Unraid is the bee’s knees, especially for being beginner friendly. You use the internet browser of another computer on the same network to access the web GUI of the server.
Most game servers, Palworld included, have ready to go templates in their “App Store,” for running the servers as Docker containers.
Lmao, that got me good! “List of things it does better than Windows: open dxdiag.”
Beat me to it. Outstanding controller, with replaceable parts staight from 8bitDo.
I’ve done a decent amount of Distro hopping with an all team red PC, and CachyOS is fantastic. I recommend Bazzite for people who want no bullshit, OOTB experience. But if you don’t mind minor tinkering, CachyOS is just too good at what it accomplishes. Their gaming meta package, which has custom wine & proton builds, is is such an easy way to milk out that last bit of performance. Their kernel manager and Firefox fork are also just so well done. Not to mention they’re ahead of the game for things like the upcoming NTSYNC in Linux 6.14. Last but not least their default Cachy kernel is the cherry on top.
The CPU was done in BIOS on an ASUS x570. For me it was under AI Tweaker > Precision Boost Override > Curve Optimizer.
The GPU was done in the driver software on Windows. Or LACT if on Linux.
Unraid + Unifi network equipment. Everything is scheduled and automatic, with the exception of large Unraid updates, but those are only every ~6 months. Every night mover from cache SSD - > HDD array, then checks for plugin updates, then docker container updates, if Monday morning SSD trim, and if 1st of the month does an array parity check/repair.
After all that if it’s Monday morning, Unifi will check for firmware then software updates.
Sometimes a docker container will get a breaking update maybe once a year, and then I just go look @ documentation and see what needs to be changed to the config to fix.
It will help some, and will also help temps, but AMD hardware does well with undervolting, especially the 5800X3D. I undervolt mine, and read the consensus that - 30 across all cores should be achievable for anyone, unless they’re really, really unlucky. My 6800 XT I also only run @ 92% Voltage, and it runs cooler and faster now, too.
Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC is hands down the best! A nearly naked fresh Windows install. Just Defender and Edge. And even then, a lot of the performance impacting Defender options are unavailable due to the W11 version.
It’s still my go to for gaming. Once it’s all set up, it just stays out of the way, and runs as lean as modern Windows can.
I highly, highly recommend adding StartAllBack on top of it. Makes the bottom toolbar much, much better.
I always use a single copy/paste Winget command to install nearly everything in one go, without needing any interaction for each install. Also allows updating installed programs with a single command.
Massgrave.dev for ISO’s and activation.
Edit: For some features, you have to be comfortable using Powershell as admin. I myself have to Powershell install 2 AppX packages before I can use Winget. If you go with this version feel free to message me for help.
Someone already did it, and it’s pressure sensitive. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Yeeeee. I think this is because browser playback requires transcoding, where as MPV is like VLC, in that it can play all the file types and codecs.
Jellyfin to MPV Shim.
The website I didn’t know I needed. Thank you!
All my friends remember when by about +/-3 days. Every year I invite everyone to meet for food and drinks one night.
Thank you! What I think fixed it for me was Proton-Experimental. Works like normal again with CachyOS Wine Staging.
- update wine to bleeding-edge (fixes battle.net broken updates)
Just in time for me to have struggled with this just 5 hours ago, but I managed to fix it and I’m not sure how.
Bazzite if you want ezpz. CachyOS if you like tinkering, learning, and want to squeeze out that last bit of a peformance boost.
Unexpectedly outstanding distro. New favorite, by a lot.
Reading their reply reminded me:
When you first install Jellyfin’s repo, and then addon, the initial setup starts. It will ask you if you want to use it Native mode or Plugin mode. Chose Plugin, Native has been deprecated and won’t work. Plugin mode now basically just points Kodi to where the video files live on the server with Jellyfin. For me it still eliminates ALL transcoding, including HDR, subtitles, and Dolby Atmos/DTS-X.
Then the extra addon Kodi Sync makes Kodi play nicely with Jellyfin’s internal database, and makes progress and newly added media sync instantly and in the background.
Their documentation is very good, just remember Native Mode is deprecated and Plugin Mode now does the same thing.
Did you use the addon where you have to access Jellyfin from the Addons menu and then use the weird UI with way too many sub-menus? Their own addon where you add their repo is the best IMO, it adds all your jellyfin media (except live tv) to Kodi’s native UI/categories. So all the movies show up under Movies, get their own card, can be opened to see all the scraped online data, like actors, plot, and posters. Same for music and shows.
I personally just love Kodi. It’s UI is probably the most intuitive UI I’ve ever used. It’s just so clean and simple, and CoreELEC makes it fast and efficient. The only media format it can’t play is Dolby Vision, but all my media that has DV has other HDR fallbacks.
Then if I wanna watch something not on my TV with N2+ everything is synced with Jellyfin, so all my progress is saved and I can for example, pick up on a show where I left off watching it on my tablet with their app. A best of both worlds setup for me.
AMDs always get a wack, ultra safe, and high voltage. I undervolt all my AMD GPUs and CPUs. Makes quite the difference.