Along with the Blu-Ray player I just bought, I bought a couple old Disney animation classic’s, starting in the 1940s… in Blu-Ray. I mocked a older guy recently about having Frozen, in his collection. I still think it’s odd. But I often enjoy animated videos, especially old classics, because of nostalgia and the vibrant colors. …
Category Archives: Home Media Server
HDMI: HP EliteDesk 800 G5 Mini vs Main desktop
OK, Just to make sure there wasn’t something strange about a Linux computer attached to to the HDMI input on my Magnavox TV (which BTW has other working HDMI devices attached to it)…. I moved my living room TV (yes it’s small) next to Main Linux Desktop Without shutting down I unplugged my smaller LG …
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Batocera for Kodi
Linux Mint Mate was a better choice than LibrELEC to try getting HDMI audio working. But as of now it still doesn’t work. If I can’t get HDMI audio working very soon I’m strongly considering trying Batocera linux, which was mostly developed for retro gaming. But I hear that it includes Kodi. So I downloaded …
HP EliteDesk 800 G5 Mini – Ports
BTW the Configurable Option card slot on the back of my computer is also a Display Port.
Kodi Mini PC HDMI sound problems
The more I think about this the more I doubt it’s a Kodi problem. I did a little googling and saw posts telling you to select HDMI in Kodi. I mean like duh. that is the 1st thing I thought of. Here is a screen from my Linux Mint Kodi setup. My speakerless monitor is …
Installed Kodi on HP EliteDesk 800 G5 Mini
Well the LibreElec distro that includes and was created for Kodi. I first booted MS-Windows… just to see it work as shipped. I had problems installing booting the LibreElec USB, had to call Amazon tech support. They sent me a step by step email that was close enough to figure it out. Needed to disable …
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HP EliteDesk 800 G5 Mini arrived
Had it sent to a Amazon locker. As I said I was nervous about buying a “renewed” computer. It was packaged very nice… box, within a box, within a box, and smaller boxes within the final box. First impressions… very impressed. The box is only that wide because they included a keyboard, which I won’t …
What TV next?
It seems like the only choice is 4K. So if I understand correctly, that also means all my regular DVD videos will look like crap. I find that especially disappointing for TV shows that were never recorded in anything but SD. It would be nice if there was a 4K TV that could display lower …
Showing off your media collection
I talked about it here. There are so many videos on YouTube of people usually young, showing off their video collection. Look at me, I have a vast collection… I’m better than you! That’s basically the point of so many of these videos. They are mostly young people, but a few… not so much. Seems …
My rant with Amazon Rufus about The Wonder Years season 3 price
Rufus is Amazon’s AI assistant. My rant gets me nowhere. I was interested in how Rufus would respond. Rufus does seem to like my theory.