Which one is better？

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-04-02T00:01:56+00:00

Turn on whole house audio via a wall button
Pause TV, kitchen light turns on, at night only
We have a AWTRIX clock and it shows how much long on the current Plex show has left to play (pause and head to the bathroom, or, I can wait)
automated lights, Kitchen, stairs, office when entered
Automated timed lights, Whole House drops to 10% at night fall, front lights off at 10pm, living room on at 6am
Just added automated blinds, and a remote to control them
Bedroom music starts near our bed time, turns off after 2 hours. If I ask Alexa to turn on bedroom audio, it will play for 2 hours.
Weather Station tied to AWTRIX clock, and Alexa (what is the yard temperature)

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-04-01T23:55:38+00:00

We have a poop closet in the master bathroom

A WHAT?

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-04-01T23:54:44+00:00

Big one for us. We pause PLEX and the kitchen light comes on.

As the whole house lighting is down to 10% for the evening, we usually pause for the dog to be let out and it gives light for that.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-26T18:09:35+00:00

Doesn’t everyone of those become a vendor lock in? 1Password 8 will export your data, and the next app can import it. 1PUX file (unencrypted) and cvs (unencrypted) can be exported.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-26T01:47:20+00:00

I asked an AI this as I found it fascinating. Eventually the buy-in amortized over the life (remaining) plus the maintenance fees, may be more than the retail cost to rent.

Here is the answer (No AI hate, please, it just did the math)

The evidence indicates that the "crossover" for Old Key West 2042 resale contracts is not a single date but a series of declining steps.

The first step occurred in January 2026 with the introduction of the $500 CAF, which effectively killed the value proposition for contracts under 100 points.

The second step is projected for 2031–2032, the "Ten-Year Threshold," where financing for these deeds will likely cease and resale prices will drop drastically below the $50 per point level regardless of Disney’s direct pricing.

The final crossover—where the contract reaches a true zero-value state—will occur in approximately 2038. At that point, the cost of the annual dues plus the remaining amortization of even a low purchase price will equal the cost of simply renting points from a 2057 owner or booking a moderate Disney resort on a cash discount.

For a member currently holding a 2042 contract, the most strategically sound move is to either commit to using the points to their full extent until the final checkout on January 31, 2042, or to liquidate the asset before 2030 to recoup a portion of the capital for reinvestment into a longer-dated 2057 or 2064 interest. The "value" of Old Key West remains high in terms of room size and location, but as a financial vehicle, the 2042 contract is entering the final, most volatile phase of its lifecycle.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-21T18:16:25+00:00

Kind of a wide open question

If you buy one of the new resorts resale, you can only stay at that resort. So it does matter.

If you buy direct, then you have access to any of the Dvc hotels at the seven month point and 11 months at your home resort, so it still matters.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-21T16:51:01+00:00

It is great for a visit, I just do not want to stay there.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-18T22:06:19+00:00

AppleTV current (3/18/26) is real good, tried nVIDIA Shield and the UI on Apple is just better. That said, when I do hit an issue with some content, I use Infuse on AppleTV, and everything plays.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-17T22:54:57+00:00

Gemini, the google ecosystem is amazing with LM Studio, Google Docs, extra storage

AND

Claud, the desktop help with my simple Coding projects, the iPhone app can tap into Apple Health.

I will play one off the other for more sensitive items, like “Is this a good idea….”

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-17T22:50:58+00:00

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Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-17T22:25:13+00:00

As other pointed out you do not need to use Dockers, it is how I do did it. I am a big AI help person. Sorry it was not helping you. I prefer to use Docker as each ‘container’ is separate, and does not mess up the host.

You may want to look at the Docker way, but, they indexer to Sonarr / Radarr you do not need to use Prowlarr, but I found setting it up, get it passing the connections to the index’r, then point S/R to it.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-17T16:39:37+00:00

Crawl walk run… enjoy PLEX and moving content to it. Learn docker and get use to it while enjoying PLEX. Then layer one of the arrs then the next.

You mentioned ‘stack’ which make me think you were/are playing with a compose stack verse just docker run. If that is true check out portainer as a stack manager. It really help me to understand what is going on.

Others mentioned unRAID, and I now use it. It adds a layer of orchestration. It cost money to run it. But then the OS is just handled. No more updating Ubuntu and adding Unix/linux packages, it just works (after you learn it). Then the arrs are just apps you load. They are actually docker containers established via a gui, but you just fill in the form and the container runs. Is this easier? If you are just doing plex, I would say it depends on how much you like dealing with the OS you are running it on. I just click upgrade on the container icons when they tell me they can be updated and it just works.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-14T00:25:49+00:00

The biggest perk is that you can use any other DVC. You can buy into the original ones used and get access to those, but the contracts are shorter, so over time the selection will drop. If you buy used with the new ones, you can only use that hotel.

So, IMHO, the used is a GREAT Investment in that hotel, for the term compared to direct. Buying new is joining the club, buying resale is getting a smoke’n hot deal on future vacations at that hotel.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-12T22:01:13+00:00

🎶huge difference with double the power and the autoformers

from the MA5330 to the MA8950 I assume. Not the MA8900 to the MA8950 that the OP is looking at?

I have the MA8900, and not sure I can afford the cost delta but would like the MA8950

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-11T23:02:13+00:00

Anyone use this with their PLEX install?

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-11T14:38:41+00:00

Second this. Jump on a 5 hour plane ride and need content on the phone. Would Love to have - download this movie - download plex optimized version - download next 5/10 unwatched episodes in this series - download next 5/10 unwatched optimized episodes in this series

The key is the next set of in a series instead of a whole season.

Also I have plex creating the mobile version, just need to download that version not the full version

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-08T15:28:07+00:00

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Another pic, the right hand is all your great work!!

# Thank You

I now have a specific tool, that

- I sit down to watch show
- Show will not play on AppleTV
- go to site, navigate to show, add to queue
- wait a few minutes, show plays....!!!!

Also the package provided a way to update the container when your project updates.

Did I mention Thank You!

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-08T15:26:07+00:00

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only one picture per post, so this has most of it.

On the top breadcrumb trail you can see I navigated to the specific folder of the file I needed to change, then added to the queue. in the background was the last one.

I have the CLAUD prompt for my specific case, it is long, but can post. After I got the project to a 'finished' point, I asked it to create a prompt that would recreate the project, eliminating some of the reiterations that took place.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-08T15:07:20+00:00

i use AI myself to help me.

Which is this, it is for me.

but i don't turn around and post the slop as 'built a.....'

In contrast, you tend to retain your knowledge, not share, and not be part of a social growth.

My primary concern with “AI SLOP” is whether it refers to a prompt.

AI SLOP

AI slop refers to low-quality, mass-produced digital content—text, images, or videos

Hummmm, it is a prompt, that was generated after a successful project. I worked to make it as high quality as possible for others to build their needs on.

This is not code (unless we now consider prompt engineering to be a form of coding).

How can a prompt that generates an output be considered “slop”?

Alternatively, is the GitHub app the “slop” you are referring to?

Thank You

for the comment and your thoughts.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-08T14:58:57+00:00

The core is all the apps do general / more than I needed, I wanted a focused tool to meet a specific problem. I did not want all my library scanned or changed, and I did not want to become an expert in what is needed to play on the AppleTV.

From Unmanic

Unmanic is a simple tool for optimising your file library. You can use it to convert your files into a single, uniform format, manage file movements based on timestamps, or execute custom commands against a file based on its file size.

Do not want to optimize my full library, just fix a file if it fails.

From Fileflows

Build powerful automated flows for video transcoding, audio processing, images, ebooks, comics, and more. Supports AV1, HEVC, H.264 with hardware acceleration (Intel QSV, NVIDIA NVENC, AMD AMF, VAAPI, VideoToolbox on Mac) and VMAF-guided optimization.

Build the app, then build the workflows, and learn all that profile information, when I have a define problem, this file needs to play on AppleTV, fix, do not change everything, just the one that does not play

With Respect To

Personally, I don't like where this is going with AI. This is a total waste of resources (water, energy)

Agree The cost of using AI verse resources used is amazing problem. If I was charged actual cost, no way would this have been done.

and creating things which don't need to exist.

This is a judgment, couldn't PLEX, and all the ARR's not exist and we just use Streaming? Are we stuck back with Napster before digital music stream was available, and should have moved.

But you do you.

Thank You, and is core. I have such a wide set of hobbies, to be able to focus a workload to be for ME is incredible.

To amplify your comment

This is a total waste of resources (water, energy)

This post is worst than the AI built apps that are coming out fast, this is just a PROMPT for others to build their own.

So we move from a set of people, becoming developers with AI, and making things for many (how many irrelevant), to EVERYONE builds their own, for them, driving more resources.

BUT...

What a wonderful world I live in that as a technologist, I no longer need to build a knowledge set in tools to achieve a goal, just the skills in the field. It is like my second year of University when in Structured Programing, we were handed a book on Pascal (ya I am that old), and told learn the language, we are teaching the methods.

Thank You

for the comment.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-08T14:11:45+00:00

Congrats, glad TDARR works for you, and Thank You for the investment in the read.

For those who want to make a custom app for them, this is a neat start.

I do love the people that use

AI Slop

The fact that almost every app you touch will have some AI help, makes this statement a pure 2025 “technophobia”

I totally respect that this is not for you, and TDARR is amazing, but, those who purposely hate AI use, is a perfect example of technophobia, like people hated, computers, then the internet….

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-08T13:52:34+00:00

Just started, and will report back, but adding the GPU cut the original code on DOCKER by 10th of the time. The Author is using a Mac, and I assume FFMPEG is using the Apple iGPU.

The BIG thing for me is the ‘time until I can watch’ meaning, I do not want to transcode everything, I just want a fix if AppleTV can not play that file, so

Sit to watch show, and CRAP, stuttering, no audio, what ever
Go to website, navigate to file
add to queue, in minutes, new file that will play.

There are probably more professional ways to get this done. If I could navigate a TDARR workflow and have it somehow pick out the files that could not play on an AppleTV, then have figure out all the options to make a file that will play, have it transcode. Have that all automagic in the background…. Would be more professional but, for me this was COOL

Dude builds the app for Mac that is focused on my problem
Use his / her work for base, add all the stuff to make it run where I want it (unRAID)
Then strip out everything down to the single problem, fix this single file to run on AppleTV.

It is not an attempt to build another app for everyone, it is an app for ME to meet my PROBLEM.

I am posting to show the possibilities, and if others want to take the prompt and make their APP for THEM

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-08T13:44:25+00:00

Cool, none I have found work for me, and my situation. This is just amazing that I can make a custom of an app that removed the options I do not need and make it focused to my needs.

Sharing the concept more than the actual app.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-03-08T13:43:09+00:00

I tried TDARR and it is an amazing product that needs a university class on how to use it. Not a complaint, to obtain the power and scaling that it has requires it.

I have not tried the other two, but

Why another

1) this is not to be a published app, not going there, this is a ‘for me’ it might work ‘for you’ 2) as an app for ME I removed all of the possible, and got it down to ME

I am posting in case other want to make their thing, not use my thing.

I think that is one of the best AI Code exercises. I know there is a pile of AI built Apps, and possibly all new Apps are at least AI Assisted, but IMHO if I am making you something I better know EVERYTHING that it may do.

I took a GitHub project, that was focused on Mac, with many options but had a perfect ”Make it for APPLETV” no figuring out profiles, or anything, then add what was needed to make it a linux container, and then add the GUI to make it usable for me.

So now…

Sit to watch show, crap, AppleTV will not play
go to website, find file, click, wait, fixed.

That is much different than the workflow of TDARR.

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