I have in fact never used MakeMKV in that way, I’ve always used the backup option. That makes it a lot easier, thanks so much for pointing me into the right direction!

That’s a good hint, although I wouldn’t mind too mich. personally. My server is located in the basement.

I don’t keep track actively. I noticed problems when reading a file and looked at the drive with smartctl for that reason. Does anybody know how to keep track actively?

that wouldn’t be a problem for me, as my server is located in the basement. But good to know!

my currently failing drive is a WD as well… 🥴 I bought it a year ago, I think…

I was thinking actual hard drives, not SSDs…

That’s exactly what I was looking for - I came across MakeMKV before, but couldn’t find a recent Linux version - didn’t think of Flathub, though. None of the guides that come up if you look for dvd ripping on linux mention it, though… Thanks mate!

Oh great! I came accross MakeMKV before, but couldn’t find a recent version. Didn’t think of Flathub…

Strangely, playing was working fine. Just when I try to convert it has sync issues… I’m probably just too simpleminded to make it work that way, but VLC doesn’t make it easy to do it right either, I guess…

you could look into other ways of pirating, that don’t necessarily require a vpn, instead. in may country it’s mainly problematic to use torrents, because you automatically are sharing stuff as well. IRC is something that I never had a problem with, for example. you’re only downloading and it doesn’t cost you anything. there are xdcc search engines out there. The downsides are that it’s a bit nerdy (is it a downside. though?) and you’ll mostly find current mainstream content.

totally would

yes thank you!

what’s the technical basis for this anyway? is it safe to use without a vpn (ie. is it using p2p connections). didn’t find something immediately in the docs, maybe someone can shed some light?

i like fruit, so I have kiwi, mango, …

that’s a good idea. i have some of my configurations under version control, but mostly on codeberg. not sure how renovate integrates there…

The bot consumes the atom feed of a repository, but I don’t use a feed reader. you could also just let Github notify you for new releases. But I don’t pay much attention to github notifications either. I’m a lot more likely to notice something like that if it’s integrated into my social media consumption.

Amazing, thanks for your work!

I absolutely do, not necessarily on the pirating tools I use , though.

you mean without a dynamic hostname in between? but then you would still need to know about a changed prefix, wouldn’t you?

I assume you have a dynamic ip. what I did for that scenario: setup a dyndns hostname somewhere, configure a subdomain (e.g. jellyfin.example.com) with a cname dns record pointing to the dyndns hostname. you will have to setup updating of the dyndns hostname, this can be done in the fritz box and port forwarding to your jellyfin pc.

I have my music organized by artist and (mostly) album subfolders. My music is also tagged and that’s what really matters most to me in terms of Navidrome.

Did you know about !navidrome@discuss.tchncs.de , btw?

Look in the network settings, you should see the option there. I’m not on my notebook right now, so I can’t tell exactly, sorry…

You can bind qbittorrent to the vpn network interface. If it’s not there, no traffic. That’s my approach.

Funkwhale is very nice as well, but it’s not as easy to administrate - I have been running an older version for quite some time and didn’t succeed in updating to a newer version. Also, it supports some features (like federation) that I don’t need. So Navidrome is just a better fit for me…

Ditch the www prefix

Normally yes. Normal means you’re using an IPv4 connection. Should you have an IPv6 connection, each device get’s its own ip. But i guess you would know if you set that up. Your router could tell you more…

It’s a fascist social network

Is PIA still supporting Gab? They are burnt for me since they actively advertised them as affiliates…