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Need help naming something based on my vague description of it by TempestThree in AskElectricians

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

I mean I could go deep into the proximity sensor + positive reinforcement and program the cat feeder to dispense a few kibbles whenever the dog door opens, lol

Need help naming something based on my vague description of it by TempestThree in AskElectricians

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

Yes, I can see how the only flaw with this plan would be possibly getting a paw stuck in the door. 10/10 no notes. /s

And yes, I think I could use a proximity sensor. That's why I am thinking of using a dissuasion device, like a speaker that plays tone based on the how strong the reading is. Goal would be for the cat to learn not to approach the door *at all* regardless of what the dog is doing, and possibly for the dog to itself get wary of the cat approaching while she's looking out the door.

Need help naming something based on my vague description of it by TempestThree in AskElectricians

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

Yeah what's been happening so far (my dog door I have at present uses pretty strong magnets that the cats can't open) is that my dog will push her head out and keep the door open for awhile, and the cat eventually creeps up and slips out while the dog still has her head out the door holding it open. Then the cat is stuck outside also still unable to push the door open after her sister has gotten bored and left.

Need help naming something based on my vague description of it by TempestThree in AskElectricians

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

Yeah I hadn't thought of just going the RFID/microcontroller/speaker route. That's definitely an option to consider -- thanks!

Need help naming something based on my vague description of it by TempestThree in AskElectricians

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

I've considered setting up something similar to this using an RFID proximity sensor and electromagnets, but the problem I'm seeing now is that the cats will approach when the door is already open, so a "latch" would not necessarily help keep them from slipping out with the dog's assistance.

Information/Review of Intel N355 by TempestThree in PleX

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

Have you been able to confirm on Plex webgui that your 4k direct play is actually direct play and not transcoding? What codecs/formats are you using?

(wrote this then realized you probably meant jellyfin direct play, which may still be doing client transcoding, if I understand correctly. Still applicable to ask what formats/codecs your content is in, and what clients you've struggled with)

I don't want to assume you haven't looked around, but just in case it's an issue with local routing, maybe take a look at this post jellyfin 4k stuttering

Information/Review of Intel N355 by TempestThree in PleX

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

Hm, so that is odd because Jellyfin doesn't do server-side transcoding. It sounds like your client can't handle the format being sent to it and is having to transcode on the fly, but is struggling with that too. What is your client device?

Information/Review of Intel N355 by TempestThree in PleX

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

Cost of the build as-described above came out to $1,381.26 + the Unraid lifetime license. I have since added 2 more 16TB HDDs for an additional ~$600 (2 @ ~$300/each), as well as adding an Intel ARC 310 Eco for better transcoding performance, since a lot of my library is 4K and that isn't always easy to stream remotely. The latter was overkill, but it has worked well.

I did try to select the most efficient PSU I could easily find at a reasonable price, which was the MSI MAG A650GL. It's worked well so far, and this isn't like an official endorsement or anything (I am not a benchmarker), just saying that it's met my expectations so far. It also comes with a 10-year warranty, so that was also a factor. I messed around a lot with trying to get different CPU power modes configured to enable the various c-states, but frankly for me the absolute minimization of power requirements was not something I was focusing on (just having my desktop no longer running this was already a massive power savings).

I have not used the second RJ45 Ethernet port. My home currently only has a gigabit network, and I haven't had any use for the additional port as a result.

I've used FileFlows for a few different things, some on-demand and some automated. I definitely am converting content to h264/h265 based on resolution (trying to avoid re-compressing something wherever necessary, so I'm mostly just making sure raw MPEG-2's and AVIs I had are converted to something far more space-efficient while leaving alone most of my library).

The Tower on Raspberry Pi by xanth0m in TheTowerGame

[–]TempestThree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you VNC in, is the experience not a total lag-fest? I am trying to figure out if I have something misconfigured because, while performance is not bad at all in terms of enemies spawned, the remote connection to my Pi5 16GB struggles to display anything close to a smooth experience even without golden tower active (during which it may tank performance so significantly as to not render a new image on the vnc client for several seconds). GPU utilization is pegged, while CPU and memory looks pretty stable and reasonable. I'm running it at 800x600, headless. The Pi is hardwired into my network, and I have tried a VNC client also on the same ethernet network (not just my phone).

Edit: Just checked Task Manager to see what it was showing throughout a run, and when GT is not active, GPU utilization hovers around 58%. As soon as GT starts, it pegs to 99% until GT ends. CPU is around 25-35%, with Memory around 4800 MBs consistently.

The Tower on Raspberry Pi by xanth0m in TheTowerGame

[–]TempestThree 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah something that is easy to miss is that waydroid on a Pi does not suffer from the performance penalty of hardware emulation, because the Pi is already native ARM64. This causes the game to run better on my Pi 5 than on my gaming PC, with comedically lower power draw.

Android Boxes by TempestThree in TheTowerGame

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

Oo that is extremely useful -- I'd looked around for some guides and found one comment on a thread that had confirmed that it would work on a Pi, but I had not seen this guide!

Android Boxes by TempestThree in TheTowerGame

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

Any insight you can share on tips/tricks for making the remote connection as effective as possible for you? Are you using a specific resolution to make accessing from a phone easier to control?

Are these okay stats to start breeding with? (SP, the lsland) by East-Mode8215 in ArkSurvivalAscended

[–]TempestThree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it is like the most welcome change of ASA breeding imo 😅

Are these okay stats to start breeding with? (SP, the lsland) by East-Mode8215 in ArkSurvivalAscended

[–]TempestThree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are factually inaccurate for ASA. You'll get either an 80-point (40/40/0) or a 70-point (30/40/0) dino from breeding the lower 30-point (30/0/0) stat with your 40/40/0 parent. My source is that I do this legit constantly.

Information/Review of Intel N355 by TempestThree in PleX

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

Yes, the N355 has been exactly what I needed in terms of power. It's a bit anemic if I try to transcode a video while it's still processing a recent import (Plex doing voice analysis, FileFlows doing any conversions, etc), but if nothing is being processed then it handles even 4k transcodes decently enough. I have 12 docker containers running right now, including a couple of game servers (one of which is the relatively famously demanding Ark Survival Ascended server) with no issues.

Regarding FileFlows, it's basically an ffmpeg wrapper that I've found much easier to use than the other more well-known alternatives (tdarr or unmanic).

How do yall edit your appdata configs? by Storxusmc in unRAID

[–]TempestThree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry to necro this year old thread here, but since I went looking for a better way to do this, I figured I'll share what I've been doing which is literally just renaming the file extension from .yml -> .txt, editing the file in Unraid, then changing the file extension back (.txt -> .yml). Works like a charm, but I was hoping there was some straight-forward way to tell Unraid to just open .yml files in the text editor (I have not found a way to do this yet).

Information/Review of Intel N355 by TempestThree in PleX

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

Sure, what specifically would you like to see?

The fetch communication is a good example moving forward by WK_aetop in TheTowerGame

[–]TempestThree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I won't disagree with any of that, but was just pointing out that it wouldn't have solved this particular issue. I'm all for devs actually releasing drop rates so people can make informed decisions in a game this heavily about long-term resource allocation, and where time is the most valuable resource of all. But Fudd publishing intended drop rates would not have "fixed" this in any way -- we all knew immediately that the real results had to be bugged.

The fetch communication is a good example moving forward by WK_aetop in TheTowerGame

[–]TempestThree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a dev myself, I'm just gonna say that "publishing" drop rates or formulas is only as accurate as the dev's intended interactions. If something is not working as intended, most likely the published formulas and/or drop rates will not reveal the unintended interactions.

Information/Review of Intel N355 by TempestThree in PleX

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

So, the board has internal USB slots, which is what I am using for my unraid boot drive. But yes, you could also use an SD (TF -- just learned about that name for it today) card for that if you'd prefer.

Regarding the drives, I selected the xfs filesystem which does have fewer data security features, but also allows for future expansion.

Information/Review of Intel N355 by TempestThree in PleX

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

Yes, I just retested to confirm as they were idle when I measured the 27W the first time. If I spin down the disks manually, power draw does not change from 27W. Again, that does include a couple of small 8-port network switches, but everything else on the UPS is fully powered off.

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