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While I prepare all the assets and continue several downloads, I'm thinking about what kind of things I could host on my home server (a second hand mini pc I bought on eBay). I'm driven by the desire to tinker more than the need :)
"Moar (Cheap) Hardware", where I talk about the purchase of this computer
At the moment I only have a couple of pages that are generated in flask with daily financial information, a temporary home screen (also flask) and a video compression service. The video compression service is basically a ffmpeg that works with certain fixed parameters... I always need the same ones to import the videos to Reaper or Cubase (which is more picky with certain format details) and it's good for me not to subject my main CPU to load peaks while I'm working with audio.
The download management is well controlled from the NAS with Synology's version of Transmission, and also the music server part: nothing sophisticated, just a giant folder with all the stuff sorted. I mount the folder as a drive that I then read from the devices with Foobar 2000 and that's it? I don't need any features to distract me from the need to just listen to music.
I would like to incorporate some home automation stuff, especially to control the temperature of the house, but I have several crazy devices that I don't know if they follow the same standard. I have to find out more about it. What I do have clear is that I have to buy some infra red controllers for the air conditioning machines I have without WiFi connectivity. There are some on AliExpress really cheap.... But I'll see if I can get them second hand :)
As for video... the truth is that I barely have time to watch anything, and we usually use Netflix “and that's it”, so I think that for me it is not something primary or important. The truth is that watching TV is something that bores me terribly.
I'm also interested in having something like a calendar where I can write down reminders, dates, tasks, etc. We usually use a paper one that we have on the fridge, but many times I'm too lazy to go downstairs and look at what it says :)
Have you read how boring I am? I just work and take care of my little one. I don't have time to think about much else.