Author: Matthew Heick

How I made Plex work for me

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As I’ve written before, I run a Plex Media Server at my home, and have run many different configurations of set ups for almost 4 years. We originally ran the client off of our XBox 360 until the App was obsoleted, and now we enjoy it on desktops, mobiles, and on our Samsung TV, delivering high-quality content to our family.

Our current Plex Media Server is run on a 4-core/4GB laptop with an external USB-attached 6TB hard drive complete with a library of 1708 Movies and 111 TV Shows. It’s not an expensive set up and has paid itself off time and time again.

For the longest time i’ve used plex.tv to access my Plex Media Server remotely, and painfully have had to endure poor quality streaming because I wasn’t really aware about how Plex works behind the scenes. After some time I’ve learned the “why” and the “repairs” to be able to take my remote Plex Viewing up a notch.

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Rylunn Lloyd Charles Thompson, b.16/Jan/2003, d.1/Mar/2021

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Rylunn Lloyd Charles Thompson “Ry”, 18, of Jamestown, New York passed away unexpectedly on March 1, 2021. He was born on January 16th, 2003 the son of Michael and Lindsey Thompson in Jamestown, New York.

Rylunn was a lifelong Buffalo Bills fan. He ran track, enjoyed skate boarding, wrestling and was an excellent swimmer and diver. Rylunn adored his sisters and was the best big brother we could’ve asked for. He will forever be their guardian angel.

Rylunn survived by His mother, Lindsey Thompson of Erie Pennsylvania, his father, Michael Thompson of Jamestown, New York, his two sisters, Kiela Rayne and Jade Willow both of Jamestown, New York, his grandma Mary Shaffer and his nana Mary Lou Rodgers both of Jamestown, New York, his paternal grandmother, Debra Everson of Batavia, New York, His aunts and uncles, Peter Nalbone of Jamestown, New York, Jennifer Cejka of Amherst, New York, Shane Thompson of Erie Pennsylvania, Marcy Fanale and Cindy Rodgers, both of Jamestown, New York and Charles Rodgers III of Washington State. He also survived by many great aunts, great uncles, cousins, friends and his lifelong baby-sitter and friend, Nancy McCool.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather Charles Rodgers Jr., his paternal grandfather Donald Thompson and his papa Grant Everson.

Arrangements entrusted to Hubert Funeral Home.

Source: https://hubertfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/1249/Rylunn-Thompson/obituary.html

Smaller mkv with ffmpeg

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When you run a Plex Media Server you know that family and friends ask for specific content to be placed on it so they can watch it. It comes down that a “popular” series just finished up all 9 of their episodes and the wanted it to exist on our Plex. I was able to find the asked content, but was a bit surprised when the video content was a spectacular 1080p but the audio content defaulted to Brazilian Portuguese.

Lucky for me there was an English audio stream as well, but I felt it annoying that if I wanted to start watching this and have to swap to the secondary audio track every time. With the power of ffmpeg[static] and a couple smart command-line parameters I was able to re-make my videos with English as the default language and cut out all the unnecessary data.

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Darryl Eugene Lewis, b.14/Jun/1963, d.26/Feb/1990

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D. Lewis

Darryl E. Lewis, 26, of Avon Park, died Monday, Feb. 26, at Walker Memorial Hospital. A native of Avon Park, he was a cable installer for Volt Telephone Co. for five years. He attended the Baptist church.

He is survived by his mother, Loresa Lewis and father, Richard and Judith Lewis, both of Avon Park; a son, James Allen Lewis of Avon Park; maternal grandparents, Lester and Anna Harrison of Avon Park; paternal grandmother, Doris Lewis; a sister, Sherri Lewis, and brothers, Wayne and Bobby, all of Avon park.

The family will receive friends Wednesday from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at Stephenson-Nelson Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. M.C. Collins officiating. Interment will follow at Bougainvillea Cemetery.

Sourced: https://www.unliterate.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/aadlewis.jpg

DARRYL E. LEWIS, 26, of Avon Park died Monday at Walker Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Avon Park and a lifelong resident of this area. He was a cable installer for Volt Cable Company. He is survived by his mother, Loresa; his father and step-mother, Richard and Judith; one son, James; one sister, Sherri; two brothers, Wayne and Bobby; maternal grandparents, Lester and Anna Harrison; all of Avon Park; and paternal grandmother, Doris Lewis of Barney, Ga. Stephenson-Nelson Funeral Home, Avon Park.

Source: https://www.unliterate.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/aadlewis1.jpg

Thanks to Highlands County GenWeb, Obituaries L

Choose Her Every Day (Or Leave Her)

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Sourced from https://bryanreeves.com, posted May 2, 2015

I spent 5 years hurting a good woman by staying with her but never fully choosing her.

I did want to be with this one. I really wanted to choose her. She was an exquisite woman, brilliant and funny and sexy and sensual. She could make my whole body laugh with her quick, dark wit and short-circuit my brain with her exotic beauty. Waking up every morning with her snuggled in my arms was my happy place. I loved her wildly.

Unfortunately, as happens with many young couples, our ignorance of how to do love well quickly created stressful challenges in our relationship. Before long, once my early morning blissful reverie gave way to the strained, immature ways of our everyday life together, I would often wonder if there was another woman out there who was easier to love, and who could love me better.

As the months passed and that thought reverberated more and more through my head, I chose her less and less. Every day, for five years, I chose her a little less.

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