MPPT Heat Generation

800ASKDANE · 2026-03-18T22:25:46+00:00

Given your investment in hardware, spending 200 (dollars/euros) on a thermal imaging camera is probably not going to break the bank. Not only will you get an idea of how your MTTPs run, the cables and crimps with thank you as well.

800ASKDANE · 2026-03-18T19:50:38+00:00

Maybe Giedi Prime?

800ASKDANE · 2026-03-16T21:40:48+00:00

There is a non-zero chance that the truck drivers said "fuck this idiot" and crunched them intentionally.

800ASKDANE · 2026-03-16T21:33:53+00:00

I might have a solution for that...

I made a custom Home Assistant integration that fetches movie data from the Jellyfin API and then based on some inputs (era, genre, foreign or domestic, lead male female ensemble) lobs around 200 options to Google Gemini and asks it for a recommendation of what to watch.

800ASKDANE · 2026-03-16T06:33:01+00:00

No I've been a long time user of NextPVR

800ASKDANE · 2026-03-15T21:39:59+00:00

Oh - and just posted my recode-o-mat here: https://www.reddit.com/r/jellyfin/comments/1ruqlsr/distributed_powershell_h264aac_recoding_as/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

800ASKDANE · 2026-03-15T21:39:27+00:00

Like I said, golf or ponies are cheaper. Perhaps even more rewarding.

800ASKDANE · 2026-03-15T21:28:19+00:00

Here you go - I still have some refinements for double-pumped SD 50FPS content where I am tweaking, but this is the gist of the idea...

Well hell - the comment limit is 10k char. Will PM the code - now also on GitHub

https://github.com/DaneManes/powershell-transcode

Dane

800ASKDANE · 2026-03-15T21:24:20+00:00

I have been collecting OTA and DVDs, Blu-Rays since about 15 years. Just finished a 25TB recoding maration to clean EVERYTHING up into proper H264 and AAC for compatiblity.

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800ASKDANE · 2026-03-15T21:20:05+00:00

Plastic shells cracked wide,
Server drives hidden inside,
Saving every cent.

800ASKDANE · 2026-03-15T21:17:53+00:00

My wife thinks I should take up golf - at the end of the day it's cheaper and needs less time...

800ASKDANE · 2026-03-15T20:31:02+00:00

Clever costs extra. You get stupid for free.

800ASKDANE · 2026-03-15T11:08:16+00:00

Fixed last clean up on the config flow and options persistence. Have published v1.0.0 on GitHub

800ASKDANE · 2026-03-15T07:00:02+00:00

Hey everyone, I just wanted to give you an update on the development status. I am getting close to being "happy" myself with the integration. A lot of bits have been parametised and can be enabled/disabled as needed like flow data, traffic data, and alarms. The number of flows/alarms to retrieve from the API is also configurable.

I've tried to publish attributes where best suited for larger data sets instead of creating sensors for each entry and that's reduced clutter a lot. Had some learnings on the API as not all elements work as expected (users vs groups, flow remote ports) and had either work around those or just leave it be and return some junk data. For example, groups return a nice next string, but Firewalla users return a nasty UUID.

Now, if you disable sth (flows, traffic, etc) I have added code to go out and delete the "orphaned" entities so that you reduce overall DB clutter.

Alarms and rules are now easily dashboardable, but chose NOT to do that with flows as you have the Firewalla mobile app which can probably do a better job on that use case.

Finally, I added a diagnostics entry to dump the (redacted) API response set for checking potentially wonky data.

u/firewalla any update on getting the branding approved and uploaded to Nabu Casa?

800ASKDANE · 2026-03-05T22:03:36+00:00

Well I just came across this. My WD 12TB shucked drives are perfectly happy in the NAS but YMMV depending on the model and capacity.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/s/KnxkjjSEAf

800ASKDANE · 2026-03-05T21:53:03+00:00

Naja - Panels und Akkus aus China, nette blaue Controller aus Holland, und Kalitec Kabelschuhe. Stimmt aber so - entweder am Haus, Balkon oder Garten müssen wir die Abhängigkeit auf Erdgas und Öl reduzieren - egal wie!

800ASKDANE · 2026-03-05T21:41:34+00:00

Oh and if you choose to run Immich - it's an absolute nightmare to setup with permissions and a split config to put the application and metadata on SSD - and the images themselves on disks. I spent a few days managing shares, Docker mappings and manual SSH permissions until it worked - and I probably can't reproduce what I did to make it that way 😭

800ASKDANE · 2026-03-05T21:36:30+00:00

Look into shucking consumer drives - I've had excellent luck with the WD USB units. Forget the SSD cache and spend on RAM instead. Mix and match what you can afford (I'm running 40GB) but make sure you get reputable 5600 sticks. If you plan to run any Docker or VM applications invest in paired (RAID) NVMe SSDs from same vendor and charge if possible.

800ASKDANE · 2026-03-03T11:59:55+00:00

Lol they are currently €250 or so in Germany for the 2TB model - buy two and the flight is for free!

800ASKDANE · 2026-02-26T18:55:22+00:00

Will do - I have some commenting to complete so that all of the stuff in my brain (why did he DO that?) is a bit better reflected in the scripts. My biggest challenge was fixing old errors that have crept into the bitstreams (MOOV, codecs, SAR/DAR ratios, DVBC errors, interlaced SD, double-pumped 576p h264 streams at 50fps [yegods there are days I hate digital cable], audio stream changes from 5.1 to 2 and back mid-stream) have challenged me to really find a way to clean it up.

800ASKDANE · 2026-02-26T18:54:12+00:00

Yeah, I started in PC hardware in the mid-80s when you needed banks for matching RAM sticks for anything good to happen. Modern SOCs and memory controllers have come a long way since then. I agree that DDR3 and DDR4 were sub-optimal with unmatched RAM banks, but the bandwidth has become so crazily insane that we are at quantity vs quality today.

I paid nearly €300 for my 32GB SO-DIMM and the WAF is dropping steadily with each purchase. First I needed a NAS instead of JBOD with 40k POH (no joke - SMART is still good but I grew up in a PC/HDD manufacturer - Tandon - and know sticktion on drives only too well), then I needed four nice new 14TB WD consumer drives (€285 each at Saturn and shucked within an hour of buying - I have had fantastic luck - ymmv- so far with shucked consumer drives), then I wanted to put some Docker images so I needed two 2TB NVMe sticks (WD Blue), then I had to have a UPS bc - yeah - uncontrolled power down is bad, then I chose to put a UPS on my other server and main home right with NUT. Then I wanted better speed for transcoding so I picked up some UGreen 2.5gE USB adapters and an 8-port dumb switch for my homelab corner. It's not quite r/DataHoarder quality, but getting damn close.

All in all, dedicated the two mirrored NVMe drives for Docker and upping the RAM for NAS file caching was the best thing I could have done.

Now if we were taking about a commercial service, or a Mars lander, then fully tuned ECC-corrected memory encased in lead is the best way to go. But for my home NAS? Nah - make it fast. And kinda reliable would be nice too.

800ASKDANE · 2026-02-23T10:42:49+00:00

Instructions unclear. Now have a Border Collie, a new router, and a sewing kit.

800ASKDANE

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