Having Done My Research, it would appear that a VM running in Proxmox can indeed have access to the HDMI port, and to Bluetooth for the controller. And given that the router side of things needs very little power, I think I'm going to try this.
Just need to work out how to go about it. And if it doesn't work, all I need to do is delete the VM and I'll have lost nothing.
All this time I've been getting my poor server to convert downloaded videos using the CPU and just accepting that it'll have to ramp up to 100% on all four cores, and I could have been using the (modest, but integrated) GPU.
So it turns out that if you're using ffmpeg without actively including hardware acceleration, you're setting yourself up for a bad time. Obvious, I'm sure. But I didn't realise until a few minutes ago that ffmpeg doesn't use the GPU automatically, and that you have to ask it to.
Just run the conversion on the same video file as before on my work PC with its integrated Intel i3 GPU which converted at 6.4x speed.
I'm actually blown away.
Now running the test with the same input file as before, using hevc_videotoolbox. It's going at 7300kbps, and almost 3x speed.
Blimey.
By way of (unfair) comparison, transcoding a file on my work PC with its 4ghz i3 and integrated GPU, it's chugging along at 2800kbps / .64x speed.
The same file on my M2 MacBook using videotoolbox is going at 6800kbps . 2.27x speed.
Ok, why didn't anyone tell me about the videotoolbox tag when using ffmpeg on Apple Silicon?
Transcoding one video using my usual script chuntered along at .6x, while the same video using -h264_videotoolbox speeds it up to 2.2x.
I'll have that.
I did briefly wonder about installing it in a container on the machine that's running my router, but a) it's probably not wise to put that extra burden on it, and b) I'm not sure Proxmox will allow it to access the HDMI output.
Now pondering using one of the Dell micro PCs I have as a Steam Link. I don't imagine it'll need to be particularly beefy just to accept a stream from another device on the network.
*ponderations intensify*
dear everyone who has a cat, please create a polygon of colorful tape on your floor and see what happens
(@mr.milothechonk)
Remember a couple of weeks back, where I was talking about the issues we were having streaming games to Apple TV?
Well, at this stage I'm 80% certain it's caused by AirDrop, and in particular, my MacBook.
Which is stupid.
I've just coined the term 'ButtsApp' for when someone accidentally messages the wrong person on WhatsApp.
I will be accepting my one million pounds at the earliest opportunity.
#nowPlaying #thePlaylist with @DJDarren
Wherein I am accused of suggesting offensive songs! Moi?!? 😮
https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/theplaylist-126-the-clap/
@alexpsmith Did the plane go on to write "fucking Christ things are shit nowadays"?
It's a blessing! A blessing from the lord!
Why yes, it is Tuesday. And yes, I am grumpy.
And yeah, sure, you could make the argument that he's the manager, so it's not his job to ensure that the minutiae like that is in place. But all the time he's spent grumbling at it and not directly asking me to fix it, but being somewhat insistent that I attend to it, he could have just done it and let me know.
We have an external audit today, so the normally-calm Chatty Manager is doing that absolutely infuriating thing of talking out loud the things he needs to be in place - things that I can do - so that I do them. He's not outright asking me to, but he asking me enough vague questions that I know that's what he's angling towards. And it's all simple stuff, but it's a decent pile of simple stuff which is distracting me from the thing I'm actually trying to do.
For example; for some reason we have two copies of our site induction in our Google drive, a situation of which I was not aware. So I've been updating the wrong one it seems. The one I've been updating is in the ./Inductions folder, the one he's pointed the QR code at is in /home.
Rather than simply copy the updated one into the correct location, he's tapping away at it on his PC and commenting on how it's the wrong one.
He has access to the same folders I do, and better access to what it is he wants to do, so why doesn't he just fucking do it instead of chunter on about how Things Are Wrong.
Behold this week's edition of #ThePlaylist, where @MrAndrewD wanted to hear your suggestions for songs about:
The Clap
Is this about rounds of applause, or the ol' Val Doonicans, or a secret third option? Listen in and find out.
#TheArchive - https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/theplaylist-126-the-clap/
Listen! Enjoy! Tell all your friends!
// https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //
// https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/ //
NEXT WEEK ON #ThePlaylist
Spooky season is once again very much upon us, and rather than do a generic Halloween playlist, we thought we'd go down the different, potentially more interesting route of:
Underworld
So will it be songs about Orpheus or Hades, bangers from the legendary British dance act, or songs about fictional lingerie factories in Manchester?
Sling your suggestions this way using #ThePlaylistSuggestion or, the form on the site ( https://djdarren.site/archive/suggestions/ ) and together we'll put together two solid hours of spooky underworldly tunes.
// https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //
// https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/ //
NEXT WEEK ON #ThePlaylist
Spooky season is once again very much upon us, and rather than do a generic Halloween playlist, we thought we'd go down the different, potentially more interesting route of:
Underworld
So will it be songs about Orpheus or Hades, bangers from the legendary British dance act, or songs about fictional lingerie factories in Manchester?
Sling your suggestions this way using #ThePlaylistSuggestion or, the form on the site ( https://djdarren.site/archive/suggestions/ ) and together we'll put together two solid hours of spooky underworldly tunes.
// https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //
// https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/ //
