The Uncast Show

Jason from ByteMyBits

May 03, 2023 Unraid Season 2 Episode 17
The Uncast Show
Jason from ByteMyBits
Show Notes

Plex Master Jason from ByteMyBits pops by to chat with Ed about AI, Plex, Emby, Unraid apps and plugins, and much more!
Big thanks to Jason for spending the time with us answering user questions and getting to know the man behind ByteMyBits a little more.  

Show Timestamps:

01:00- Hellos and Intros

02:20 - Internet Speed Discussion: Upload Throttle Limits 

03:35 - What Are You Watching, Jason?

05:00 - Unraid 6.12 release announcement 

06:01 - New Unraid Dashboard Talk

07:05 - How big is Jason's Media Server, Loki?

8:15 - How Jason arranges his 168TB Btrfs DVR Files with Blue Iris, scripts, and ChatGPT

10:50 - CCTV drives: are they encrypted, and are there plans to switch filesystems to ZFS with Unraid 6.12?

12:40 - ZFS in the Unraid Main Array - Compression, encryption of data sets, and ZFS Send

15:00 - Deleting Data by Mistake 

16:45 - Snapshots

17:45 - Initial thoughts on ChatGPT, Bard, and AI

21:05 - Chat GPT Banned in Italy

22:40 - Could AI Steal from Businesses and Companies?

25:55 - Plex Questions: Transcoding, Bottlenecks, and how to diagnose and remove bottlenecks

29:10 - H265: Does Jason Like It?

30:55 - i5 13600k and 13900k talk

32:10 - How to optimize server power usage (watch out for old power supplies)

35:00 - Home Assistant uses and setup (Docker vs. VM)

37:45 - User Question: Has Jason ever regretted showing tech mishaps?

40:18 - Audio Question from Nathan: What is Jason's favorite Unraid app outside of Plex?

41:50 - Question from bigbigspoon: Show us your Dockers running!

45:01 - Thoughts on Emby vs. Plex

47:15 - Plex's UI, market positioning and business decisions

49:50 - Media Clients

52:23 - User Question for Ed: What is your favorite ByteMyBits video?

56:46 - Last User Question from furry67: What is the recommended server for config for VMs and Containers?

59:30 - Performance and Efficiency Cores

1:04:10 - Keeping the i9 CPU Cores cool, Delid, and Lapping CPUs discussion

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