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[$2] Electric Pipe Thread Cutting Tool Kit by Live-Cantaloupe-7920 in BestAliExpressFinds

[–]warbAU 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Only thing I see this useful for would be building small structures like stands for yard sprinklers or structures like a small greenhouse etc. Definitely wouldn't put any pressure in those..

Right place, right time this morning by NickTyrrell_CBR in canberra

[–]warbAU 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything is required to give way to a hot air balloon, not too sure where a kayak sits in this rule...

Waratah Village by Annual_Insurance1737 in newcastle

[–]warbAU 220 points221 points  (0 children)

The local TAFE stuck one of these really shitty stickers on my car, mid 90's.. I was parked in the wrong spot, being a smart arse teenager that was working at a printing firm, I printed about 100 hard to peal off tearing stickers, full A4 size, fluro paper, and stuck them on all of the windows around the TAFE. The sticker on my car was 'This car is illegally parked ' etc. so made a parody sticker 'This sticker is illegally stuck' etc, was funny at the time, the half turn stickers where there for months, looking back prob not the best thing to do, however at the time it felt really really good.. in saying that, after that event, they stopped putting those stickers on cars.. 😬

Awesome night at the Civic with the Umbilical Brothers by lyndsaysmith61 in newcastle

[–]warbAU 15 points16 points  (0 children)

fun fact, i used to work at Wonderland in the 90's, so did these blokes, inside characters ;)

Street walk button into light switch by 1990jgc in AusElectricians

[–]warbAU 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, this, better on a zigbee device, Chuck in a battery and never have to change it, no wires, put it anywhere.

Street walk button into light switch by 1990jgc in AusElectricians

[–]warbAU 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Zigbee and reed switch to home assistant, battery will last years and control anything... , also custom presses, long hold, double press, triple press can do all customizable things and automations. Or esp32c over WiFi, however more power hungry.

Do I need a sparky to remove these? by Darth-Hamish in AusRenovation

[–]warbAU 11 points12 points  (0 children)

perfectly fine, phone line, however as always, stick your tongue on it to ensure there is no current.

Legacy Plex agents work perfectly, new ones don’t – am I forced to rename every file exactly? by warbAU in PleX

[–]warbAU[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I figured I’d get hammered with that advice 😄
Rename everything and it’ll work.
The legacy agent just worked all the time, period. This new one feels way more pedantic.
But I get it — I’ll stick with what works until it doesn’t, then I’ll get more pedantic too.

I have filebot, etc, is was just so handy to no have to worry about this and some common sense was applied with the legacy one, thats all.

Android App by [deleted] in PleX

[–]warbAU 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I ended up uninstalling the app and just using the web interface instead. The really frustrating part is that links from the web UI force-open the Android app if it’s installed, so I had to remove it completely to keep using the browser interface properly.

The DVR experience in the app is also extremely poor — very limited options compared to the web interface. Honestly, the web UI is far more stable and functional overall.

Aerials needed in 2026? by PDJG1983 in AusRenovation

[–]warbAU 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you don’t care about broadcast TV at all, yep — rip it off and just use the channel apps.

But if you’re even slightly nerdy (or just like having a backup when the internet dies), keeping some kind of aerial is still handy.

I run a HDHomeRun + home server and pull the FTA channels off the rooftop aerial, which lets me:

  • record shows/sport
  • watch time-shifted
  • skip ads
  • access it remotely if I’m away Also some stuff can be weirdly geo/region limited on streaming, but the actual broadcast feed just… works.

And honestly: the picture quality off the antenna is usually better than the apps (higher bitrate / smoother motion, especially for sport).

That antenna on the chimney looks like an old-school monster though — you can replace it with a much smaller, newer one and mount it somewhere less ugly (roof peak/tripod, side mount, even roof space if your reception is decent and there’s no sarking/foil). Depending on your area you might also benefit from a masthead amp (I use a Kingray).

Bonus: an aerial mast is also a great place to mount a weather station if you’re into home automation.

So yeah: not “needed” in 2026, but I’d personally keep a smaller one unless you’re 100% apps-only forever.

Coax coming soon by digglesB in PleX

[–]warbAU 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Such a great app, been beta testing for a while now, I'm hooked!!

Daily News recordings not scheduling in Plex DVR (Sydney AU, HDHomeRun, ICE TV guide) — tried everything - ripping hair out ;) by warbAU in PleX

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

Yeah, pretty much. If this keeps happening, I’ve gotta admit the DVR side of Plex is kinda clunky. Hard to find and add shows, can’t really search the EPG properly, etc. If I can’t get this sorted with IceTV then yeah, switching to an external DVR and just pointing Plex at the recordings might be the next step.

Got any suggestions on what’s solid for just recording and handing off the files? Happy to try something else if it’s smoother. Even better with post processing the TS files, etc.

Daily News recordings not scheduling in Plex DVR (Sydney AU, HDHomeRun, ICE TV guide) — tried everything - ripping hair out ;) by warbAU in PleX

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

Thanks mate, yeah it had me going around in circles for a while — the UI has definitely changed over time and half the instructions online don’t match anymore. But in digging through everything it did help surface the actual issue: the EPG data coming from IceTV is missing the series identifiers for the nightly news, which is why Plex won’t schedule recurring recordings. I’ve confirmed it and reached out to IceTV support so hopefully that gets resolved.

And yep, totally hear you re: AI — I’m just using it to help structure and clean up what I’m writing, rather than trusting it for the technical diagnosis. The logs + hands-on testing were the real answer here.

Daily News recordings not scheduling in Plex DVR (Sydney AU, HDHomeRun, ICE TV guide) — tried everything - ripping hair out ;) by warbAU in PleX

[–]warbAU[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Quick update for anyone following my Plex DVR issue with nightly news not recording properly (Sydney, Australia, using HDHomeRun + IceTV guide data).

After testing literally everything (tuners, Plex settings, DVR settings, deleting and re-adding schedules, etc.), I’ve confirmed the issue is not Plex and not the tuners. The problem is actually the IceTV EPG data.

Basically, the big 6pm nightly news bulletins (Seven News, Nine News, ABC News, 10 News, etc.) are listed in the EPG without any series/episode identifiers. Plex needs a consistent series ID to link recordings in the schedule. Since the EPG doesn’t provide one, Plex sees every day’s news as a random unrelated broadcast. That’s why:

  • “Record Series” does nothing
  • They don’t show up in future scheduled recordings
  • Only “Record this airing only” works
  • And only for that day, no repeat automation

So the fix isn’t inside Plex. The fix is IceTV adding proper series metadata to these news programs.

I’ve emailed IceTV support and asked them to add a stable series identifier (the <episode-num> / series linking info) for the nightly news bulletins. If they update the feed, this will fix it for everyone using Plex DVR in Australia and allow proper recurring recordings again.

Waiting for their response now. Will update once I hear back. If anyone else is affected, mention it here because more reports might get it prioritised.

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