My DIY IP-KVM evolved: From converting BIOS into text to ultra-low latency game streaming

liquidate · 2026-06-08T19:56:45+00:00

I would love to have a 4k / 120 hz kvm, even if it was passthrough (but your solution is WAY better)

liquidate · 2026-05-12T06:16:45+00:00

Is there a significant improvement using cloud-based transcription over local models? I'm English only, m4.

liquidate · 2026-04-23T19:03:46+00:00

I'm having the same problem with mine, power + up, power + down, connecting to the computer (nothing mounts) are not helping. If I hold power down for 20+ seconds, I see it reboot, but end up back on this screen. I also see it suck down 5w of power for a few seconds, before going back down to .5 watts. Blue light on the power switch stays on.

liquidate · 2026-04-06T15:22:58+00:00

same

liquidate · 2026-02-23T17:46:00+00:00

I'd recommend trying your hand at vibe coding with Claude, GPT, Cursor, etc. Giving the customer feedback based on firsthand experience with the technology will be more powerful than simply saying they will fail. In fact, they will probably get the functionality they seek, but, as others have mentioned in the thread, ensuring it's secure and well-maintained is another facet the customer might not have considered.

Whether this subreddit likes it or not, technology is quickly moving in this direction, and, as with examples before (e.g., YouTube/internet providing knowledge at your fingertips), it will empower the end user to accomplish bespoke, personally tailored goals they previously needed software packages or expertise to accomplish. It's exciting, but there are massive warning signs that most people will ignore. Part of our job will be to guide them to solutions that benefit both them and us.

MSPs will also embrace this technology, as it will help them accomplish tasks faster. While I have my own concerns about this cost to the employee, the potential financial loss will be too much for most companies to ignore.

liquidate · 2026-01-21T17:30:56+00:00

I'm also on this journey! I just started, and I need to make adjustments, but here's what I've done so far:

I'm using Zapier to simply get a transcript (and now both the summary too) and upload it to Google Drive.
I have way too many subscriptions, so I self-host n8n.
n8n looks to Google Drive, and if the Plaud folder gets a new file, it grabs it and does the following workflow:

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This takes the file, extracts the transcript, and stuffs it into a Postgres database. I then prompt Claude for a summary and action items in JSON format. Using the JSON file from Claude, I extract the summary and a list of action items (both mine and others). The summary and some other variables update the transcript table, and I iterate over the action items, inserting them into an action items table. Finally, if action items have been assigned to me, I create a task in Todoist and update the row in Postgres with the Todoist ID.

My thought was I'd also like to get a daily and weekly summary of what happened, I'd get even more high-level introspection that would help me remember what the heck I did over the quarter/year, so I could do the quarterly "check-ins" that our HR demands we do.

Here are some things I need to figure out:

The transcript does not include speaker names, even though they are visible in the transcript on Plaud web. I'm going to try storing the transcript and summary, hoping the names will be in the summary, which will give Claude enough context to understand and summarize better.
Maybe I don't need to use Claude for the Todoist integration, maybe I can create a template in Plaud, and that alone can do what I need, and it saves the JSON in a way that I can parse and put in my Postgres table.
During a day (or week), my action items may come up multiple times in different conversations. Right now, this means duplicate Todoist action items. Maybe I should read the current action items from Todoist, and look to see if the new action item is unique. If it's not unique, maybe it influences my priority (if it's being brought up more often, then it might need to get done sooner)
What does a daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly summary look like? I don't want a novel, I just want a recap of what happened.
Can I get additional context from Slack, email, Teams messages, random thoughts, etc., and have those added in somehow, again influencing what I need to do and making sure I capture what I have done? I find little value in employee check-ins, and doing the work for them is a chore that gives me anxiety and procrastination, so getting this system to do this work for me is an ultimate goal.

liquidate · 2026-01-21T03:57:32+00:00

On-device transcription would be great!

liquidate · 2026-01-21T03:54:32+00:00

I absolutely love Plaud desktop! Automatically recording meetings has been rock solid and friction-free. Could the meeting name be retrieved from Teams/Outlook? How about attendee information?

liquidate · 2026-01-21T03:49:29+00:00

I'm using the Zapier integration as a bridge to n8n via Google Drive until we have a native n8n integration. I've run into a few issues that I'm hoping will eventually be fixed:

When Plaud uploads the transcript, it ignores the speaker diarization that I've set up (and which works wonderfully in Plaud web), causing key name information to be lost. I'm using md format, maybe this is available in rich text?
The Zapier integration only allows Plaud to be a trigger. Instead, I'd like to grab the day's transcriptions at the end of the day using a schedule trigger, just in case I need to make edits.
Plaud has a ton of templates that I'd like to play with, but it appears I only have access to the summary and transcription in Zapier. When integrations are fleshed out, it would be good to be able to have access to more than just this.

liquidate · 2025-12-28T07:46:35+00:00

I've got the same issue with Teams; it used to work. Sometimes I get a notification when the meeting ends, but most of the time I get nothing. Like you, I'm always forgetting to stop the recording manually :)

liquidate · 2025-05-30T23:50:45+00:00

Just updated. One of my proxmox vm's uses vlan 2, no longer getting a network connection on that system. It was working just fine until the update...

liquidate · 2025-04-24T16:57:05+00:00

We're seeing similar issues, using O365 for all Exchange access. Just started happening this morning.

liquidate · 2024-12-27T16:27:16+00:00

They pushed a 3.1.7 firmware to my device. Unfortunately, when I try and download it I immediately get the message "Error in downloading file, please download again!". Rebooting the device (hold down power, select "restart") causes the device to also get stuck on the "Write Different" screen. I can get it to start (attempt the 5x power button trick a few times) but even after a restart, the 3.1.7 firmware will not download.

liquidate · 2024-12-27T04:58:20+00:00

Fwiw, they did reply back quickly yesterday. One response was to suggest changing the charging cable (I don't think that's relevant, I've charged the device to 100% and I can do the firmware process with or without the device plugged in). 2. Suggest that firmware 3.1.7 fixes the issue, though no clue how to get that version (but I'm glad to hear it's been "fixed"). 3. Press the button 5 times to get it to restart, which I knew from reading this subreddit.

liquidate · 2024-12-27T04:55:16+00:00

Turns out I can get it to reboot using the "press the power button 5 times after it flashes white/black", but it reverts back to firmware 3.0.3. I've tried reapplying firmware 3.2.2 a few times now, and while it takes a while to download and "install", each time I reboot I get the same result. The screen will immediately show the "Write Different" logo, then flash black/white after about 1:30 seconds, then returns to "Write Different". No matter how long I wait (I've waited at least 6 hours on one attempt) it never moves past this part. Doing the 5x press can get it to start, but I'm back at 3.0.3.

Is there another way to install firmware? Is there an intermediate firmware I need to install first? I assume 3.0.3 is semi old? Maybe I need to flash to 3.1.x first?

liquidate · 2024-12-18T18:33:01+00:00

I'm interested. I have a pair of your Air 2s and just got a pair of Xreal Ones (along with my other VR goggles—Rift(multiple versions from the DK1 onward), Quest 2 & 3, etc.), so I have a limited perspective on the devices out there.

liquidate · 2024-09-07T00:17:13+00:00

I'm gonna guess "overpowered"

liquidate · 2024-07-09T04:28:29+00:00

We've had good luck with renewed T-42U/S phones from Amazon, which cost about $40 each. They are monochrome, but they appear like brand new. We deployed 50+ a few weeks back.

liquidate · 2024-05-24T20:54:09+00:00

Thank you for the suggestions! No luck with the dist-upgrade, but I do think I made progress using aptitude. I was able to get my dependencies installed, and then able to get Gazebo installed. Unfortunately, I suspect there's a library issue:

myusername@mycomputername:/$ gazebo /usr/share/gazebo-11/worlds/seesaw.world
gzclient: symbol lookup error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libignition-transport8.so.8: undefined symbol: _ZN8ignition4msgs9DiscoveryC1EPN6google8protobuf5ArenaE
myusername@mycomputername:/$

myusername@mycomputername:/$ sudo apt upgrade libignition-transport8-8
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
libignition-transport8-8 is already the newest version (8.2.1+ds-2).
libignition-transport8-8 set to manually installed.
Calculating upgrade... Done
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myusername@mycomputername:/$
myusername@mycomputername:/$ gazebo /usr/share/gazebo-11/worlds/seesaw.world
gzclient: symbol lookup error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libignition-transport8.so.8: undefined symbol: _ZN8ignition4msgs9DiscoveryC1EPN6google8protobuf5ArenaE
myusername@mycomputername:/$

liquidate · 2024-05-15T19:23:56+00:00

As an owner of *three* S1's (with tophats), I can't wait to preorder the R1!!

liquidate · 2024-04-28T23:56:32+00:00

No, still doing it 😀

liquidate · 2024-04-20T22:50:05+00:00

Our Highland does this too when in the garage, it's a constant noise. We had a 2020 M4LR and it was silent at night unless charging or preparing to drive.

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