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@gohaun I LOVE Ventoy but Balena is the recommended ISO loader

@ViktorMizzael - That is uniquely strange behavior. I'd really look into what is going on with your router (assuming it is using DHCP to assign IP address's and that is why it keeps changing) In the interim, can you statically set the IP of your device in your router in an attempt to prevent the IP from changing? At a minimum, I'd check if there are either router updates or other settings that could be causing IP to change like that...never heard of that happening. Lemme know what happens.

It's a made up word that is easily understood to be "messed up" or, more plainly, "made a big mistake". Another reason it can be funny is it is similar to the name of the bad guy in "Back to the Future"

lol...he said "biffed"

What does this mean? Three different IP addresses?

Welcome @beardedbrewer!!

It happens and welcome to HexOS!

@temp_user I recommend using the email account you used during registration. How long ago did you use the contact form and which email address did you use - the one you used at registration or the email you used for this "temp_user" account?

@CrimsonBlade104 If you were willing to use all new drives to expand the existing pool capacity, that could work. But is sounds like the easiest path for you, especially since you have relatively small pool, would be to back up with the drive capacity/quantity you think will best serve your needs over time. Good luck!

My mans got a back up propane genny???? Link pease!!

Added this to our DIRECTORY OF GUIDES.

+ 1 on this idea. However, it occurred to me that this may be a Plex question and not necessarily a TN question. Meaning, if TN is set to GPU pass-through then, that'd be it from a TN perspective. The question to Plex should be "if Plex server is set to HW transcode for my specific C/GPU, why would a docker edit be required to enable this feature?" My setting mirrors yours:

Yeah, this kinda confused me as well. I also have integrated GPU via the Intel N100. I have that set in Plex server but need to check the TNUI. It would be worth digging to verify whether or not the settings you mention are sufficient or if the docker edit I linked to is also required. This might be a good post to the TN forums (or perhaps searching their forums first).

Somehow missed your comment. Until just a bit ago I didn't know how to check the transmission method (direct or transcoding) but I sure do appreciate your help, sir!!

Been educating myself reading a bunch of Plex articles, which has been helpful, but it looks like in order to take advantage of Intel Quick Sync Video hardware decode, I would have to make an edit in my docker container. So...that looks fun. https://github.com/plexinc/pms-docker#intel-quick-sync-hardware-transcoding-support

@markrieder - You can create a torrent using Transmission. Just go to file and click new. Here is a guide but they worded it a bit differently: https://umatechnology.org/how-to-create-torrent-files-share-them-using-transmission/

Oh my damn! Dude, thank you SO much!! Now I can really start to troubleshoot. I really do appreciate your help @Theo - next time I see you beers are on me.

When not running anything? This: I ran two different files; a compressed 1080p ~1GB file of a show (From) and a compressed 2160p 25GB file of a movie (Nosferatu) of which, neither glitch but both are encoded via x265.

@Theo - Thanks for your reply! As I've never used Plex, I'm going to take this slow. I do have Plex Pass and have pointed the plex app (tv) to the plex server (TrueNAS IP on port 32400) but am not seeing where to manually apply an IP on the server side other than where I identify my ip/subnet as networks that are allowed without auth (network section). I've attempted to force direct streaming via the server: As well as in the app by settings>Video>Force Direct Play is checked and both Allow Direct Play & Allow Direct Stream unchecked. Still glitching on some media files. SO weird.

No worries at all, mate! I appreciate you taking your time to reply.

Hi @luke9912 - Since you've already reached out to support I'll go ahead and tag @jerod and @jonp to try and help get you sorted.

I've doubled the RAM to 8GB available to Plex and added GPU passthrough in the TrueNAS interface as a test to see if that helps (even though I *think I still want Plex to just send the file and not transcode) Will reply if this changes anything.

All good homie!

@ulfn your tagging doesn't appear to be working. Does it look right to you when viewing your posts above?

This is a great video that should really help those new to DIY/used builds. A huge thank you to @ubergeek for taking his time to share his experience; hopefully this helps reduce costs, e-waste and frustrations while also growing our community, especially the new-to-home build folks!! 🤓