Category Archives: Technical

FFMpeg Speed Testing

Posted on December 28, 2018 by larry

Got some information from the ffmpeg mailing list. It was an issue with the x265 package. I was able to make the change and compile. Now I have it installed on a physical box. Going to get some testing done … Continue reading →

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FFMpeg compile works

Posted on December 27, 2018 by larry

Well mostly, I could not get opus and x265 support. Will work on getting nvdia support as well. But I think I will need x265 support. I reached out to the ffmpeg devel mailing list. Hopefully someone can help me … Continue reading →

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Compiling FFMPEG and CentOS 7

Posted on December 26, 2018 by larry

Finally figured out how to compile ffmpeg on CentOS 7, most of my old instructions worked, but the normal version of gcc did not work for me, had to use a compat version. Another thing is that libfaac support was … Continue reading →

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Is There A Place For A Home Server

Posted on December 18, 2018 by larry

Been asking myself in this day and age of cloud, does it make sense to host a server at home for personal use? For me personally I am truly using it, zoneminder, file server, plex server. But if there are … Continue reading →

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New Keyboard

Posted on December 12, 2018 by larry

OK, so a keyboard is not that great of something to review, but I heard of das keyboard being a good one. I finally got a hold of one, and it seems durable. Its a a loud keyboard, but feels … Continue reading →

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Cleaning Up Some Wiring

Posted on December 11, 2018 by larry

One of the things that got out of hand was some wiring I had around my desktop. Before I can start making videos again I needed to clean it up. Also had to figure out how all this is going … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready For 2019

Posted on December 7, 2018 by larry

Today I started forecasting 2019, and I like 2018, I think that 2018 can be a great year. Financially, things are smooth, there were very little worries in 2018. Healthwise, I went on Keto in 2018, not time to lose … Continue reading →

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FLIRC Working Well

Posted on December 5, 2018 by larry

Got the FLIRC working on another PC today.  Works well, finally can view VLC and youtube and use an IR remote. Kind of fun working with it. Been working a bit, kind of tired though. Quick pushups and situps and … Continue reading →

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Wish I purchased more

Posted on December 4, 2018 by larry

Here is another product I would recommend, the FLIRC It is one extremely nifty piece of tech.  Like the ordoid go, wemos d1 mini, and Silicon Dust, I would recommend this. Now what is it?  This is simple device you … Continue reading →

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Firewall Built

Posted on December 1, 2018 by larry

OK I have the new pfsense firewall build on pfsense running on it. But now comes the hard part, getting all of the rules in to the new server. This will take a while. Also found two dell monitors.  But … Continue reading →

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