Given the information provided,

Media Size: 7168MB + 100MB = 7268MB = 58144Mb

Run time: 1h47m = 6420s

Average bitrate = 58144Mb / 6420s = ~9.06Mbps

That is definitely not FHD Blu-ray quality (~30Mbps) but better than DVD on average (~6Mbps).

I think a quality HDMI capture card should be able to not just match but surpass this bitrate.

The MPD file should be a Media Presentation Description file. Can you open it in a text editor? It should be a bunch of XML.

I have been using it since v1.1x and that was released around a year ago. In other words, it has been running good enough for me for a year. Features are added and bugs are getting fixed along the way. I have not experienced any major break.

I may sound like an immich evangelizer now but immich ftw lol

P.S. Related doc for user management.

Both the SD cards and SSDs are interpreted as block storage devices by the Linux kernel. You should be able to clone the SD card to a SSD with tools such as dd.

Pi should not be the first choice unless you just wanna dip your toe in the water with limited investment or you are real experienced in the trade. While the hardware is powerful enough for many use cases, it is very limited in external connectivity which really hampers its potential as a NAS/multi-purpose server.

CPUs often get less efficient (in the sense of work done per watt) when they are pushed to their limits. Unless you are running the server at full load all the time, the power consumption of a typical x86 system is quite manageable (~30-50W) at idle to low usage. Newer hardware is surely more efficient as newer designs are relatively faster and often have more power conservation technologies built-in.

Unless what you need is an IP phone, you also need a cellular modem that supports voice calls... plus a user interface for interacting with the said modem.

Windows 11 Subsystem for Android can't help as passing through hardware and having the right Android kernel that has the right driver can be a nightmare.

P.S. I think it is more feasible to set up an IP-phone-to-cellular gateway, say, at your home. And call on your deck with IP phone dialing to the gateway. You can connect to cellular data service on your deck with some cheap 4G USB modem sticks. If you want 5G, the cost can be quite steep. Yeah when there is a will, there is always a way.

If your budget allows, I recommend you buying an Intel 12th gen i3 12100 with a low tier ITX board with say H610 instead of J5040. J5040 is not a bad chip for its class but it is significantly underpowered.

The simplest way is to add a Basic auth to the lemmy-ui, say via the reverse proxy.

1. You can try creating a torrent with the file(s) you have at hand and try to search with the info hash. You need to be sure the metadata (e.g. name, size, directory stucture, etc.) of the file(s) in question is identical to the original download.
2. You can try adding the torrent into a client. Pause it and then copy the file(s) to the download destination. Rename the file(s) accordingly. Ask your client to recheck/rehash the file(s). If the file(s) is/are identical, it will work.

BitTorrent, ed2k/kad, Usenet, IPFS

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