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La Chaine STvE<p>🚀 Boostez Jellyfin sur OpenMediaVault avec l&#39;accélération matérielle Intel ! Découvrez comment dans notre dernier tuto. 🎥</p><p>👉 <a href="https://youtu.be/ij8kYAnDWA0?si=ej21skfIxe2vvJv0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/ij8kYAnDWA0?si=ej21sk</span><span class="invisible">fIxe2vvJv0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jellyfin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Jellyfin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenMediaVault" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenMediaVault</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Intel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VAAPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VAAPI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Docker" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Docker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HTPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HTPC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transcodage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Transcodage</span></a> @OpenMediaVault @jellyfin</p>
frox<p>Also getting the itch to try out <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/alpine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alpine</span></a> on the next <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/HTPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HTPC</span></a> that's waiting to be setup.<br><a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/AlpineLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlpineLinux</span></a></p>
Luis Guzman<p>Para todos aquellos usando <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Kodi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kodi</span></a> desde los repos oficiales de <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Trisquel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trisquel</span></a> 11.0 o <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a> 22.04 y lleguen a actualizar a T12.0 o U24.04. (Kodi v20.5)</p><p>Recuerden que hay una transición entre pulseaudio y pipewire, por lo que para esta específica version de kodi (20.5) necesitan instalar:</p><p>pipewire-alsa</p><p>y usar: </p><p>KODI_AE_SINK=alsa kodi &amp;</p><p>para seleccionar el dispositivo de sonido en su <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HTPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HTPC</span></a></p><p>Suerte y mucho éxito en seguir disfrutando su contenido sin necesidad de Internet 🤟 </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/SoftwareLibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareLibre</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNU</span></a></p>
Fell<p>Linux fucking rocks.</p><p>I was using my old gaming system from 2007(!) as a living room PC. It didn't even have UEFI yet.</p><p>It was time to upgrade, so I swapped the boot drive into a much newer AMD based mini PC from 2019.</p><p>It booted right up to the desktop, as if nothing ever happened. They are 12 years apart!</p><p>It said "No NVIDIA GPU found" during boot, but it still worked fine. All I had to do was uninstall the NVIDIA driver. Done.</p><p><a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PC</span></a> <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/NVIDIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NVIDIA</span></a> <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/AMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AMD</span></a> <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/HTPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HTPC</span></a> <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/Wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wayland</span></a> <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/ArchLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArchLinux</span></a></p>
VetGaming<p>40 Minutes - We go LIVE for our FIRST-EVER YouTube Gaming Double-Feature! | Playing Far Cry New Dawn &amp; Police Simulator: Patrol Officers | <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/livestream" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>livestream</span></a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/KgY44gpNugs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/live/KgY44gpNugs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> | <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/steamos" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>steamos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nobara41" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nobara41</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linuxgaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linuxgaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamingonlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gamingonlinux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HTPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HTPC</span></a></p>
S31bz<p>Made a bit of a look back on my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LinuxGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxGaming</span></a> last year while kinda noting that I haven't been doing as much in my free time since before the new job.<br><a href="https://www.s31bz.com/blog/2025/1/9/looking-back-on-my-2024-linux-gaming-in-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">s31bz.com/blog/2025/1/9/lookin</span><span class="invisible">g-back-on-my-2024-linux-gaming-in-2025</span></a><br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/htpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>htpc</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/proton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proton</span></a></p>
AxL<p>Captura de <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spacemarine2" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spacemarine2</span></a> del <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/htpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>htpc</span></a> <br />mañana va a ser la bombaaaa 🤭🤣🤣🤣</p>
AxL<p>El <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/htpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>htpc</span></a> está completo y cerrado <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lacriaturaestaviva" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lacriaturaestaviva</span></a></p>
Semmelstulle<p>So I finally achieved fully functional <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HDR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gaming</span></a> on my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bazzite" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bazzite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/htpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>htpc</span></a> !</p><p>But even though I’m using a high spec DP 1.4a to HDMI 2.1 cable, it won’t pick up the 120Hz or VRR capabilities of my TV</p>
oulu 🦎<p>lovely. :BlobHajMlem: </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plex" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plexamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plexamp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>streaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfhost" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>selfhost</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mediaserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mediaserver</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/htpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>htpc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/soundtrack" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>soundtrack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>movies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/netflix" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>netflix</span></a></p>
AxL<p>El ordenador de la cueva no arranca... Pinta a fuente y/o placa o cable haciendo el mongo xooooooo puedo aprovechar y coger piezas del antiguo <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/htpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>htpc</span></a> y liarla muy muy parda 🥳🥳🥳 (se viene pc xa simracing, bueno lo q de con una <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gtx980" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gtx980</span></a> 😅).<br />Si es que me meto en unos berenjenales yo solo... 🤷🤷</p>
Čapor<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HTPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HTPC</span></a> people nowadays:</p><p>You may say I&#39;m a streamer<br />But I&#39;m not the only one</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kodi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>kodi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>streaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stremio" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stremio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>movies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/films" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>films</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peertube" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>peertube</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/funkwhale" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>funkwhale</span></a></p>
Cegorach<p>Can anyone recomend a good <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/HTPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HTPC</span></a> or case/board combo that can use some optical drive?</p><p>Most important is low power consumption (i.e. chinesium-quality device with N200 would be okay), but things like that don't come with space for optical drives anymore?</p><p>Don't really want to have a bunch of separate boxes (i.e. compute stick and external drive) around.</p><p>Alternatively something like a i3 <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/NUC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NUC</span></a>? (but those never came with large drives?)</p><p>Had some asus thin-mini-itx case once… that was nice?</p>
Čapor<p>Can <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kodi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kodi</span></a> addons show content in cards, carousels and have multiple categories such as Trending or Continue Watching on a single pane?</p><p>Or are lists and endless submenus where it&#39;s at?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/htpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>htpc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smarttv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>smarttv</span></a></p>
Čapor<p>How about an ultimate modern-console-equivalent distro that combines latest gaming efforts ( <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChimeraOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChimeraOS</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroDeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RetroDeck</span></a> ) with those of media/streaming ( <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LibreELEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LibreELEC</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kodi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kodi</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlasmaBigscreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PlasmaBigscreen</span></a> )?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HTPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HTPC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/console" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>console</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opengamepadui" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>opengamepadui</span></a></p>
AndrewR<p>Home Theatre PCs (<a href="https://bne.social/tags/HTPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HTPC</span></a>) are definitely the way to go IMO. No ads and better for <a href="https://bne.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a>.</p><p>My setup: an old laptop with mpv, Kodi, JellyCon plugin and KDE Connect; mobile phone with Kore and KDE Connect; an always-on PC with Jellyfin (the backend for streaming). I can use my mobile to start episodes, pause etc. either through KDE Connect or Kore (Kore connects to Kodi).</p><p>I've improved it over time, originally it was just VLC on my laptop, and later, VLC + KDE Connect.</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/tv-industrys-ads-tracking-obsession-is-turning-your-living-room-into-a-store/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0</span><span class="invisible">8/tv-industrys-ads-tracking-obsession-is-turning-your-living-room-into-a-store/</span></a></p>
ℒӱḏɩę :blahaj:<p>What we have here is my favorite <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/htpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>htpc</span></a> loaded with a Pentium III, <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/gravisultrasound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gravisultrasound</span></a> PnP, <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/soundblaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soundblaster</span></a> and <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Yamaha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yamaha</span></a> DB50XG hardware MIDI daughterboard. It's a retro audio monster, and long <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/cubicplayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cubicplayer</span></a> sessions are the norm! <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/sbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sbc</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/trackermusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trackermusic</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/msdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>msdos</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/freedos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedos</span></a></p>
La Chaine STvE<p><a href="https://youtu.be/qTBCxtncoMU?si=KGMiw44CSh0o5k-M" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/qTBCxtncoMU?si=KGMiw4</span><span class="invisible">4CSh0o5k-M</span></a></p><p>Transformez votre vieil ordinateur en un lecteur <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/multim%C3%A9dia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>multimédia</span></a> haut de gamme avec cette configuration <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KAZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KAZ</span></a> !<br />Vous avez un vieil ordinateur qui traîne dans un coin et qui ne sert plus ? Ne le jetez pas ! <br />Avec cette configuration Kazcorporation, vous pouvez le transformer en un lecteur multimédia haut de gamme pour profiter de vos DVD, Blu-Ray et autres supports préférés.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HTPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HTPC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HomeCinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HomeCinema</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kodi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kodi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MediaCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MediaCenter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlienwareAlpha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AlienwareAlpha</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConfigKAZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ConfigKAZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DIY</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Entertainment</span></a></p>
RxBrad<p>I remember when I bought my first (overpriced) <a href="https://mastodon.rxbrad.com/tags/HTPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HTPC</span></a> with a fancy CableCard tuner in 2006. </p><p>It had this neat BIOS bug in its motherboard where it would instantly reboot after exactly 60 minutes of on-time. </p><p>And also it had a defective SATA cable that would randomly disconnect the hard drive.</p><p>Computers have always been fun!</p>
:neobread: Bolet :neobread:<p>So yesterday I was wondering why my Jellyfin installation was running so janky and slow and discovered I was using it without any connection to the GPU because the kernel modules for AMD were not loaded in the grub. I went on installing Fedora packages without checking twice, and edited the grub cmdline thinking the server wont boot but it worked on first and now I have a Jellyfin at full potential with AMD hardware accel</p> <a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/htpc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#htpc</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/mediaserver" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mediaserver</a>