Streaming with Jellyfin on the Smart TV - from problems to watching movies

Streaming with Jellyfin on the Smart TV - from problems to watching movies

Last night I finally wanted to test my own media center on my Smart TV at home with my family. I recently bought Jellyfin an open source software server solution to get a Netflix-like web interface and play series and movies on it. The special thing is that the server can also run on my Windows laptop and you can watch the individual episodes conveniently via the interface. Of course, you can also search for the individual video files in the Windows file manager, but a Netflix-like interface is somehow more convenient.

But it's not that easy to get this streaming experience out of your own laptop and even for me as an IT specialist, it's questionable why it has to be so difficult to stream.

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Posted by Petr Kirpeit in Personal opinion, Economy, 0 comments
My first potato harvest! - Cultivation in the garden

My first potato harvest! - Cultivation in the garden

Today a private topic, which should happen on a private blog^^. I grew potatoes in my family's garden a few months ago. I tried growing potatoes for the first time more than 20 years ago, primarily to see how potatoes grow. This time, however, due to the increased prices for vegetables. Continue reading →

Posted by Petr Kirpeit in General, Society, Personal opinion, 0 comments
The internet is dying - but not in the way you'd expect

The Internet is dying - but not in the way you'd expect

Do you know it? You have a problem and search for it on the Internet and find an article or a forum thread where exactly this one problem is discussed. I found a thread from 2004 that dealt with exactly the question I had. That got me thinking. Continue reading →

Posted by Petr Kirpeit in Society, Personal opinion, 0 comments
I'm building a better LinkedIn business network

I'm building a better LinkedIn business network

LinkedIn is a good network to network, but in the last months and years, there is more and more, for me perceptible criticism at LinkedIn, so the quality goes down and because of censorship and questionable functions (gender designation and who needs reels on a business network) has me recently a contribution thinking about it, and a comment that appealed to some people was the reason for me to say, hey, can't I build something better than LinkedIn?

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Posted by Petr Kirpeit in Digital, Ideas, 1 comment
Discounts only with Lidl app

Discounts only with Lidl app

Recently I was in the Lidl discount store in Germany (should be mentioned, as Lidl also operates in other countries), when shopping, which we regularly do there as a family, there was a surprise at the checkout during the checkout process. The discount for the fish, there was not, well, not for us normal people, but only for those who had the Lidl Plus App use. In this article, I explain what it's all about and how Lidl is creating a two-tier society at the checkout.

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Posted by Petr Kirpeit in Society, Personal opinion, Economy, 0 comments
ChatGPT World forecast until 2030

ChatGPT World forecast until 2030

The world is in a state of upheaval, and not just since yesterday, but we often do not perceive developments as such in a short time frame as significant. In retrospect, however, these are historical developments that set the course for the future.

This article is about how ChatGPT predicts the future of the world in a forecast based on the last major states of the last few years. Continue reading →

Posted by Petr Kirpeit in ChatGPT, Society, Politics, 0 comments
Vertical farming will not replace conventional agriculture

Vertical farming will not replace conventional agriculture

Vertical farming and conventional agriculture? There are people out there in the world who think that vertical farming will replace conventional agriculture as we know it, that farmers will lose their jobs and that our plant-based food will only come from vertical farming. You can find out why this is nonsense in this article.

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Posted by Petr Kirpeit in Vertical Farming, Economy, 0 comments
Newspeak after Orwell's 1984 in the 2020s

Newspeak after Orwell's 1984 in the 2020s

Newspeak is the kind of language that developed in Orwell's 1984, or was coerced to move people in a certain direction. In recent years there has been a change in language where the truth is hidden and concealed behind passive or positive words. This article is intended to list words and terms and document their meaning and justification. Continue reading →

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