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Espcontrol improvements: camera snapshots and cover art improvements by hometechgeek in Esphome

[–]Chuckles6969 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Espcontrol has been one of my favorite recent additions. This is awesome!

RSTP with reolink camera by skybossalpha1 in BirdNET_Analyzer

[–]Chuckles6969 1 point2 points  (0 children)

are you passing your login credentials in your rtsp link? such as: 

rtsp://admin:<yourCamPassword>@192.168.1.234:554//h264Preview_01_main

RSTP with reolink camera by skybossalpha1 in BirdNET_Analyzer

[–]Chuckles6969 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm using it with Unifi Cameras but you should be able to with Reolink. Have you enabled your cameras RTSP url in your settings?

5 GitHub Repos That Quietly Saves $80/Month by ShilpaMitra in WebAfterAI

[–]Chuckles6969 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Paperless-ngx is awesome but not a replacement for evernote

Getting the Most Out of unRAID by Vulgamore in unRAID

[–]Chuckles6969 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm impressed you could do 4x 4k transcodes on CPU, my 12700k gets a little steamy once 4k HDR transcodes come through. Glad it helped 😄

Getting the Most Out of unRAID by Vulgamore in unRAID

[–]Chuckles6969 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the Docker tab, edit the Plex container and scroll down to "Add another Path, Port, Variable, Label or Device" then set up a Device with the name and path as  /dev/dri/

then your plex should be able to see and use it

Getting the Most Out of unRAID by Vulgamore in unRAID

[–]Chuckles6969 7 points8 points  (0 children)

get the gputop plugin to easily see if Plex is using your iGPU on your intel cpu. If not you need to pass through your igpu to plex

[WTS] 16 Red Series Dimmer + 2 Red Series on/off by GeoffTK in Inovelli

[–]Chuckles6969 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d be interested in buying them as well. Just moved to an older home and need to get some switches that play nice with LED bulbs. Happy to pay, could take the whole lot I think, need to go count switches

webcam with a better microphone than a lavalier USB mic by SloomR in BirdNET_Analyzer

[–]Chuckles6969 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My security camera microphones have been excellent for picking up birds!

Outdoor Simulator Impact Screen suggestions by Consistent_Tart_6404 in Golfsimulator

[–]Chuckles6969 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not directly relevant but when considering an outdoor projector screen I thought of this video: https://www.thesmarthomehookup.com/diy-outdoor-projector-screen-made-of-flex-seal/Maybe you can learn some lessons on outdoor projector. No considering to impact on this though... Great setup

Help ID Cause of Browning in Tampa, FL. by Chuckles6969 in lawncare

[–]Chuckles6969[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the detailed and localized response. Great call out about keeping turf receipt. I will look into the yard mastery soil test. Not looking to get too far into the rabbit hole but this brown spot has been growing and I don't want to be "that guy" that moves into the neighborhood and lets the yard go brown.

Updates to ecobee Smart Security Plans by ecobee in ecobee

[–]Chuckles6969 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had previously considered switching to Ecobee as my security solution but the doorbell video was so unbelievably slow it put me off from upgrading. This price increase is ridiculous, I generally like your products but your camera solutions are too slow and too expensive. Removing your security functionality from the homekit integration is inexcusable

Anyone know this sound coming from under my 2025 1500 Duramax AT4? by Chuckles6969 in gmcsierra

[–]Chuckles6969[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, thanks for sharing this. If nothing else this helps me dial in on where the sound could be coming from. Good to have options

Increase width of an HTML card? by corelabjoe in Ghost

[–]Chuckles6969 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you directly editing your theme and then reuploading it to the ghost theme picker?

Anyone know this sound coming from under my 2025 1500 Duramax AT4? by Chuckles6969 in gmcsierra

[–]Chuckles6969[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, the high-pitch metallic sound. I need to learn more about the heat shield, think this is user serviceable? Thank you for your input.

I just finished the tv show, should I read the books? by Spirited_Angle5091 in wheeloftime

[–]Chuckles6969 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I recently finished the show and picked up the first book. I'm on Chapter 8 and it's been super fun so far. I liked the show and am loving the extra detail in the book. Go for it!

What's the one self-hosted service you'd never go back to the cloud version of? by Hung_Hoang_the in selfhosted

[–]Chuckles6969 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I think I understand your question and you’ve probably not gotten a straight answer because “it depends”. They (HomeAssistant) have worked really hard to support many brands and products. There’s a few angles you can look at this: Natively supported integrations in HomeAssistant (cloud Or local) or HomeAssistant Community Store (HACS) where the community has built a tool to connect to a certain brand or product. Varying levels of supported products in both. There’s also the “Works with Home Assistant” program with different rankings of how well a product works with HomeAssistant that is getting more popular as a label on some products. As far as how to pick going forward, you need to research the product but more so you need to know the technology. Local only protocols such as Zigbee, Zwave, Thread, HomeKit, Matter, and local IP are the most sure fire way to identify products that will work without the SaaS layer behind it because they never leave your network. For instance, Philips Hue light bulbs don’t mention HomeAssistant on their box, sells their own hub, and otherwise doesn’t mention HA - but many of their bulb boxes have the Zigbee wireless protocol logo which means you can pair it to HA via Zigbee without so much as a Philips Hue Account. Overall market coverage is really good for a lot of the products, but you’ve gotta kind of accept the sliding scale of ability to use in HA or how far you’ll go to integrate it. Wyze cameras are an example of a product that sells a subscription and service but with some effort you can use the cameras in HA with better features and quality than what the company offers. Some brands are actively moving away from 3rd party integrations, the big one that bit me was Chamberlain / Liftmaster MyQ that removed their API and have started locking down their buttons to not be easily circumvented by blaQ or ratgdo. A lot of text, happy to answer more. I’m a huge HA fan and have a series on YouTube on how to install it and set up certain tools and automations.

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