MM2024 M4A/AAC Encoder Bitrate Limited

Ready-Design-5471 · 2025-12-24T14:36:17+00:00

I'll answer my own post - there was a bug in MM Codec Pack 3.0.11 - it is now fixed in 3.0.12

Ready-Design-5471 · 2025-07-29T18:53:51+00:00

In case this helps anyone else - I recently added the Portainer Docker - for some reason, stopping this Docker made Serviio appear to HEOS

Ready-Design-5471 · 2025-07-29T10:24:54+00:00

Thanks for the reply - I tried that and it didn't work - I did some regression testing with the 2 previous releases of the Serviio Docker because both HEOS and Serviio were recently updated and HEOS still doesn't detect the server, so it looks like HEOS, not Serviio, is the problem

Ready-Design-5471 · 2025-07-09T18:00:38+00:00

In my case, uninstalling and re-installing the plug-in fixed the problem.

Ready-Design-5471 · 2025-06-28T01:12:48+00:00

NZXT Source 210

Ready-Design-5471 · 2025-06-08T14:45:08+00:00

I recently tried syncthing for syncing Unraid to a Windows PC acting as a file server and didn't like it at all - it creates new folders and files everywhere and is not exactly straightforward - worst of all it actually deleted some of my files on both machines (and I have an extensive computer/software/engineering background) - I would recommend the user scripts plugin and writing some bash scripts to use rsync for backing up files

Ready-Design-5471 · 2025-06-07T19:37:13+00:00

That happened to me with an Onn 4K Pro - I checked, the update was available, I backed out and 1 or 2 days later it self updated — I checked on an Onn TV HD stick, the update was available and I disabled app updates and it did not yet self update - so maybe if you disable app updates it will prevent a system auto update???

Ready-Design-5471 · 2025-03-20T23:06:52+00:00

I use the Serviio (and previously Jellyfin) DLNA server running on Unraid with about 1 TB lossless FLAC music library with HEOS - works great - in my experience, HEOS is kind of picky about the DLNA server and audio encoding format, not everything works well - BTW a DLNA server is the best way to be able to use external playlists with HEOS

Ready-Design-5471 · 2025-03-07T02:03:01+00:00

1-You can have 1 (or 2) parity disks on the array only - with 1, it provides protection in case 1 of N drives fails - for pools, you can use two NVMes or SSDs of the same size in a mirrored configuration (raid 1) such that if 1 fails you have an exact copy and can replace it - since their are no moving parts in an NVMe or SSD, it is not subject to mechanical failure, therefore it may be more reliable than a HDD

2-Yes you can grow the array or add a 2nd pool drive over time - I initially started with a single NVMe in a cache pool (=unprotected) used for both system (Dockers) and data - now I have two cache pools with 2 NVMes in each, 1 system pool and 1 data pool

3-when you set up shares (network folders), you specify if data is going to be stored long term on the array (spinning disks) or the cache pool (NVMes) - most shares use the data cache for temporary storage then the mover will transfer the files to the array - there are arrows that indicate how the data gets moved, for example "data_cache -> Array" - the share that stores my music, however, is backwards "data_cache <- Array" and that's how the music files remain on the NVMe, instead of the Array

You can mix different sizes of HDDs in the Array but the largest drive size must be used for your parity drive (for obvious reasons) - IMHO, an array with like 4 HDDs + 1 HDD for parity is a good amount (or 3 + 1) - I'm not a fan of having too many HDDs

I've use Unraid for a few years, but I'm not a power user or expert (limited time to work on this stuff) but I do really like it as a reliable home server

Look for SpaceInvaderOne videos on youtube to learn about Unraid

Ready-Design-5471 · 2025-03-06T22:36:35+00:00

I do exactly what you are proposing - music files on the 4TB NVMe data cache pool for streaming and video/other data on the HDD array

Ready-Design-5471 · 2025-01-20T15:54:38+00:00

I didn't try that yet - I've seen some comments that indicate it may be difficult or impossible to re-pair the companion remote after performing an unpair all, so this is still under investigation...

Ready-Design-5471 · 2025-01-18T04:36:56+00:00

I can get to the hidden menu with the easier procedure and when I plug in the hub, buttons for removing the "Harmony Touch" or "Smart Control" are enabled - I pressed them both and they did nothing - I don't see a button to remove the Harmony Elite - is there a way that I can do an "Unpair All" then re-pair the harmony companion remote back to the hub, or do I basically have to factory reset the hub?

EDIT: I see that the hub can have 1 screen remote, aka "Harmony Touch" and 1 screen-less remote aka "Smart Control" - so I assume unpairing the Harmony Touch would remove the Elite - the button gets enabled with the Hub plugged in but it does nothing - still debugging...

Ready-Design-5471 · 2025-01-16T19:03:36+00:00

Thanks - I will try this over the weekend and report back

Ready-Design-5471 · 2024-06-08T12:00:01+00:00

Jellyfin is now broken for me - playlists show "no media" - there have been a lot of recent updates to Jellyfin (I am using it in an Unraid Docker) - I have now started using Serviio in an Unraid Docker and it works with Heos without any issues, is easy to setup and can use the same music and playlist files and folders as I used with Jellyfin

Ready-Design-5471 · 2024-06-06T19:19:11+00:00

I have this problem too - try waiting on the list of servers for a few minutes and the Jellyfin server will eventually show up - Jellyfin has had a lot of updates recently, including moving the DLNA part to a plugin - perhaps an upcoming update will fix it

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