The Uncast Show with Jason from Byte My Bits
The Uncast Show # 17 features guest Jason from the Youtube channel Byte My Bits. Jason and Ed have a wide arranging discussion about Unraid, media servers, AI and more!

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⏱️ Discussion Timestamps
01:00- Hellos and Intros
02:20 - Internet Speed Discussion: Upload Throttle Limits
03:35 - What Are You Watching, Jason?
05:00 - Unraid 6.12 release announcement
06:01 - New Unraid Dashboard Talk
07:05 - How big is Jason's Media Server, Loki?
8:15 - How Jason arranges his 168TB Btrfs DVR Files with Blue Iris, scripts, and ChatGPT
10:50 - CCTV drives: are they encrypted, and are there plans to switch filesystems to ZFS with Unraid 6.12?
12:40 - ZFS in the Unraid Main Array - Compression, encryption of data sets, and ZFS Send
15:00 - Deleting Data by Mistake
16:45 - Snapshots
17:45 - Initial thoughts on ChatGPT, Bard, and AI
21:05 - Chat GPT Banned in Italy
22:40 - Could AI Steal from Businesses and Companies?
25:55 - Plex Questions: Transcoding, Bottlenecks, and how to diagnose and remove bottlenecks
29:10 - H265: Does Jason Like It?
30:55 - i5 13600k and 13900k talk
32:10 - How to optimize server power usage (watch out for old power supplies)
35:00 - Home Assistant uses and setup (Docker vs. VM)
37:45 - User Question: Has Jason ever regretted showing tech mishaps?
40:18 - Audio Question from Nathan: What is Jason's favorite Unraid app outside of Plex?
41:50 - Question from bigbigspoon: Show us your Dockers running!
45:01 - Thoughts on Emby vs. Plex
47:15 - Plex's UI, market positioning and business decisions
49:50 - Media Clients
52:23 - User Question for Ed: What is your favorite ByteMyBits video?
56:46 - Last User Question from furry67: What is the recommended server for config for VMs and Containers?
59:30 - Performance and Efficiency Cores
1:04:10 - Keeping the i9 CPU Cores cool, Delid, and Lapping CPUs discussion
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