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[24.10 --> 25.86] I wanted more speed, Alex. |
[25.92 --> 29.58] Actually, it really came down to me doing the math and realizing, |
[29.58 --> 33.92] hey, you know, when I switch networks, it kind of slows the syncing down. |
[34.28 --> 37.02] But if I can pull from multiple Sync servers, |
[37.62 --> 40.64] it kind of makes up for it and goes even faster in ideal situations. |
[40.80 --> 44.58] So I thought, why not set up a SyncThing server on Linode |
[44.58 --> 47.80] and just sync a small select stuff that I really want to move fast? |
[48.56 --> 51.10] And it legit works. It's really nice. |
[51.76 --> 54.52] It's like doubles the amount of files that can be transferred at once, too, |
[55.02 --> 56.88] from what I can tell in my brief testing. |
[56.88 --> 59.64] I'll be honest, I haven't continued with SyncThing |
[59.64 --> 61.62] after we talked about it a couple of episodes ago. |
[61.96 --> 62.80] It just doesn't work for me. |
[62.88 --> 64.58] It just doesn't do it, I'm afraid. |
[64.84 --> 66.16] But I'm glad it's working for you. |
[66.54 --> 67.86] You're a hater. I understand. |
[68.30 --> 69.46] I understand. I understand. |
[69.64 --> 71.16] I love it. |
[71.52 --> 80.10] I think 2020 is the year that I stepped into a long-term relationship with SyncThing. |
[80.10 --> 84.18] And it's not like I'm working on files super quick |
[84.18 --> 85.54] and I want to move it between machines |
[85.54 --> 88.42] and I want to edit a file upstairs and then walk down into the studio |
[88.42 --> 90.06] and have that file on my desktop. |
[90.68 --> 94.26] It may be able to serve that function, but I've learned not to expect that. |
[94.58 --> 97.28] The one caveat I do have with SyncThing |
[97.28 --> 99.94] is you've got to let it go at its own pace. |
[100.22 --> 101.46] You've got to let it go at its own pace. |
[101.96 --> 103.56] And that's why I love online learning, too. |
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[117.02 --> 119.14] Well, Alex, I think we should start the show today by, |
[119.38 --> 121.34] well, maybe we started by talking about SyncThing, |
[121.44 --> 125.76] but now we should start talking about a project in various forms, at least, |
[125.82 --> 127.96] you've been working on for about five years. |
[128.16 --> 132.92] And I think, if I'm not wrong, it's like about to reach its ultimate form. |
[133.32 --> 134.06] Perhaps, yeah. |
[134.06 --> 136.58] Well, I mean, as we record, it's still 2020, |
[136.90 --> 139.58] but I think this is going to come out on New Year's morning. |
[139.76 --> 141.34] So Happy New Year, everybody. |
[141.78 --> 142.74] Welcome to 2021. |
[143.20 --> 146.12] Hopefully, it's more prosperous than the last one was. |
[146.62 --> 149.02] We're talking about my perfect media server project. |
[149.26 --> 152.64] So this was something that, when I was involved with linuxserver.io, |
[152.80 --> 159.12] that actually helped me kind of form the direction for that site |
[159.12 --> 160.60] and the blog and stuff like that. |
[160.60 --> 169.48] So on the 2nd of February 2016, I wrote a post about what I called the perfect media server, |
[169.66 --> 171.56] for want of a better name, and it's kind of stuck now. |
[171.96 --> 174.70] It's bold, but now you've kind of become the perfect media server guy. |
[174.94 --> 176.08] Yeah, I guess so. |
[176.92 --> 179.06] You know, I've toyed with changing the name a few times, |
[179.18 --> 181.18] but enough people have seen it. |
[181.44 --> 182.64] And, you know, I've looked at the analytics, |
[182.64 --> 185.88] and a lot of people have read that post over the years. |
[187.16 --> 189.16] In fact, funnily enough, when I moved to Raleigh, |
[189.22 --> 191.54] one of my closest friends now, who's also called Alex, |
[192.16 --> 194.92] he joined Linux server originally. |
[195.14 --> 196.52] He's now one of the Linux server devs. |
[196.74 --> 200.36] He joined that website because he read my perfect media server post. |
[200.90 --> 203.62] And so when I came to town, like, he met up with me, |
[203.66 --> 205.90] and we had a few beers and stuff like that. |
[205.90 --> 209.22] And he was so excited to tell me that he'd built one as well around, |
[209.30 --> 213.68] you know, Docker and Snap Raid and Merger FS and all this kind of stuff. |
[213.82 --> 217.72] So it's been a really cool thing to share with the world. |
[218.26 --> 221.88] Well, you also got a great domain name for it, perfectmediaserver.com. |
[221.98 --> 222.78] Is that new? |
[223.12 --> 223.96] Brand new, yes. |
[224.30 --> 228.98] I, well, when I say brand new, I mean, I bought it in June. |
[228.98 --> 238.52] I've been promising a 2020 version of this article for rather longer than I would like. |
[238.82 --> 243.58] So I released one in 2016, another one in 17, and another one in 19. |
[244.06 --> 246.66] And, you know, when you start thinking about what can I write about |
[246.66 --> 249.70] with these perfect media servers, |
[249.96 --> 253.72] when everything is just so reliable and just works, |
[254.78 --> 256.46] there comes a limit when you think, |
[256.46 --> 260.10] well, I can't really rehash the same thing again and again. |
[261.38 --> 264.78] And so this time I was looking at the three posts. |
[265.08 --> 267.74] And since I'm no longer involved with Linux server, |
[267.92 --> 271.06] I don't have access to edit those blog posts easily anymore. |
[271.22 --> 273.48] I mean, I can ask the team to fix things and stuff, |
[273.64 --> 276.32] but invariably information goes out of date. |
[276.66 --> 280.18] And I am a huge advocate of open source |
[280.18 --> 284.56] and community contributions and wikis and all that kind of stuff. |
[284.56 --> 288.18] And so I just thought that this would make much more sense |
[288.18 --> 293.38] as a kind of a wiki type website with first class search categories, |
[293.72 --> 296.22] walking people through how to do things, |
[296.28 --> 298.10] you know, in a step-by-step kind of fashion, |
[298.38 --> 302.30] and then leave the blog posts as kind of like an annual opinion piece |
[302.30 --> 305.50] alongside this more kind of dry, |
[305.68 --> 309.80] technical wiki style website at perfectmediaserver.com. |
[309.80 --> 311.18] Okay, that makes a lot of sense. |
[311.74 --> 315.86] And I think probably the real value for people to understand is |
[315.86 --> 318.64] you're telling people there's a lot of options out there, |
[318.74 --> 320.82] but maybe this is a great stack to use. |
[320.88 --> 321.78] You can use this stack. |
[321.88 --> 322.60] I've tested this. |
[322.68 --> 329.54] I've refined it over the years to do really a beyond just okay media setup, |
[329.58 --> 330.74] but a great home media setup. |
[330.96 --> 333.76] And instead of saying, oh, there's so many use cases |
[333.76 --> 336.54] or the answer, which is frequently it depends, |
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