IT Pro and Gadgeteer
I recently removed my OWL Intution kit in place of a Nest. A while back I also removed all my X10 kit as it was just a bit clunky, although it was fun to play with and worked most of … Read More »
With the recent addition of Plex DVR I have been recording shows and adding them to my media library. I’m still having issues that my Roku3 boxes won’t play the HD content and so I have removed the HD channels … Read More »
Settings for Anran IP Camera and ZoneMinder: (First use IE, ActiveX, to configure the camera) Source Type: Ffmpeg Remote Method: RTP/RTSP Source: rtsp://1.2.3.4/user=********&password=********_channel=1_stream=0.sdp?tcp Target colorspace: 24 bit colour Resolution Settings: D1: 720 x 480 720P: 1280 x 720 References: https://forums.zoneminder.com/viewtopic.php?t=22724 http://www.anranhtshop.com/pinpai.asp?pinpai_id=1 … Read More »
From the NowTV V1 (Roku LT) box press the buttons: Home Home Home Up Up Right Left Right Left Right Take a not of the IP address and then “Enable Installer”. Visit this IP address from a web browser and … Read More »
I recently wanted to play with pfSense on Hyper-V but ran into a few issues when setting the VLAN’s. The idea being that pfSense would act as a software firewall and some machines would then sit being this on separate … Read More »
I recently acquired an Intel Compute Stick (£83 on Amazon). It’s not exactly plug and play but after quite a bit of fiddling I finally got it running Windows 10. TBH the Windows 8.1 O/S that came pre-installed ran pretty … Read More »
Good news, Amazon Video is now available on Roku! This has been a problem for quite a while and confusing since it was available in the US for some time. Whilst I got a bit fed up of recent TopGear … Read More »
I’ve made no secret recently about my love for Plex, it’s fantastic and solves a lot of my home media problems. (despite getting an email this morning about a security breach, doh!) See my other posts on my home setup for … Read More »
So Windows Media Centre (WMC) has been killed off, but I’m bringing it back to life, ish. From my previous posts you will have seen my setup. It’s basically a single server at home running 2012R2 with a few VM’s … Read More »