Monitoring Plex Media Server logs using Promtail, Loki and Grafana
There are many reasons why you might want to monitor the Plex Media Server (PMS) log files. I simply want to have all logs available through a Grafana dashboard and configure some thresholds / alerts on it. Requirements You have already installed Loki and Grafana on a...Two-Pass encoding with FFmpeg
First: Why and when to use a two-pass encoding? Let’s make a simple example: We target a video bitrate of 6 Mbit/s. This means that in average a 8 second video needs 6 MB storage (6 Mbit * 8 seconds / 8; 8 Mbit = 1 MByte). So the encoder has 6 Mbit (or 0,75...Nightly Builds of FFmpeg for macOS and Linux
My new build server is now online for a few weeks. It compiles once per day the latest version of FFmpeg, FFprobe and FFplay. In addition to this, it uses commonly used codecs (like x264 and x265). The source code is also published here. You can download the static...Compile FFmpeg on your own
Since 2017 I provide a build script to compile FFmpeg on your own. If you just want to run FFmpeg, go to https://ffmpeg.org/download.html and download the executable. Compiling FFmpeg is not that hard. So simply download the latest source code and compile it, right?...Extract subtitles from Teletext via FFmpeg
It is as simple as it sounds: Just provide the teletext page and here we go: ./ffmpeg -txt_format text -txt_page 150 -i inputFile.ts outputSubtitles.ger.srt txt_page 150 is the page number of the subtitle. Typically is the page shown at the beginning of a show....ControlIt Update 2.1 – Happy Pride 🏳️🌈
It’s pride month! This update contains the following changes: NEW: New (optional) pride logo (see settings) NEW: Show amount of timers in the title FIX: Recordings title after deleting a recording FIX: Premium Subscription UI enhancements updated German...ControlIt Update 2.0
The last update has been released 2018! So it’s time for a new version of the app. It contains the following changes: NEW: ControlIt Premium NEW: Support for authentication NEW: Delete recordings NEW: Swipe left/right to start playback or delete a recording in...About Me
My name is Martin Riedl living in Germany. I'm working since more than 15 years as software developer.
