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Very cool, thank you

Funfact: Plex was originally forked from XBMC

Great ideas! Really enjoyed the video

Loved this video, the fact that you showed more of the average Joe type of stuff really made the video more valuable to me.

The music is way too loud! I can't understand without subtitles.

Please Please No Back Ground Music

WHY IS THE BACKGROUND MUSIC SO DAMN LOUD?

found one of these in the recycle bin! sadly no psu. I tried a 65W and 90W but she keeps beeping 4x. Could be the board or could be the psu doesn't have enough Wattage. The hunt continues. If i can get it to boot up, i'll buy the caddy. Is that an affiliate link?

Narration drowned out by background musak. Had to give up watching.

I'm using jellyfin on a 2011 mac mini running linux mint. Works like a dream. Anyone can install jellyfin. So easy and powerful media server

Plex sucks. I much prefer Jellyfin. But your mention of Kodi has intrigued me

Oh I loved the video! I might actually do the NAS thing. Also could you tell me whay the background music you used is? Its very catchy haha

I would love to see your in-depth vid on how to DIY my own arcade game. I'm only mildly nerdy, so I need a fully dumbed down version (minimum specs? Programs? Settings?), but I can build stuff! And I know I have at least a couple of old computers sitting around.. please tag me here if and when you post it!

Good video music is tad pronounced

Do you know if the maximum ram is 16 GB (2 times 8)? A Linux command showed 4 banks but clearly there are only two. There is not a lot of info out there on this model.

This is the area of tech I'm most interested in as well. I love various mini PCs and especially used office machines of various sizes. I use them for the same things. Regarding the first topic, I also have been set up for SMB shares and Kodi. I started trying out Jellyfin earlier this year and it didn't work for me the way I was hoping. I had too many issues on the client side on desktop. On Android it was fine because it could work with external players which was important, though it didn't keep the right resume point in some cases. I also should mention I don't need transcoding right now in which case Jellyfin would be better suited. To be clear, I liked Jellyfin, but it wasn't fully where I needed it to be. The ease of setup of the server was really nice. I've been meaning to try Open Media Vault and did some reading on that a couple of months ago. It's on my list of things to do. I did read up on it compared to TrueNAS and I think OMV sounds like a better fit for me. Another project on my list is to turn a mini PC into a router to have more options and control over the stock firmware of my current router setup(which I do like). I picked up an older Zotac/Datto mini PC for that which has two network interfaces. I probably didn't need it as I have another Zotac I could have repurposed for that, but my plans for my machines keep changing so I thought I needed the second one. That possibly leaves me with an extra mini PC, which is a nice problem to have. As for the gaming aspect, that's my main interest, and I love putting Retroarch on everything. I like plain Retroarch. I'm very familiar with it and know my way around. I find the various bespoke images like Batocera irritating. I have never liked EmulationStation and I hate how disjointed it all feels. I'm quite aware that people find Retroarch infuriating to use, so this is a case of use what you like best. And I have one Dell Optiplex tower with a 4770(you got me beat there, barely) and I just threw an inexpensive used GPU, an RX550. Mostly I wanted to finally play Guilty Gear Xrd, and it's amazing how far that old setup goes as I realized I could run a number of interesting games I missed such as the Batman Arkham games which I also recently bought for about four bucks a game.

I can turn one into a mid level gaming PC you won't be able to run higher end games but the older games you can run. Though there's some backend stuff to allow the machine to have enough memory to run things quickly. I have a free Plex account and it's a good source for old movies and TV shows, I haven't tried the pro subscription yet but so far it's not necessary

TruNas scale is the way either bar metal or on proxmox.

Great video. Very well explained. Best wishes from Panama 🇵🇦

Liked and subscribed Good stuff Thank-you for your time and effort

got hexos to put on a few boxes like these

I just stumbled on your channel. For years when I'd upgrade my and my wife's PC to the next latest and greatest version of Windows I'd recycle one of the old desktops as a poor man's server. This last go around (Win 10) decided to use a laptop as home server to minimize power consumption. The server is a T420 Thinkpad, I replaced the HDD with an SSD and stuck a large HDD into the DVD drive bay. The laptop is the destination for scheduled backups, NetTime NTP time server for LAN devices and runs an Abyss web for internal family web stuff. With the desktop servers I used an KVM to share peripherals. Being a laptop it has its own display so found a spiffy HID sharing program called Input director that let you share kybd and mouse by simply moving the mouse to a predesignated side of the main computer screen. I was not aware of Home Assistant, thanks for the info. I'm not a fan of putting home stuff stuff into the cloud. I've built a number of home automation devices, they have a built in web interface but it is not easily customizable or integrate multiple devices into a unified whole. This sounds like something to add to my someday TO-DO list.

Started with Kodi, but having to configure each device was a pain. Switched to Jellyfin on a Pi5 and it's been so great. No issues with 1080p videos with a decent bit rate. Don't really do 4k. Paired with Radarr and Sonarr, it's been so perfect.

drop the background music its like sitting in the dentist waiting room you might get more hits

I use a second hand thin client for a multi-use server. I upgraded it with more ram and a bigger flash drive and it's become the brain of my home automation, media server etc. Highly recommended!

home assistant is great i use an old laptop for it... i don't think it is a tough task for it unless maybe you use it for ( too many?) video cameras

I’m 62 and leagally blind so slow with keyboard I think I’ll try Lennox since my out of date soon Dell 7050 Will lose windows 10 soon which system do you recommend?

Very hard to hear you talking... time stamps would be handy too. Cool ideas though, im a big fan of the home nas idea...

theres a low profile rtx 3050 it will use 70W

Really enjoyed your video. Informative with links. Straight forward and not overly presentational or cute. Well done. Insta-follow.

How many watts is the external power brick I've heard it doesn't boot with one less than 180w with mxm. You can get a mxm to nvme adaptor for these too you can then use that for a nvme egpu or whatever else i have had issues with most amd cards i have used in the egpu setup though nvidia cards work great i have a 2060 in one and its amazing for the size of it

Dang I just bought an Optiplex 3040 and now you got me thinking about chrome boxes 😂

a good introduction to alternative uses for old slow computers, thanks

Hi from hull UK

I really enjoyed the content. I like using cheap equipment to perform basic tasks. I concur with others about ditching the 70s p0rn music.

I bought a Plexpass subscription years ago because I wanted to make sure I could stream my ripped CD collection anywhere. I use it constantly, and it has been a worthwhile investment. It also allows me to share my small movie collection with family.

Generally I like using these types of smaller older PCs for a few things - Retro gaming (MAME) machines, DVD rippers, jukeboxes. I've also got plans to turn one in an AXE-FX type guitar FX unit. I've seen Batocera and need to give it go to update some of my old retro gaming machines when I find time. I've been meaning to make a HTPC also as the amount of apps available for TVs can leave a lot to be desired. Kodi's fine as a media centre if your collection isn't too big. I find it doesn't scrape correctly a lot of the time (even if you use the conventional naming required). That being said, I've also always had issues with Plex. That's why I currently just run Emby on a NAS to do all the background work and use Kodi on the TV to stream from Emby. You can use Jellyfin but I find that there's better options in Emby (even though it's proprietary).

Just jumped on tye jellyfin train... terribly un-impressed so far 🤷

I just stumbled across your channel... I'm a similar old school techie and im looking forward to more information on what i can do with a lot of my old tech 🤷

Like @ashemoski said, you should turn the laptop fan upside down, so it can suck the hot air out of the receiver. It makes sense, because laptops usually sit on the fan and the hot air comes out at the bottom. I'm also using a laptop fan for a pre/pro and it does its job relatively well.

Great use for old PC is either a digital jukebox or internet radio. Both need minimal horsepower and provide endless hours of listening pleasure.

would be able to show a setup of how you attach your nas to kodi, and how it works through a router, and switch to connect to devices in your house?

i have been taken old labtops for years and turn them in to reto gamer power house's batocera & 35'000 roms i sell/give them away lol

You might want to replace the glass on the door with wire mesh screen to help better ventilate the cabinet.

Hey Todd, have you tinkered with the mini PCIe slot at 6:07? There looks to be a port panel shown on the left at 6:00. I'm wondering if that's where the factory WLAN card went, and if that could sustain a dual 2.5GbE NIC.

I use a computer fan on top of my receivers. what a difference it makes. give me air flow or give me death said the receiver

I used Plex with a Synology drive for a while, and it would work well with ripped DVDs but stutter on Blu-Rays. From time to time, Plex would self-nuke, and I would have to set it up again. It is extremely picky on how you name and organise your files, to the point where I couldn't get everything working since Plex hides its errors fairly well. I just got fed up with it and stopped using it. When they went commercial, I just gave up on the whole thing. I will try Kodi and see how that goes. I have a 14TB harddrive with about 1000 ripped DVDs and Blu-Rays (99% of which are my own), and I would love to get something working. I have an old Mac Mini I could use for this, as well as an XBox 360 Slim, which maybe can be converted.

Thank you great tips laptop fan

Very good information just learning how downloaded jellyfin other app so much learning

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