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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 in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] puck@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does turning off subtitles at the settings level avoid this? Like if I turn subs off for all users will it stop it?

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[–] puck@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sounds fun (and expensive haha). Did you enjoy the Planar 1 for the time you had it?

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[–] puck@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Thanks so much for your recommendations, I can definitely go a little higher if I do it in stages. Priority is probably turntable and some speakers. I might push the boat out and get a Rega Planar 1, Edifier Speakers seem like the best I’ll do in my budget. Then leave the CD player to next year.

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Starting out (lemmy.world)
 

I’m looking for some advice starting out with a budget audiophile set up. I have a smallish vinyl collection (100 records) and a large collection of CDs from my childhood that I want to set up in my new place. Until now I’ve always had cheap rubbish players for them because I’ve been listening to most of my music via streaming and headphones (Sony xm4).

I’m planning to listen to my collection in a room in my home again and I was wondering what people would recommend in terms of a turntable, a cd player, and speakers. I’m a total noob so I’m not even sure if I need an amp/ receiver etc. I’m willing to spend around €500 (based in Europe) and would like gear that has a small footprint.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

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[–] puck@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah mine is a Broadwell i7, 3.1ghz with boost up to 3.4ghz, model number 5557U. The guy I bought it from maxed out the specs at launch and I bought pretty cheap a few years ago. For a ten year old device it runs like a dream and handles pretty much anything short of gaming and video editing with ease

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[–] puck@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

This is very true to be fair, I’ve noticed it hallucinating multiple times. Critical thinking should be taught in schools, I feel like kids growing up with LLMs are taking way too much of it what they say at face-value. Interrogation and reflection is a must. For me, I use it as a shortcut to gain a base-level of knowledge, I only tinker when I’m sure I have the right information and won’t mess anything up.

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[–] puck@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I’d likely be running it with the lid closed 95% of the time

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[–] puck@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Okay thanks. Damn shame manufacturers keep removing useful ports

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[–] puck@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I should definitely play it relatively safe when it comes to this stuff. But I do think that, in lieu of formal training in networking, LLMs can be useful in the hands of someone who is cautious and responsible. I’m an adult with a full time job and other responsibilities, I don’t have the time or the inclination to take a course on networking. So, I’m strictly a hobbyist when it comes to this stuff, but I’m also not an idiot who thinks ChatGPT can magically solve any problems I throw at it.

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[–] puck@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (6 children)

That’s definitely a consideration. Are minipcs less power-hungry?

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[–] puck@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, yeah my Mac will be a dedicated machine for this setup. Do you think I should keep sonoma on it (obviously that’s an issue as far as my goal of going all-FOSS) or install proxmox/ another Linux distro?

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[–] puck@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Thank you, I’ll look into VPS, that’s new territory for me.

Re transcoding on Jellyfin. Yes that’s something I have considered. A lot of my media is x265 10-bit 1080p stuff, decent quality but not huge lossless blu-ray rips. I stick to encodes that are about 4-8gb a movie. Clients connecting to the server are a couple of laptops and two smart tvs using the native Jellyfin apps. So far I’ve only run into issue with things like AV1 files or very large 4k rips that won’t play on smart tv, mkvs play fine.

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[–] puck@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Thanks for the reply. Regarding pi-hole on WiFi, I can connect the laptop via LAN with a usb adapter. So that may mitigate that issue

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Hi everyone,

I’m just getting started in the world of selfhosting and wanted some advice.

I’m currently using a 2015 MacBook Pro (i7 with 16gb of RAM) running Sonoma as a small Jellyfin Server. I’ve got an externally powered 4TB HDD connected for media storage. It’s been going fine, and I use it to access Jellyfin on several devices across my house, I don’t have remote access set up.

I’m planning to move home in the next year and I’m thinking about long-term solutions which will allow me to self host more than just Jellyfin, so I wanted some advice. I have some experience using Linux on laptops, and I can troubleshoot networking stuff using ChatGPT. I don’t work in IT/ software but I’m a decent end-user.

Here’s what I’d like to self-host: More robust Jellyfin setup - I’d like access to my media outside of my home, so probably using tailscale or similar. An NAS with a cloud storage solution which will eventually allow me to move away from iCloud. Home security server - a small setup, I’m thinking 2 ip cameras and easy access to footage on my phone. I want to ditch ring for multiple reasons / don’t want to rely on a subscription service. A pi-hole to block adds across my home network.

Moving home is going to be expensive so I’m not trying to spend a tonne of money. Which leads me to ask. What kind of setup would you guys recommend I invest in? I can spend about €500-600. Ideally, I’d like to be at a point where everything I run is open source. I assume I can’t expect to scale up using my 2015 MacBook Pro? Is is possible to install something like proxmox on these machines? my other option would be a small mini pc, perhaps running proxmox. Do I need to buy a dedicated NAS in your opinion? I have 10tb in external hdds that could serve as a makeshift setup.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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Lenovo ThinkCentre m920q Tiny good for classroom? (lemmy.world)
 

Hope this is okay to post here? Not sure which instance i should post it to.

Are these good pcs for classroom use? Basically teachers would just use them for presentations (PowerPoint, Google slides, libreoffice, etc), web browsing, YouTube videos, etc.

Considerations are, speed, ease of use, and future profing.

Anyone have any experience with these machines? Looking at this kind of spec:

https://www.refurbed.ie/p/lenovo-thinkcentre-m920q-tiny/115732/

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The Relief (lemmy.world)
 

After what feels like 100 tries Rellana is down. With 1hp to spare 😳

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