cujo @ cujo @sh.itjust.works

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I tried Kodi, it was nice. Biggest issue was no Roku app...

You're absolutely right, and in lots of areas I use FOSS alternatives solely because they are FOSS despite less resources and objectively worse UI/UX. Photography is a hobby of mine, a huge love. There is nothing on Linux that gives even remotely close to the ease and comfort of use for RAW image editing as CaptureOne Pro, a software I paid a pretty penny for some number of years ago. I've tried every RAW image editor that's been recommended, and I dislike them all so much that I actually prefer to move my RAWs to my phone and edit them there.

Despite that, I'm still running Linux. I understand the trade offs that often need to happen to adhere to an ideal, and I largely agree. However, sometimes FOSS comes out on top in all regards, including UI/UX. And those are the apps I'm inviting everyone to share. 😉

Wait that's a thing? Oh, gods. I'm almost tempted, just to see what that's like, but... no. 😂

I just found out about VSCodium. Its a project that packages the MIT licensed VS Code source without all the M$ telemetry and crud. Be warned, there are apparently many plugins that don't work with Codium, so if you rely heavily on any specific plugin I'd see if it works properly before committing.

It's still relying on Microsoft code, but at least it's specifically the open source bits. Lol!

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with CPJ. For GPU acceleration, why wouldn't you add a dGPU to your server? Or are you talking exclusively pre-built NAS solutions that don't have a dGPU option?

I love this.

https://www.xda-developers.com/how-install-jellyfin-nas/

Why wouldn't you want your home media server software running on the server that's in charge of storing your media?

EDIT: I apologize, I'm not trying to patronize you or be argumentative, I'm just trying to understand your setup. So you have a PC (NAS) where all your files are stored, a second PC running your home media server software that needs to talk to the first PC and see what's stored on it so it can then serve that content to clients on your local network, like a TV? Instead of just running the server software on the first PC to begin with?

? I serve media from... the server. All my storage is on the PC running Jellyfin. It's movie and TV shows, not home videos of my family and photos of my pets. I keep those on my phone. 😉

I am by no means a master at OBS, and I wouldn't know where to point you to learn. Everything I know I've learned by either poking around in the software or googling specific questions, i.e. "how to overlay twitch chat in OBS". As you can probably guess, I used to use it to stream to twitch. Not very suddenly, mind, but I did it. Lol!

OBS is designed for streaming out and recording video, not really for music production. I'm sure there are some FOSS music production softwares worth checking out, though!

I wonder what % of Linux users are using Edge, and what their reasoning is.

Why would you have to manually set them up? Most smart TVs have a Jellyfin channel/app you can install, and failing that there should be some kind of general media server app you can get on them. There's a mobile app for Android (though someone else here says it's pretty trash) and probably for iOS as well. The only device to configure is the server, the app can find a local network server automatically.

Honestly, never touched the Android app. We use it exclusively on our TVs. I can see why that would be a breaking point for some people though!

You might want to check and see what ports you do or don't have open to your local network. I know I had to open port 1900 on UDP to connect from the clients in the house.

Right, right. I think it's a little unfair to say OBS isn't simple in that regard, though, as recording small snippets of screens isn't really what it's targeted towards. It's more of a content streaming/recording software, IMO. I honestly don't know what I would use if I needed to regularly record differently sized small portions of my screen to send to people.

Oh, I didn't even think of that. I'll have to cross that bridge one day, we're an always-on subtitles kinda family.

Everyone is raving about immutable OSes and it's really making me consider giving OpenSUSE Aeon a try... but my Tumbleweed install is set up perfectly for me so I'm hesitant to migrate. 😅

I could give it a run in a VM, I suppose.

That's a strong opinion. Why do you think Jellyfin sucks ass? It's been nothing but delightful for me.

I just let it index mine overnight, everything was ready to go next day. Adding new media to the server isn't really a problem, IMO.

It's worth it for the UI responsiveness alone, disregarding the fact that Plex just... stopped working one day for no discernable reason. No errors in any logs, my Plex server was running fine. No changes to the network, everything hosted the exact same, all my clients were logged in, running the same way, etc. Just... stopped seeing each other one day. Couldn't access my server from any device in the home.

I don't think I've had to reconfigure mine for different window sizes... of course, I don't typically record individual windows I record a screen.

If I may ask, what do you use OBS for that you have to record individual windows that are sized differently each time?

Uhh... yeah, I'm stumped trying to think of the proprietary alternative to Calibre, too. I don't think there is one in the mainstream? Everywhere I look, the only recommendation is Calibre.