You can also just copy your thunderbird profile directory, if it’s the same OS, to a different system and it seems to just work. I did this to copy the whole setup and synced mails from desktop to laptop. I also tried this from Windows -> Linux and it did not like that, so I used the import profile feature and re-entered all the passwords.

I’ve used Ansible to deploy docker compose and it worked pretty well. You will have to do some learning if you aren’t familiar with it, but I’d say it’s worth it.

Like others, I would not recommend Jenkins.

Running any binary that you can’t examine the source of (and confirm it was built from it without modification) is risky. It’s mostly a balance of trust and risk. Even developers have been known to insert what we could malware.

That said, if you get your cracked content from a trusted source, I’d say it’s generally safe. Otherwise, exercise extreme caution.

Is GMG an official reseller? Maybe I am out of the loop, but I thought they operated in the grey market.

Been with https://www.seedhost.eu/ for a while. They’re very competitive and everything works as you would expect.

Jellyfin offers HTTPS, you just need to specify a certificate. It’s going to be a lot easier to just setup a web server like nginx and expose that to the internet, probably via port forwarding on your gateway/router. In that case, you can get a free certificate from letsencrypt.

So, the basic steps are:

0. Get a domain name
1. Setup JF server, ensure it works locally
2. Install a web server and set it up to proxy traffic to JF
3. Expose the web server ports 80 and 443 to the internet
4. Setup letsencrypt with automatic renewal

This might sound like a lot of work, but at least you own your data and service. Plex can and will block accounts, rendering servers basically useless.

It sounds like you are having trouble with tonemapping HDR to SDR on the fly. This is a non-trivial task, but not impossible. Both mpv and ffmpeg (which plex and jellyfin use) are capable of this. If you install mpv, it will by default do the tonemapping, you can enable/disable this or force use of a particular algorithm if you like.

To answer your question: Plex has been pretty shitty for years now, and it’s only getting worse. They just don’t care for their user base.

ETA: Jellyfin also already does what you want, I think?

Haha glad you enjoyed it

Maybe this will be of use?

https://git.tsps-express.xyz/notcrisp/PUBLIC/src/branch/main/RemuxGuide.md

Second this. Mailcow very easy to setup, though the docs could use improvement. This might have changed already.

That said, I found it easier to pay for a domain and email service where they worry about reputation and random microsoft blacklists.

Gitlab uses a ton of resources and is a pain to setup. Once you get it going, it’s fine.

Going to echo what others have said: Use Gitea or Forgejo instead if you can. Both have runners you can setup like gitlab, but they instead mimic github actions instead of gitlab ci/cd.

I run a semi-private gitea instance, and have not had any problems past the initial setup in 2+ years.

Media server client, pihole, emulation, programming or home automation project. You could even prop it up as a standalone web server and make some kinda creative thing.

It’s feasible as long as all the stuff you want to auth supports oauth, oidc, or saml. It might be a bit overkill for your use case, unless you have a bunch of services you didn’t mention. Keycloak has a bit of a learning curve, but works great once you get past that.

I think it’ll happen at some point, nearly always does. I have one locked on an exploitable version and it works great, I think there’s a lot of potential for emulation and homebrew if it opens up more.

OPS, rutracker, or I ask someone to check RED for me.

Aside from what has been posted already, the vast majority of good P2P groups only release on private trackers, some with notices to not repost publicly. There is a massive collection of quality content that is either not available on publics or completely dead and forgotten.

seedhost.eu No bs/advertising with competitive price & performance.

A properly muxed mkv will display the resulting audio bitrate. And if you use opusenc, it will embed the encoder settings in the track.

There are a handful of groups putting out what I would consider decent AV1 encodes. A couple PTs allow them, and there are groups on 1337x. Just grab a couple from each tag you can find and see if they meet your needs. Generally speaking, look for groups which note their source, which encoder they are using, and ideally what settings they used in general.

AV1 has come a long way fast, but in my experience a good x265 encode is still better for live action.

Maybe https://www.srrdb.com/ is what you’re looking for?

Private trackers would be your best bet if you don’t know anyone already.