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not until next week it doesn't.

the general hardware release of Steam O/S is due this year and I'm tipping it'll be a major replacement for all those windows 10 gamers…

yeah basically I pre-process any media downloaded in x264 and encode it to HEVC/x265, mainly because it shrinks the file even more and it…

yes, I use STAXRIP to batch convert from h264 to HEVC, file size shrinks about 50-90% of the h264 encoded file (I don't convert audio…

down voted for maths and logical accuracy? 'tis a sign of the times.

also all my 1080p media has already been converted to HEVC, so it has lower bandwidth requirement. Most stuff plays the native file, no…

you'd better have a really good upstream with your internet.. I have 100/20 and while I can handle 1 4K upstream to an external device over…

if you're looking at the HP 24-cr0002a you could buy a 24" monitor, with an intel n100 based mini PC for almost half the price (depending…

ahh but so so SATAsfying.

source and destination? 1080p / 4K / 720p? N95/100/150 will handle that easily. But depedning on what you run in docker / vms you may…

I'm using an Intel n5095 (N95 CPU) based system in my NAS and using hardware transcoding under Jellyfin. Works a treat. How many concurrent…

"NATO's expansion near Russia’s borders and the presence of US nuclear missiles in Europe have heightened tensions. Russia felt it had no…

as long as it's SANitary

ahah bought one for click and collect this afternoon, I'll swap it over as I think it'll be funny when one of the family members first…

anyhting is possible, given enough time, money and inclination :) so weekend project for me - but it's behind a few other projects at…

all on sold sorry Matty. I still have a good half a dozen sealed Hanna Monatana xbox 360 singing games with microphones.. solid gold…

not really, but this could - https://liliputing.com/gmk-g9-nas-is-a-mini-pc-with-intel-n150-four-m-2-2280-bays-and-two-2-5-gbe-lan-ports/

they appear to be ARGB LEDs since someone else has already unsoldered the ''unknown'' bluetooth controller and then they wired in an ESP32…

nah for 32x32 you'll need 4 of them, so $40 in total ;)

display low resolution images of whatever you like :) it's not something serious, it's just for fun really. edit: you could do serous stuff…

Damn - nice work again! Thanks for taking the leap and doing the experimentation - I've got a few on order (awaiting pickup), I was going…

that's what happens in retail. When TANDY stores were closing down I had popped in to see if anything on clearance was worth buying and out…

nice work! was that just through bluetooth? very nice work.

this guy opened one up and there is a microphone connected to the LED controller / bluetooth module -…

cheers!

home assistant

looks like this device will control two chains of RGB/BGR LEDs - https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/316105829942

if you like watching things burn... wait maybe that's their issue and why they're in pain?

someone's already done it - https://github.com/derkalle4/python3-idotmatrix-client

is what I'll be doing also. have a few githubs etc. bookmarked - this seems to be an essential guide -…