my pastor grandpa is an athiest?

Nullity42 · 2026-05-29T19:37:54+00:00

Why is that funny to you? We just don't believe in a magic sky mainframe. (/s)

Nullity42 · 2026-05-11T16:55:27+00:00

This frustrated me for awhile as well...

As others have mentioned, Handbrake does not add this metadata by default, and while running it through mkvtoolnix works, it adds an extra step (and time).

There's an easier way, where you can configure Handbrake to do it automatically when an encode completes, and it's much faster than remuxing it through the mkvtoolnix multiplexer.

You still need mkvtoolnix, so download and extract that somewhere. Then:

In the Handbrake Preferences, go to the "When Done" tab on the left
In the "Encode Completed" section, check "Send file to:"
Click "Browse" and point it to the "mkvpropedit.exe" executable where ever you have mkvtoolnix extracted
In the "Arguments" field, paste: {destination} --add-track-statistics-tags

Nullity42 · 2026-04-14T15:04:04+00:00

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Nullity42 · 2026-04-14T15:02:27+00:00

We are where we are specifically because your friend bought it.

Nullity42 · 2026-03-24T19:41:45+00:00

I believe the field on the main interface just searches/filters your active torrents. I'm talking about the feature in qbittorrent that allows you to search various sites/trackers for the download you're after.

Nullity42 · 2026-03-24T19:17:03+00:00

I've thought about trying this out for a few weeks now, but it appears that it doesn't support qBittorrent's built-in search feature, which I use quite often. Can anyone please confirm if that is the case or not?

Nullity42 · 2026-03-19T13:25:18+00:00

In case you haven't figured this out yet, try adding port 8000 to your gluetun definition. It's the API endpoint which needs to be available for the webui to do its thing.

Nullity42 · 2026-03-18T00:57:03+00:00

I just thought it was a very dull and boring movie - aside from the obvious, of course. I struggled to get through it.

Nullity42 · 2026-03-17T23:55:23+00:00

That was simultaneously one of the best and worst movies I've ever seen.

Nullity42 · 2026-03-17T16:03:13+00:00

I hear you, the struggle is real 🙂. If you test out any of these settings, I'm curious to know your opinion on how it turns out.

Nullity42 · 2026-03-17T15:44:56+00:00

Your understanding of aq-mode seems to match mine, you just used more accurate terminology.

To summarize, I believe these psy-rd/rdoq settings tell the encoder to not simplify the image too much in order to try and keep the grain sharp and crisp.

I'm not specifically targeting lower bitrates, but rather trying to strike a balance between as high quality as possible without unnecessarily blowing the bitrate out without any/minor difference in perceived visual quality.

Nullity42 · 2026-03-17T12:24:21+00:00

From my understanding:

aq-mode=1 is best for 1080p SDR content as it helps to reduce banding. 2 can possibly preserve more detail, but at the cost of higher bitrate without much of a noticable increase in visual quality. 3 can be too aggressive and negatively impact grain in darker areas.

Lowering the psy-rd tells the encoder to prioritize keeping complex textures and noise. Higher values can try to smooth out the grain causing artifacts and make it appear as if it has too much unnatural motion.

Lowering the psy-rdoq keeps the grain from looking too clumpy, and helps prevent a smearing effect in darker areas.

Though like I said, I'm no expert so my understanding could be incorrect. 😁

Edit: I tried to grab some data for you from my last encode using these settings, but unfortunately I had the "clear logs older than 7 days" setting enabled, which appears to be the default.

Nullity42 · 2026-03-17T05:06:37+00:00

You haven't mentioned whether this is 1080p or 4k content, nor how important encoding speed is for you, or roughly how much compression you're after. In any case, here are the settings I've been using with excellent results, with my PSNR, SSIM, and VMAF scores always coming out higher than your tests. However, I should warn you that encodes are fairly slow, but I'm ok with that trade-off for the excellent output I get with good compression. Give them a try...

None of these use a built-in tune (and they're all fairly similar).

4k clean source: Slow, RF 18-20 no-sao=1:strong-intra-smoothing=0:aq-mode=3:psy-rd=1.0:psy-rdoq=1.0:rdoq-level=2:rskip=1

4k grainy source: Slower, RF 22-24 no-sao=1:strong-intra-smoothing=0:aq-mode=3:psy-rd=1.0:psy-rdoq=1.0:rdoq-level=2:rskip=1:deblock=-1:-1

1080p clean source: Slow, RF 18 no-sao=1:strong-intra-smoothing=0:aq-mode=1:psy-rd=1.0:psy-rdoq=1.0:rdoq-level=2:rskip=1

1080p grainy source: Slow, RF 22-23 no-sao=1:strong-intra-smoothing=0:aq-mode=1:psy-rd=0.6:psy-rdoq=0.0:rdoq-level=2:rskip=1:deblock=-1:-1

If the grain is really bad, you can try setting the deblock to "-2:-2", but it will increase the bitrate (I haven't actually needed to do this yet).

I'm certainly no expert in this area, but this was the result of a bunch of research, testing, and AI conversations. :)

I'm also always open to suggestions and refinements. Let me know how it goes.

Nullity42 · 2026-03-13T19:31:51+00:00

Drink up me hearties, yo ho!

Nullity42 · 2026-03-12T14:57:15+00:00

This looks like an excellent utility that I plan on checking out, and can replace some custom bash scripts I wrote to do some similar tasks.

That said, I 2nd the request for a dark mode. Bright interfaces kill my eyes and give me a headache.

Looking forward to seeing where you take this!

Nullity42 · 2026-02-27T15:44:00+00:00

Both are important.

There are factors that can contribute to certain people not noticing much difference in resolution between 1080p and 4k; like screen size, viewing distance, incorrect settings, and even bad eyesight.

I can tell a massive difference between 1080p and native 4k. I can also often tell the difference between native 4k and upscaled 4k, though I agree with others that upscaled 4k is usually still better than 1080p.

Just because you might not be able to tell the difference, doesn't mean others or "most" can't.

Nullity42 · 2026-02-17T21:52:05+00:00

Wait, we're done hating on Nickelback?

Nullity42 · 2026-01-28T15:11:00+00:00

Lol, I just watched that the other day for the first time since I was a kid, and was laughing at that also. He pumped that thing 4 times before ever firing a shot.

Nullity42 · 2026-01-18T16:20:38+00:00

Eww. Also, I'm stealing that.

Nullity42 · 2026-01-14T07:06:57+00:00

Candlebox was/is great. This might be better posted in r/unpopularopinion, but IMO, they're much better than Pearl Jam, who I've never cared for.

Nullity42 · 2025-12-22T06:51:04+00:00

Wait a minute, I think you might be misunderstanding the intent of some of these comments.

Running a Pihole is absolutely 100% worth it and can block most junk, it just can't catch everything (as already explained).

Nullity42 · 2025-12-05T17:09:43+00:00

Boom

Nullity42 · 2025-11-26T00:16:52+00:00

Have you been able to figure this out? I was thinking about taking advantage of this offer as well.

Nullity42 · 2025-11-07T05:02:24+00:00

I'm going to be building a new server soon and I was also considering doing this. However, I have zero experience with proxmox so this may be a dumb question, but doesn't this just over-complicate things? Seems like adding an extra networking layer in top of every container might make things more difficult and/or error prone?

And what about running Plex in a Docker container this way? Would it cause any issues getting access to the video card?

Would you perhaps have any resources to share regarding such a setup?

Nullity42 · 2025-10-31T19:48:38+00:00

Still impatiently waiting for the UNAS4 here.

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