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#11

Off-Topic Community / Re: TV Show Thread

Last post by nnodley - Nov 20, 2025, 10:25 PM

Lost is probably my all time favorite show ever. Sure it had issues in later seasons but dang the character arcs and twists and turns were awesome, imo.  

#12

Off-Topic Community / Re: TV Show Thread

Last post by kitler53 - Nov 20, 2025, 09:36 PM

i watched a bit of lost season 1 but i hated it.


i watched twin peaks a few years back just because a good friend of mine wouldn't shut up about it.   not horrible but not nearly as great as i was told.

#13

Off-Topic Community / Re: TV Show Thread

Last post by Legend - Nov 20, 2025, 08:35 PM

Fraid not. 

I remember watching the pilot when it first aired. My mom drove me home from speech therapy, we got panda express, and then we watched it live.

I was so confused. Mostly about the fact I didn't know what "pilot" meant for a tv show 

#14

Off-Topic Community / Re: TV Show Thread

Last post by the-pi-guy - Nov 20, 2025, 07:44 PM

Twin Peaks is another big show I need to get to watch.  

#15

Off-Topic Community / Re: TV Show Thread

Last post by the-pi-guy - Nov 20, 2025, 07:39 PM

Have you never watched lost!?!?

Fraid not.  

#16

Off-Topic Community / Re: TV Show Thread

Last post by Legend - Nov 20, 2025, 07:38 PM

I think what I'm going to try starting to get next month:

- Lost
- Simpsons Seasons 9-12

Have you never watched lost!?!?

#17

Off-Topic Community / Re: TV Show Thread

Last post by the-pi-guy - Nov 20, 2025, 07:20 PM

I think what I'm going to try starting to get next month:

- Lost 
- Simpsons Seasons 9-12

#18

Off-Topic Community / Re: Video Files - playing, edi...

Last post by the-pi-guy - Nov 20, 2025, 06:24 PM

Interesting. Do people have to select the lower bitrate in advance when streaming, like selecting a different movie? Or is it seamless?

There are a few different routes.  

You can pre-transcode picking the profile and bitrate you want. 


While streaming, you can choose options like 4k [40 Mbps], 1080p [20 Mbps], 1080p [10 Mbps]. 

There is an automatic setting as well. 

#19

Off-Topic Community / Re: AI General Thread

Last post by Legend - Nov 20, 2025, 06:24 PM

Thanks for finding the source. The context flips the script. It's not out of nowhere weird responses, it's a chain of statements.

#20

Off-Topic Community / Re: Video Files - playing, edi...

Last post by Legend - Nov 20, 2025, 06:14 PM

Been working on a custom scheduled task to downscale my 4k movies for when people struggle to stream them. 


Kind of fun.

- have a C# project publishing to my NAS. 

- had to set up the conversion (4k -> a low bitrate 1080p, while mapping all the audio and subtitles)

- figured out how to use the gpu instead

- still have to figure out why it crashes after it's done.

Plex will also do this, but I have been having issues with it. It hasn't been running. And Plex doesn't keep the subtitles.

Interesting. Do people have to select the lower bitrate in advance when streaming, like selecting a different movie? Or is it seamless?