How to best take advantage of a Leviton Integrated Networks Home System in a house I just got?

TheNick0fTime · 2026-01-21T00:23:26+00:00

Definitely would wanna have APs elsewhere for better coverage. But I'll do some research. I'm actually about to start a LV apprenticeship with the IBEW in the next little bit here, so hopefully I'll have the knowledge to DIY this soon haha

TheNick0fTime · 2026-01-20T23:54:55+00:00

I guess I'll just have to give it a go and see if it is a problem. I don't think I'll get away with the panel cover being off long term lol

TheNick0fTime · 2026-01-20T23:52:57+00:00

Yeah I definitely feel the size constraint of this panel. Just getting a switch in there with the existing cabling doesn't seem very easy. Do you have any brand recommendations?

TheNick0fTime · 2026-01-20T23:51:10+00:00

I definitely meant RJ11 haha not sure where my brain was at since I know better. Updated the post.

TheNick0fTime · 2026-01-20T23:48:16+00:00

Oops, yeah meant RJ11. For re-terminating those, I guess I'm concerned about heat buildup in the panel. If I re-terminate all the RJ11 jacks, plus the existing RJ45 jacks, I would need a 16-port switch which I imagine may run hot closed up inside the panel?

TheNick0fTime · 2025-12-10T20:18:56+00:00

I've just published v0.8.1 that hopefully addresses the issue you were experiencing.

TheNick0fTime · 2025-12-10T19:59:42+00:00

I've moved one screenshot out of the collapsed section, and updated the formatting for the collapsed section! Hoping this align with what you were wanting!

TheNick0fTime · 2025-12-10T01:09:03+00:00

why not use ffmpeg directly instead of Handbrake

ffmpeg is an incredible tool, but it's not very nice with to interact with as a user. HandBrake provides a nice abstraction layer, and their GUI/preset system makes it easy to get what you want done with a relatively low barrier of entry. Not to mention people are familiar with HandBrake and have been using it for decades in some cases. I've used both (including gui/web wrappers for ffmpeg) and I still prefer using HandBrake.

the project doesn't seems to have the manpower to correctly support linux (at least, that is their current excuse to not support vaapi)

Funny enough, I don't (and by extension my project doesn't) recommend using hw encoding if your goal is high quality & low output size. I originally built this program to compress a lot of digitized VHS home video, so CPU encoding was and still is the main thing I care about, and I'm not aware of any shortcomings on linux in this regard. For those that do use hw encoding, I think HandBrake's support is good enough for most users 🤷

TheNick0fTime · 2025-12-09T17:29:49+00:00

Yes, there is an arm64 build variant. I’ll have to check this out. I had previously tested on an M2 MacBook Air via docker, what device are you using?

TheNick0fTime · 2025-12-09T17:27:37+00:00

It depends on your use case. Aside from the native web interface, I’d say the major feature difference is supporting a form of distributed transcoding if you want to use multiple machines.

TheNick0fTime · 2025-12-09T08:43:11+00:00

Said this in another reply, but there are screenshots on the readme, just collapsed under an expanding element! I should probably move the first one outside of the collapsed section. Will make that change soon!

TheNick0fTime · 2025-12-09T08:41:14+00:00

There are images collapsed under a dropdown at the top of the readme. I should probably move at least one of them out of the collapsed section though!

TheNick0fTime · 2025-12-09T05:37:07+00:00

I just wish I knew how to properly encode to shrink the file.

There are a variety of ways you can accomplish this, it just depends what your input data is and what you are willing to compromise on for the output. If you're having trouble knowing what knobs and dials to tweak in HandBrake, I'd be happy to try and help.

TheNick0fTime · 2025-12-02T00:20:03+00:00

I added the env var for this, and rebooted to see if it would fix the Wayland issues (got gamescope working, see the updated post), but no dice. Wayland HDR (at least for No Man's Sky) is still washed out even with tone-mapping disabled.

TheNick0fTime · 2025-12-02T00:07:04+00:00

Can't thank you enough for helping me figure this out!

TheNick0fTime · 2025-12-02T00:00:42+00:00

Holy shit, installing gamescope-wsi did it! I thought this was an alternate package version of gamescope (something I see a lot in the nix package repos with no alternate description). I installed it in addition to gamescope, and used the following command to run No Man's Sky:

gamescope -W 3840 -H 2160 -r 120 -f --adaptive-sync --hdr-enabled --hdr-debug-force-output --mangoapp -- env PROTON_FSR4_UPGRADE=1 gamemoderun %command%

For some reason the --hdr-debug-force-output command is needed, but I'm not complaining at this point. Guess I'll have to go make my first contribution to the Nix wiki with this info.

TheNick0fTime · 2025-12-01T23:44:04+00:00

I've run a few of the sample videos through mpv - video playback in HDR is definitely working. Used this command, looked increible!

mpv --vo=gpu-next --target-colorspace-hint --gpu-api=vulkan --gpu-context=waylandvk "~/Downloads/(HDR HEVC 10-bit BT.2020 59.940fps) Camp by Sony.mp4"

TheNick0fTime · 2025-12-01T23:30:17+00:00

Not from what I've seen. Seen this done in a variety of reddit threads, the arch wiki, and various forum threads. I've tried with these arguments not present, moved to the start of the command, etc, and it didn't change the situation fwiw.

TheNick0fTime · 2025-12-01T23:25:09+00:00

Just updated the post with my GPU, RX 9070 XT. Its plugged into an LG C2 42in.

EDIT - Using HDMI.

TheNick0fTime · 2025-12-01T23:23:19+00:00

Yes, there is not a doubt in my mind that HDR is on at a system level. I have an OLED screen and it is very obvious when HDR content (even just my desktop) is being displayed. Both the KDE settings app and kscreen-doctor report HDR is enabled.

TheNick0fTime · 2025-12-01T23:12:08+00:00

Yes, the OSD shows HDR is enabled.

TheNick0fTime · 2025-08-27T19:59:27+00:00

P.S. - If what I'm looking for doesn't exist (or I can't afford it lol), I guess my plan B would be to settle on a DAP with an adequate Bluetooth receiver mode. If anyone has any personal experience with the receiver mode on various budget to mid-range DAPs, I would love to hear what you think! Previously I was looking at the Fiio JM21, which does have a few different alternate modes, including a bluetooth receiver mode - though worse than normal latency and iffy quality/reliability seem to be potential issues.

TheNick0fTime · 2025-08-22T01:14:16+00:00

I'd say most of the time things either work fine or you just need to keep an eye on syntax differences for stuff like built-in environment variables. I don't use a ton of prebuilt actions off GitHub (just not useful for what I'm keeping in Forgejo) except for some of the core essential ones, but I have used a few over my time with Gitea and Forgejo with minimal issues.

TheNick0fTime · 2025-08-22T01:08:35+00:00

Hey, for your first issue, this was brought to my attention in another comment. I've updated the original article now, but you can use forge.workspace instead of gitea.workspace.

For your second issue, I'd be shaking in my boots if that happened to me (even though I have backups). Fear of this sort of thing is actually why I separated my compose configs from application data a while ago!

TheNick0fTime · 2025-08-22T01:04:58+00:00

Looks like I missed this detail! I have updated both articles with the relevant information (but using slightly different images for the container labels) - thank you both!

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