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I used to have a 5700G system that I had to switch out to a 14600k system due to quciksync pass through.

I got my 14600K down to 55w from 75w with everything else being equal. Insane how efficient some setups can be.

My 16tb Pi sips at 13w max or 8w idle. But no encoding or enough storage for normal work. So it's warm storage

We use Tailscale to share between accounts.

But for large transfers I use an encrypted HDD.

I selfhost immich in a netcup VPS. They have a 2tb VM for about 22 euros a month via a black Friday sale

I'm on a 1tb arm plan for about 10 euros a month.

I am running Jellyfin in an Open Media Vault VM on top of Proxmox.

Jellyfin is in docker in OMV.

All disks are mounted in OMV and then mounted in Docker.

I have a 14600k that has an iGPU passthrough and it works fine. (Same generation iGPU I think)

mkdir /lib/firmware/i915/
cd /lib/firmware/i915/
wget https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/plain/i915/adls_dmc_ver2_01.bin
wget https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/plain/i915/tgl_guc_70.bin
wget https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/plain/i915/tgl_guc_70.1.1.bin
wget https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/plain/i915/tgl_huc.bin
update-initramfs -u

Then try this docker container to see if encoding works

docker run --rm ghcr.io/linuxserver/ffmpeg ffmpeg -hwaccels

Run the container

docker run --rm \
  --device /dev/dri:/dev/dri \
  --entrypoint ffmpeg \
  ghcr.io/linuxserver/ffmpeg \
  -init_hw_device qsv=hw:/dev/dri/renderD128 \
  -hwaccel qsv -hwaccel_device hw -hwaccel_output_format qsv \
  -f lavfi -i testsrc=duration=3:size=1280x720:rate=30 \
  -vf 'format=nv12,hwupload=extra_hw_frames=64' \
  -c:v h264_qsv -f null -

I'm on mobile so formatting maybe shit. But I think you can get the right idea with this.

I use a Sierra Wireless EM9293 with a USB3 to M.2 Key B 4G 5G Modem Adapter Enclosure with SIM Card Slot - V7 from Wireless Haven.

Impressive kit and costs me about 300 in parts.

Works natively with my Mikrotik USB port.

5G as in cellular?

I use MikroTik with a USB CAT 20 modem.

Client side or server side?

Reverse proxy if your home internet is decent.

50mbps upload is fine for me.

I had it running on a mini PC with 8tb of storage, but I couldn't get the latency down to where I want it, so I moved it to a VPS.

I run it on a VPS. Works great across oceans. Biggest gripe is that it doesn't load local content first. It checks online and then pulls from those thumbnails. So if you have a weak or slow connection, then you'll get a spinning wheel of death or assets that don't load properly.

Be kind rewind

I bought an IMAX film cell of Interstellar. It was a little pricey but I love the movie and I also shoot film.

I think that's PWM dimming vs DC dimming.

PWM dimming turns pixels on and off to make them darker. So for 50% of the brightness, it's off 50% of the time. Higher end panels flicker much faster which helps mitigate perceived flicker. I think 500hz and above is preferred.

For DC dimming is just using voltage to control the darkness with no flickering involved.