tl;dr don’t be a dummy and run 32 bit like me! Your Plex server will happily keep updating its 32 bit build and not suggest you to switch; if you’ve run Server on Windows before September 2022 you might very well still be on 32 bit. 64 bit is a huge performance upgrade.
Context: I’ve been a longtime Plex user and run Server on a baremetal windows machine. I’ve struggled with getting GPU hardware transcoding working, despite the fact that I seemingly met all the requirements. I thought maybe my “older” nvidia card’s GPU core was to blame and recently updated to a 1660S with no appreciable improvement. I saw .5x transcoding for DoVi/HDR content with tone mapping, or ~1-2x if I disabled tone mapping.
Banging my head against the wall, I came to realize I WAS STILL RUNNING 32 BIT PLEX. I had installed server SO LONG AGO that I never upgraded to 64 bit.
Upgrading to 64 bit was the single most absurd performance improvement for server I’ve …
Nothing better than giving all your friends and family their own plex logins and them finally starting to use them 😭 made me feel great.
I’m looking to setup my first Plex server and need recommendations on a proper PC to get started. The server would only be used by no more than 4 people and I would be looking to stream both movies and various tv series. I’m a stickler for good picture quality so 4k HD streaming would be necessary along with older movies and series not available in HD. I would also like to use the PC for very minimal home use as well. I’ve been looking at an intel Nuc i5 or i7 (see pictures). Would love some input on which would be more suitable.
I signed up for an account a day or two ago and it has been really slow for me in California. The retention has been fine mostly, but its slow. I started trying to find the pinch point and discovered that the nntp address I was given for the USA location points to an IP address owned by Usenet Farm. I thought I had entered the incorrect nntp address but when I logged into the control panel to check the validity, I was correctly using the only addresses it gave me.
usnews.frugalusenet.com is what is being given for their USA location but its a server in Europe.
europe.frugalusenet.com points to the same ip address.
I saw there was an old address of news.frugalusenet.com and it resolves to an Omicron address, which is what I paid for. However, when I try my login and pass on that address, I get an error message.
I was also disappointed to not get the account info for my high retention block from Blocknews. The page says it takes 2-3 days for that to arrive. I already have a …
I did a virus scan recently and windows security found 3 viruses mixed in with usenet related files. Each file identified was a .scr file. What are the best practices to avoid viruses or minimize the impact they have? I could move all usenet applications (nzbget, nzbhydra2, sonarr, radarr, lidarr) to a VM so that things are all contained there. I’m not sure if all these applications support microservices but I could run them in containers. Are there additional settings I could configure in my software to avoid certain downloads? What is everyone else doing to protect themselves from viruses coming in through these automated applications?
Edit: Based on the comments below I updated the ExtCleanupDisk and UnpackIgnoreExt settings in NZBGet to add .exe, .com, .vob, .iso, .scr. I’m still open to additional suggestions.
Hi, wanted to see if this is an issue everyone is having this evening or if it’s just me. I’m seeing really slow speeds from Eweka ( 4 MB/s) and I’m usually sitting closer to 70 MB/s. Any thoughts as to why? Thanks!
Edit: I checked last night around midnight (east coast usa), and it was running at 90 MB/s. I’m also running at correct speeds this morning. I’m gonna assume it was congestion or something similar. Hope everyone has a good day!
Anybody got any tips for the best deals for 2024? Been with Newsdemon for years but my auto renewal didnt go through as my details have changed so thought its an opportunity to look to see if there are better deals? Think stadard Newsdemon unlimited is $72 for the year. Dont really use the VPN though.
I’ve been out of the game for a while, but I still have these accounts, and as far as I can see they’re working ok. Just wondering if anything has changed out there and if I should be looking into better providers. Ninja coming up on a $70 billing cycle, maybe I can dump it or replace it?
I don’t see any rules about self-promotion here so, I’ve been working on this for a little while (Sorry for the bad video, I just did it real quick). It’s an OpenAI based chatbot that is focused on movies. Any time it mentions a movie, you can click the movie to simply add it to Radarr and download it.
There are also popovers for people and movies which provide additional information and some buttons and links. I tried my best to make it easy to get it up and running and I hope no one has any problems with it, that is if anyone actually tries it. I’ll always try to help if I can. The instructions in the GitHub and DockerHub should make it pretty easy and give you options for installing.
I’m pretty new to coding, and honestly ChatGPT and Co-Pilot wrote a ton of this, but it does the basics of what I want it to do alright. I’m already a bit embarrassed to show this code to people, but hopefully it’s not too bad. I tried to fix it up, but …
I am not sure how I can word this, but I will try my best. Let’s say I want to save some money and power off my *arr setup when not in use. However, suppose that during the 8-12 hours the setup is offline 5 releases come through on RSS that Prowlarr didn’t see because it was offline during that time. When Prowlarr is started, does it perform a pull and grab those releases? Or is Prowlarr only looking for things that come across as it is online? Many thanks if anyone can help!
Quick q. With v3, i was getting pretty good at only getting x265 releases (or at least it would get 264 first, then get 265 once it was there), and it was pretty good at getting the smallest size 1080p file. I don’t really worry about quality too much.
With v4, and custom formats, what’s the best way to do that?
Hello I have a problem and I don’ t know how to fix it, womndering is someone already found a way.
I use Radarr to download movies in torrents and TDarr to transcode them when needed.
My flow is:
- Radarr send the torrent to my torrent client
- My torrent client download the file in the folder /torrentcompleted/
- Tdarr watch the folder /torrentcompleted/ and transcode the file if needed
- After the transcode tdarr copy the new file in the folder /transcoded/
- Radarr see the file in the /transcoded/ folder and import it in the /movies/, which is my Plex library folder.
Everything is working well only when the torrent file I download is only a video file.
In the case where in the torrent, the video file is in a folder I have a problem.
Here what happen:
- Radarr send the torrent to my torrent client
- My torrent client download the file in the folder /torrentcompleted/NAME_OF_THE_FODLER/NAME_OF_THE_MOVIE_FILE.mkv
- Tdarr watch the folder /torrentcompleted/ and …
Hi, I want to use sonarr mostly for anime. I would typically use nyaa.si but its my understanding that they don’t like automation and will peremently ban your ip if you make too may requests. Is there an anime indexer that allows automation out there? Or a way to limit your requests made to nyaa.si?