The app is for configuring some fancy remote control from #flirc, the "skip 1s". It requires this proprietary app, of course. They release a "Linux" version in an appimage. It doesn't work.

I even stooped as low as I'm willing to go and installed Windows 10 in a VM without inet access. Their app won't install without having inet access to download more stuff.

I have never tried so hard in all of my life to configure a universal remote.

J'ai acheté un #raspberrypi4 et dans la foulée, j'ai acheté un boitier #flirc pour le rpi4 mais aussi pour un pour un rpi3 que j'utilise depuis longtemps mais qui n'a jamais eu de boitier.

La commande est arrivée lundi mais j'ai à peine eu le temps de la regarder. Cette nuit, j'ai rêvé qu'ils avaient envoyé un boitier pour rpi4 et pour rpi2.

Ce matin, je vérifie. Il y a bien une erreur... J'ai reçu deux boitiers pour rpi4.😫

@dhrystone Interesting, since I just did the same with one of my Pis (#Flirc to #geekworm). Did it so I could have a Pi4 with GPIO pins exposed

Pushed the latest code cuz why not dunno if anyone out there could use it but I really like basically making a #FLirc dongle out of an #ESP32 #S2 and an IR Receiver

Also here's a crappy pic of the 3D Case I designed for the unit; fits the #WEMOS S2 Mini snugly and has room for GPIO pins and F-F cables hooked up to the Receiver. Pretty proud of it considering it's my first ever attempt at #FreeCAD and #3DPrinting in general.

https://github.com/SmithsFAS1/Smithsduino/tree/main/XB360

Looking for some advice regarding options for the home media center.

I'm running a NAS that has Plex server happily running on it but I noticed when playing videos on end devices it transcodes often and the transcoding is slow on the NAS which seems to be a common issue.

I'm looking to offload that work. I was thinking of setting up a SFF/MiniITX PC or piece of hardware that does transcoding well and simply install the Plex app and target the Plex server for data. I have a spare GPU I can use already if necessary. I also saw there are devices like the NVIDIA shield. I was thinking for this device it would simply need some GPU w/NVENC or Intel CPU w/QuickSync. Am I missing any options?

If I do go with the SFF/MiniITX build I would need a remote. I was thinking maybe the FLIRC receiver and a legacy remote. Any better options for that?

Lastly does it make sense to skip the Plex server and mount the media directly on either the SFF or NVIDIA Shield, sync the data every so often, and then transcode locally off faster disks? If so is it easy to get a shell or OS-level access on the Shield?

#media #mediapc #sff #nas #plex #miniitx #NVIDIA #nvidiashield #flirc #intel #transcoding #homelab #selfhosted #selfhosting