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Plex DVR and get_iplayer for BBC Shows

27 Jul

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...
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ZoneMinder with Anran IP Camera’s

26 Nov

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...
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Installing Plex 3.1.5 on NovTV V1 Box

19 Nov

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...
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pfSense on Hyper-V

16 Nov

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...
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Intel Compute Stick & Windows 10

16 Nov

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...
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Roku Apps – Now includes Amazon Video

16 Nov

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...
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Plex Pass Subscription and the New Plex Roku App

2 Jul

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...
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Cutting the cable, long live WMC

1 Jul

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...
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Renaming Media Files for Plex

19 Jun

If you look at the Plex naming conventions, they list the following for under Media Preparation: [crayon-599deff2982bb026956267/] Which makes sense, and is generally how I have my media organised, except over the years it’s gotten a little messy as I’ve...
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