Recently, Plex keeps importing old movies in my library as new, and I’ve been trying to figure out why that’s happening. It’s been especially annoying, as it is discarding the custom posters and other metadata that I’ve entered for the movie, and wiping out a lot of work I did to make the metada nice […]
This is a collection of helpful notes, and a suite of scripts written for my Mac mini M2 server, that help with server reliability, and notifications of errors. This server currently runs Plex, DEVONthink Server, Sonos, and Apple Music.
The scripts in this document have some sensitive information replaced with placeholders, for privacy. Otherwise they […]
As companies start to decide that sometimes it is better for them to remove access to media that you have “purchased” — I thought it would be good to share how I manage my media at home.
This is a living document that I plan to update with more details and better techniques, as I […]
This is more to remind myself of how to do it — it may not be 100% complete, or exactly fit your needs!
I’m going to assume that you have the Docker package installed, and a Docker container running on the Synology NAS, serving http content on a port that is not 80 or 443 […]
I used to live near DC and went to the Uptown theatre there a lot (sadly, now closed, due to the pandemic). I just came across this clipping I saved while sorting and tossing old papers. It’s from Sunday, January 29, 1995, in The Washington Post, talking about how their old vertical-strip Cinerama screen […]
I’ve recently transitioned to using a PC for all of my media transcoding and hosting Plex, so I can keep my Macs unburdened and ready for real work. The only thing is — when Handbrake is compressing something, it pegs all of my CPU cores at 100%, leaving not much left for Plex Media Server […]
For the first time in nearly seven years, I am now unemployed. Yesterday, along with several other people, I was laid off from my job at The Omni Group, and I’m now looking for new work. UPDATE: Here is a link to my resume PDF and my complete CV.
First of all, thank […]
