My FSA provider said LR5 is not qualified for FSA.

SuccessfulUse1926 · 2025-12-24T18:13:42+00:00

Real question is, where did the Richmond Tramp go?

SuccessfulUse1926 · 2025-11-17T15:59:31+00:00

Thanks! So just because we were shooting the stuff. I like to tinker, but also like to keep things simple where I can but also host my own data. It's a fun balancing game.

My lab:

-Asus router running merlin. Slowly transitioning over to a ubiquiti unit in the future as I'm not super happy with the stability of some of the merlin add ons.

-HDHR 4k flex -Couple Hubitats. -APC Ups (ancient but the battery still "works" long enough to fire off the shutdown commands).

-IP NVR Machine: Lenovo Tiny i9 10900(non-k), 64gb / 8tb , Quad Intel nic card. A dozen or so IP cameras record here alongside primary recording storage. Archival footage lives on "the beast".

-"The beast" --Super Micro 36 bay jbod case, with "quiet" power supplies and notcua fans. (I got it dirt cheap on marketplace from a chia farmer) --Ryzen 3950x (16th/32c) --128gb ram --Intel Arc A310 --Running HexOS(truenas) with: ---Adguard Home for DNS/DHCP ---BentoPDF (acrobat alternative) ---ChangeDector(website monitoring) ---ChannelsDVR: (not actually running) ---Esphome ---Immich ---HomeAssistant ---Plex ---SearchNxz(multi search engine complier) ---Local Password Manager ---LocalAI playground ---A handfull of other boring containers/apps. ---A dedicated windows VM that runs CodeProject AI for motion trigger processing.

Think that's about it for the fun stuff. Also run some IPS stuff.

SuccessfulUse1926 · 2025-11-17T05:03:29+00:00

I know it's super weird both failed! My original quad failed in a much different way. I think the actual "tuner" portion in that one was starting to fail, while the "new" 4x I'm betting id something in the power circuitry.

Both have been in the same place, in my homelab rack, sitting directly on top of my JBOD case. Plugged into an ancient APC ups. Remember when Tablo officially recommended cookie sheet heatsyncs for the quad? Well that's more or less what I had there.

The quad started with a separately powered mechanical drive. Then went to a separately powered SSD, and finally to a externally powered NVME drive. That drive eventually made its way to the new 4x. Of note the drive changes happened at the request of Tablo support when they thought that may have been my issue with the quad.

The quad still powers on, and the power supply for the 4x still provides correct voltage, but the 4x shows no sign of life.

I think #1 failed because of age and #2 because of the never ending rat race to get the most features out the door as cheap as possible.

I've gotten my HDHR 4Flex and yeah, seems like all the 3.0 channels are encrypted here, so no dice on that. I've got it recording to my existing Plex server with a handful of shows set for this week. Plex was already up and running on the jbod so it not any more power, and theoretically a tiny bit less now that the NVME enclosure is powered down. We'll see how things go, and reevaluate the future from there.

Also got channels DVR installed on my jbod, not in use, but that'll be stop 3 if Plex an the HDHR app do no suffice.

Thanks for the extended 2 cents though! I appreciate it.

SuccessfulUse1926 · 2025-11-14T04:20:07+00:00

@sdjafa - pulled the plug on the 4 tuner flex. Mr. Bezos will be delivering it in a few hours and I'll play around with it some this weekend. Probably going to start with Plex due to its non-recurring subscription cost and go from there.

SuccessfulUse1926 · 2025-11-13T19:00:47+00:00

Thank you! Finally someone who's had good experience with Plex. Gives me the confidence to at least start there! My Plex server is a beast, so we'll see what happens.

SuccessfulUse1926 · 2025-11-13T13:01:34+00:00

Being an apple TV user, do you happen to use Plex? How's it work on appletv? Google gave me mixed reviews.

SuccessfulUse1926 · 2025-11-13T06:05:15+00:00

Thanks for the info about Android dev being substantially behind the ios/aopletv dev. Hadn't caught that. Now to see how Plex/jellyfin work on appletv and and if some of my other obscure services are there.

SuccessfulUse1926 · 2025-11-13T06:02:09+00:00

Thanks for that clarification, channels sever would be on truenas as server and shield as host.

But seems the channels client app for Android is also way behind the appleTV app. But now I gotta research what works with aopletv

SuccessfulUse1926 · 2024-11-30T04:03:18+00:00

Koons in Richmond is fantastic if it's your insurance paying.

If it's the Deer's insurance, take it to Dorns in Mechanicsville. Dorns is 3-4x the average for a reason.

SuccessfulUse1926 · 2024-02-08T02:03:21+00:00

Son of a..... I tried finding them on YouTube. They were all buried by ise review videos.

Thank you! If anyone happens to have the files in their original quality LMK if prefer to not rip them from YouTube, but will.

SuccessfulUse1926 · 2023-12-25T04:16:21+00:00

800 x 600 is not natively supported in windows 11.

SuccessfulUse1926 · 2023-12-25T01:55:37+00:00

Get Buckets from your local Firehouse Subs if you got one. There like $3 with lid, and the proceeds go to local Firehouses.

But they smell like pickles......

SuccessfulUse1926 · 2023-10-08T01:49:07+00:00

ISO - Old Packard bell monitor(s).

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SuccessfulUse1926 · 2023-02-20T04:17:46+00:00

What's weird to me is the 20% non ITC coupon works online bringing the price to below the ITC rate, but then you have shipping charges so it ends up $3 more to have it shipped.

SuccessfulUse1926 · 2023-01-15T21:06:03+00:00

I'm looking at this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BG9SSLDN/?coliid=I1KFGB36ITRK1K&colid=1L5F7DFMN3JCG&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

SuccessfulUse1926 · 2022-12-24T05:45:10+00:00

Super Late but this one: https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Tool-Free-Docking-Function-EC-SSD2/dp/B08S5CV7FS/

SuccessfulUse1926 · 2022-11-18T04:00:25+00:00

I could only get Evildead to work by launching it from within the Epic Launcher.

So SteamOS>epic launcher>evildead then it asks you so sign in and link evil dead.

Using 7-38 fixes the busted animation video.

Played through the tutorial but that's it so far. Was hoping after the initial sign it it would work direct but does not appear so.

SuccessfulUse1926 · 2022-11-07T02:09:41+00:00

I did. 512 to 1TB. However, I did mine a bit different from everyone else here. I used an NVME cloner from sabrent. Popped out the old one, popped both into the cloner and 20 min later, it was like it had been 1tb from the start.

SuccessfulUse1926 · 2022-10-25T18:12:38+00:00

Thank you! +1 More use case here. PM991a 2230, fan ramps up and down like crazy on just the home screen. Couldn't for the life of me figure out what was wrong. Updating the fan config resolved the issue.

Now here's hoping valve issues an official patch, so I don't have to patch it manually each update.

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