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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • Crazy idea, but if you can’t get the bandwidth to support a media server like Jellyfin or Emby where you live, what about placing a server at a trusted relatives or friends house that does have access to high bandwidth? You might need/want to help offset a better internet plan for them though. You could then setup a VPN connection to be able to manage the server remotely and sync files and media to it. You could even use it for off site backup.


  • I back up everything. I use Stablebit Drivepool with duplication for all of my source code, media, photos, documents, music, books, laptop backups, etc. I back that up periodically to a Drobo DAS and 8 Bay USB enclosure setup under Drivepool. I also have off site backup (working on a new NAS which will be accessed over a VPN). I don’t want to spend the time worrying about loosing anything I have put time and effort into. Been there and done that. Drives are relatively inexpensive but can fail without warning.


  • I bought both Plex and Emby. I started with Plex but had some technical issues related to my machine having multiple IP addresses so I switched to Emby. I tried Jellyfin before switching to Emby but it wasn’t as capable as Plex or Emby (at least at the time) and I wanted something with some commercial support behind it. I have been pretty satisfied with Emby, but do wish it would get requested features added in a much more timely manner.


  • After looking at other’s lists I think I am missing a good document server. Emby isn’t the best music and photo server so I could look at improving that, but it has been good enough for those purposes that I haven’t felt like going to the trouble of installing anything else.

    • Aster: Multiseat software for Windows allows several users to work on the same PC.
    • LaunchBox: Frontend for DOSBox, modern PC games and emulated console platforms.
    • Blue Iris: Video security and webcam software
    • Calibre: E-Book management and server
    • Emby: Server for videos, music, audio books, and photos.
    • Firewalla: VPN server, internet monitor and control
    • Foundary Virtual Tabletop: Online role-playing game server.
    • Grafana: Dashboard interface
    • Hubitat: Home automation
    • Hyper-V Manager: Tool that allows users to manage Hyper-V hosts and virtual machines (VMs)
    • InfluxDB: Real-time database server.
    • IotaWatt: Open WiFi electric power monitor
    • Microsoft SQL Server: Database Server
    • Octoprint: Web interface for 3D printers.
    • PCem: Emulator for various old 8086 through Pentium PCs.
    • SmartSync Pro: File sync program
    • SnapRaid: Backup program for disk arrays.
    • Stablebit DrivePool/Scanner: Disk pooling, file duplication, protection, disk surface scanner, and disk health monitoring
    • Steam Link: Access and play steam games remotely