arr.

I'd argue torrent streaming (Streamio) is a major reason why many public torrent sites died over the last few years: Streaming and the big amount of users coming for the convenience paints a much bigger target on sites.