wolfshadowheart

wolfshadowheart , 5 days ago

Power, Domain Name (if using a standard paid one instead of the cheaper route), VPN are the 3 that I pay for that I feel are the bare minimum.

I pay for a domain that's $12, but you could easily get the $1 ones for the same purposes. I pay for a static and service VPN with Windscribe, which comes out to be like $35+$89 respectively. So that's already $136 a year excluding the cost of power. I could cut that cost easily, but I use them for more than just my selfhosting so I feel like it's a fair price for what I get out of it.

wolfshadowheart , 6 days ago

I'm not sure if iGPU's are typically used for transcoding, which may be part of why you're having difficulty finding solutions.

As for re-encoding H264 into H265, increased file size is common. Encoding from source for the first time into H265 will lower file sizes, but if you're re-encoding something you're almost always going to lose data while increasing file size, especially on hardware encoders due to the methods and time it takes.

Basically, try your hand at Very Slow software encoding. Wait a day. This H265 file will likely be smaller than the Hardware Encodes of the same thing.

wolfshadowheart , 12 days ago

Are you not able to use the element zapper to block the pop-up from appearing?

wolfshadowheart , 11 days ago

With Ublock Origin, click on the extension and at the bottom there is "element zapper" and "element picker". I usually select one of these, then use it to select the unwanted pop-ups.

Just be careful, sometimes the popups are designed to blank out the whole page you're trying to view. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't

wolfshadowheart , 14 days ago

Full frame or part frame?

The former is 1bil^6 pages and the latter is 30 pages

wolfshadowheart , 18 days ago

Diabolical?

wolfshadowheart , 22 days ago

doesn’t change the fact a lot of stuff is still made in mainland China.

Which doesn't change the fact that you can do your due diligence to avoid purchasing things made there? That is their point, afterall...

wolfshadowheart , 1 month ago

I use lib-redirect for everything if I really need to get to a reddit link. It's rare, but there are certain types of communities where I'd like to get a "average laymans" perspective and unfortunately just due to the size here on the fediverse there is rarely wide-spread availability. As you mentioned, specific games. Lots of hobbies. Even the opportunity for consumer tech talk, if I'm interested in replacing something that's 8+ years old there's just not a lot of existing content to search through here and that leaves blog posts and... Reddit.

I've had plenty of time recognizing what astroturfing looks like, so I rarely feel like I'm left out of options to search. All that said, I've been doing this a lot less since the whole shift happened. Maybe an endeavor every few months, rather than few days/weeks.

wolfshadowheart , 1 month ago

I've been having issue with it the last couple days, but I also tend to just have issue with it overall lol

wolfshadowheart , 1 month ago

Search the credits on linkedin and the like, I'm sure you'd be able to find some

wolfshadowheart , 1 month ago

Man, this is gut wrenching :(

wolfshadowheart , 1 month ago

At this point digitally downloading things needs to just stop being called piracy and start being called digital archival. WiFi went down, luckily I have my digital archive.

All the people who made the content already got paid for their hours in large media. If you're pirating from a studio that is 1 to 10 people you probably know that and probably know it's lame. The money we're paying to view/listen is literally just the corporation trying to "make money back", even though the CEO and execs are probably a few tonnes richer than the rest of us, and the regular working class is getting paid hourly.

We've really got to be moving away from restricting knowledge, honestly even the idea of a $/hr type thing. Imaging being charged 15c every time you heard 40 seconds of a song or TV show. I like the idea of artists being paid royalties but our current system is such a scam with us, the core creator, getting hardly anything after the corporations get their cut. FFS, audiobook producers get more share of royalties than musicians do (most audiobooks are ~40% royalty share and musicians are lucky to get 25%.

It's hard as an artist. I want to be able to make money off my music, and be able to live from just that. The very real reality is that piracy (digital archival) would have almost ZERO affect on me due to the scale of it. People would be more likely to hear about me through its word of mouth than they are currently trying to buy my music with my advertising (none). I'm also not making music for money, but so that it can be listened to. Making money from it is more of a benefit than the goal, despite how nice it would be to do nothing but make music.

So, really, if I am hardly affected by people archiving my work, why in the fuck would HBO be? And if it were true, why would they remove hundreds of movies and shows from their service, lost forever. How are the royalties from those being lost when I archive it?

No, there is none.

There is only one reason to not digitally archive something. One alone.

Metrics.

If you like something and you want it to survive, fucking pay to watch it. I love It's Always Sunny. I have all of it archived, and mostly watch it there. But I will put money into Hulu once in a while just to stream Sunny, for the new season, for whatever. Because those guys have more hours of my life than any other show, and I want them to be able to continue making it, and they can only do that if FX sees that enough people watch them to justify continuing. I don't agree with everything Hulu does, like their showing ads for networks even on the "Ad free" tier (the network contracted for it, which leads me to wonder when other networks won't leverage for the same deal), and something else that I had on my mind but just escaped me due to the late hour. Those guys all already got paid, the crew and teams, everything is taken care of. But for another season to happen enough people have to have seen it on a platform that matters to them, so the only thing that really matters is the metrics.

Of course, if you're HBO even that doesn't matter and it can be all thrown out anyway... so...

to digital archival I go

wolfshadowheart , 1 month ago

Damn, Emad was one of the only reasons they felt trustworthy to me. I moderated a discord community that he was part of and he felt like the epitome of show your work as a person. From what I could tell he was always very transparent with his work and how and what he wanted it to accomplish.

I expect a significant change in direction for the worse, unfortunately. That said, I hope this is something that is best for him rather than an outsting, and that he can find work in the future.

wolfshadowheart , 2 months ago

Keep in mind that thinner paper is more likely to jam whatever printer you have, so you may want to consider workarounds such as smaller text, wider margins, and thinner line breaks.

wolfshadowheart , 3 months ago

SteamDRM on GitHub

wolfshadowheart , 3 months ago

This one needs to be remade with the contemporary version.

Answer: "Comment deleted by creator/This user has deleted their account"

Response: "Wow thanks, that worked perfectly!"

wolfshadowheart , 3 months ago

I think the only difference is the encoding quality of 1080p can beore noticeable, but if it's a high quality file then it's fine. Other than that, dark movies. Dark movies seem to greatly benefit from 4k even on 1080p displays.

Could be the encode again, but I've tried a few different versions of files

wolfshadowheart , 3 months ago

Format shifting is legal in the U.S.

It's distribution that's an issue.

wolfshadowheart , 3 months ago

Add these to your Ublock Filters (Settings > My filters)

||1337x.to^$csp=script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' data:,badfilter
||1337x.to^$csp=script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' data: challenges.cloudflare.com

wolfshadowheart , 3 months ago

I've actually been having persistent issues myself, despite this. I'm not getting the captchas but I am getting rate limited.

Some other suggestions are force updating the easy filter lists, though that hasn't helped much either.

wolfshadowheart , 3 months ago

I usually look at the cast and see what else they've been in, some UI like Plex make this really easy if you have a watchlist hook set up.

wolfshadowheart , 4 months ago

The easy way IMO is just getting Overseer to see your Plex "watchlist". Then anything you want just search there and add it, Plex's Watchlist updates to Overseer and is added to the queue.

wolfshadowheart , 5 months ago

I only played a little F-Zero 99, but I also played Void Terrarium.

My Switch only showed my time with Super Mario Maker 2, which I left open for about an hour.

I think there's probably a minimum playtime needed for the Switch to count it.

I wish it were like Steams. It states the terms at the bottom of the page with the date range. Steam only counts Steam games. No Non-Steam, no offline. It also excludes games that are unreleased, in preload, prerelease or are disabled. I can't find that on the Switch year review

wolfshadowheart , 5 months ago

That's funny, mine had its flux capacitor warming up :)

wolfshadowheart , 5 months ago

Should discussion posts be labeled other?

wolfshadowheart , 5 months ago

It wasn't a lie from tech marketing, people genuinely acted this way.

It has faded a lot in the last decade, but it was definitely a prevalent mindset from people my age around 2010.

wolfshadowheart , 5 months ago

Usually that's not so much the developers but the publisher that the devs have to abide by.

wolfshadowheart , 5 months ago

Not a true answer, but I have found a number of Chinese shows on nyaa, si.

wolfshadowheart , 5 months ago

Eternal archival format shifting.

wolfshadowheart , 5 months ago

Honestly, I'm just impressed they got it running on Tegra. I remember my 1660 having issues with this game and honestly, sometimes I feel like my 3080 does too. That however is an issue with the game itself (scarecrow fear mist be broken)

wolfshadowheart , 5 months ago

I think that user may be referring to Empress herself, not the commenter.

As in, Empress doesn't need to be using slurs to make her points.

wolfshadowheart , 5 months ago

I agree, why not have all of the funds go to servers and the engineers+teams and the rest of the profits go to artists that make the service possible

wolfshadowheart , 5 months ago

It is a great resource but? it caps out at the Wii era so... not for this case.

wolfshadowheart , 5 months ago

You can e.g. connect it to a PC, use it as a second monitor and as a drawing tablet for photoshop.

This is interesting. What kind of software on PC or just pretty native?

wolfshadowheart , 6 months ago

The idea is that agency is under duress/not coming from a sound state of mind

wolfshadowheart , 6 months ago

In this regard it's about the ability to pirate, which always comes down to the classic "it's a service issue."

The need for pirating this software wouldn't exist if the license check wasn't broken, but since it is, it's now the only way to access it regardless of your ownership or not.

wolfshadowheart , 6 months ago

Do these particular advertisers asks the influencers to show their statistics?

I mean, wouldn't the creator have to take a screenshot and send that info in? How do the advertisers even know people are skipping through sponsored segments?

Also I've never understood. I'm not going to buy a subscription service because someone I watch is offering it. If I want it I'm going to buy it regardless whether I've seen its ad or not, and the creators are just offering a discount code that can help them as well.

Lost views is not lost sales. That's just stupid.

wolfshadowheart , 6 months ago

You also don't have to set it up to skip automatically, it will play through with a popup option to skip.

wolfshadowheart , 6 months ago

FWIW I've found Piped (LibreTube on Android) has decent recommendations when you are inside a video. Main feed is just standard, but once you go into a video the suggestions are roughly the same in my experience.

wolfshadowheart , 6 months ago

I've also once solved a flicker by resetting my CMOS and then doing DDU - chances are slim but it's worth a shot along with the cable

wolfshadowheart , 6 months ago

I was tired of using MicroG services so I switched to LibreTube

wolfshadowheart , 6 months ago

I know it's not the point, but I do think it would be easier to set up a photo server than to hack around Google.

wolfshadowheart , 6 months ago

100% @gargari

Even something simple like syncthing is very easy

wolfshadowheart , 7 months ago

Didn't microsoft recently push something to prevent these from working?

wolfshadowheart , 7 months ago

Hm, I could have sworn I had read an article around here (roughly the last two months maybe, likely more recently) saying that the MAS had been patched by Microsoft, but now I can't find anything about it at all. Odd.

Well, good that it's still functioning!

wolfshadowheart , 7 months ago

It's all about use case. You don't rewatch shows or movies, so maybe storing media isn't for you. I'm often rewatching or just having background stuff playing, so it's nice having it available.

On top of that, I was tired of streaming services removing content. Netflix removing It's Always Sunny actually got me started, and the subsequent removal of episodes from shows confirmed I made the right choice. I actually have control over my media, in that I can put a playlist of any number of shows together I want.

I have playlists for 70's-80's shows like The Brady Bunch, The A-Team, Knight Rider, just hit shuffle and it's 1,000 episodes of random nostalgia. I can set up programs like DizqueTV and set up my own TV channels on top of this. Why pick and choose a show when TV can pick for me?

In regards to "the hardware" I ran my Plex server on a Pi3 for years. Unless you're pushing 4k content or certain filetypes, the Pi is more than enough.

In addition to all this, I'm not reliant on my internet. If power goes out partially, I still have access to my hard drives and have always been able to pop on a show or movie while I clean up in the dark. Or sometimes the internet just goes out and it's really nice being unaffected.

I think it's been 7 or 8 years since I started in college, I've spent about $600 total on hard drives that I'm still using today? The money I've spent is invested into my server, rather than paying some service for something I can do myself. A service that has to submit to the will of the government, I was curious of the price range of Cloudstream and saw that they took the site and code down, so it's just another streaming situation that's no different, except the chance of payment being sent to the actual people who worked on the show is now completely gone. Even just $30/month after 5 years is $1,800.

I pirate content because I can't trust Netflix/Hulu/Disney to not fuck with their content. So why would I pay another 3rd party to do the same thing? Moreover, when I subscribe to these streaming services I can contribute to the metrics to say, "Hey, I want more It's Always Sunny after S14!".

Finally - it's a hobby as well. I like computers. Linux another the shit out of me but I've enjoyed setting up a server used for more than just media. On the Pi I would just search for what I wanted and add it as I see fit. Obviously, there's the *arrs as well which can get it all automated for you. That's a bit of setup on its own, but it's fairly straightforward.

wolfshadowheart , 7 months ago

Yes, you can use a Pi4 to accomplish the results of this guide, I used a Pi3B+ for a few years without any major issues. However, you will not be able to follow this guide to get it set up, as Pi's are a different architecture and so you need different images for the initial setup regarding Ubuntu. Mostly everything after that will be the same though.

Just keep some spare copies of your setup mirror imaged to another SD card once you're all done and you are golden. Configure your download settings in Sonarr/Radarr to avoid 4k content, that's the only real limitation of the Pi's, outside of the SD card lifespan (solved mostly by just not logging).

@spacecowboy - not being able to write an image will make the Pi4 as a server a biiit more difficult. Do you have an android phone? There's etchdroid or Pi SD Card imager, which materials to use for can cost under $10 (you'd want the SD card reader that can plug into your phones port, for example). It's fleeting otherwise, chances are high that you will get it set up and then the SD card will die and you'd be out of luck regardless.. If the Pi is your only computer for now, then I'd keep it that way. Either way, I do highly suggest some backup SD cards, they are cheap and you rarely need more than 32gb for the operating system and basic usage - anything with heavy logging or storage should be kept on an external hard drive.

While it's possible with an android device, even maybe a library computer with permission for USB devices and temporary downloads would be a good option. It's really nice to be able to get your server all setup and then make a duplicate of the SD card, which I don't believe is possible on android. It's imperative to have a backup since SD cards do have a lifespan, using it as a main server with no backups is putting all your eggs in one basket. All it takes is forgetting to disable logging and the clock starts ticking.

It's also nice to be able to test out different operating systems, as you might find that Buster has more overhead than something like DietPi, a command line based OS, as well as being slightly less straightforward for your needs if the Pi is going to be a headless server. But like I said, if you're using the Pi as a regular computer, DietPi won't be a viable option since it has no GUI.

wolfshadowheart , 7 months ago

x to doubt - most services I see listed here are at least a combined amount of $30+ which over a period of 5 years, it's far cheaper to buy the hardware once, set it up once, and be done with it. Bonus, in 5 years if you really did eat up 16tb of data you can just add one more 8tb hard drive for the cost of 4 months of streaming.

I personally get really frustrated with linux and self-hosting is a pain in the ass, I enjoy it, but it's a pain. Self-hosting something like plex is completely different. Set it up once right the first time and you forget about it forever.