Recent content by Kawboy12R

Has anybody used this to transcode 4k Mavic video yet? I tried a search on here for that model but got no hits. There's talk about the AMD processor not being as good for transcoding because of the lack of GPU like the Intel-based NAS boxes. My take was that it was good for some 4k streams but...

Here in Canada we're required to have name, address, and phone number clearly visible on the outside of the drone. I'm not a huge fan for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that it gives thieves the home address of someone who has toys worth stealing. Throwaway email and phone...

Here's what desktop resource usage is like before and after Plex is fired up transcoding 4k Mavic video while viewing it live on my phone at 1080P over LTE. The big spike in yellow for network use is dloading the 4k over the LAN and the green upload (too small in scale vs the dload to really see...

Eight discrete cams with 3 cloned in Blue Iris with much higher levels of motion alert sensitivity to give me meaningful email alerts with pictures when someone comes to my door or in a driveway. So I think the count is 11 streams ATM. The drive is USB 2 but the router doesn't support much of...

It's usually running around 35% CPU usage. It'd probably be fine but I haven't played with software that'd make it a video server like that, although a friend is running Plex and seems to like it. I'm certainly not against it. Any video it would work on would have to be on a NAS or require a...

My "server" is a 16gig I7 3770 w/GTX970. On 24/7 running the camera system. I've considered a MyCloud but they've got some serious security problems.

I was thinking of getting 2x 4Tb to start and leave room for expansion later. I don't have crazy data needs ATM so anything is a big step up. The 418Play is a bit overkill to start but seems to give the horsepower I want for the transcoding and will allow room for expansion later.

I'm assuming that the 418Play won't crump when transcoding. It claims to be able to do 2 simultaneous 4k streams so presumably 1 stream is under 50% load. I'd been hoping to just save the files and not have to bother even thinking of manually transcoding.

No. My current "NAS" is an external HD plugged into my router. My computer has no expansion bays left and the drives are basically full, plus I've been meaning to improve the backup situation for the laptops in the house so it's looking like a NAS will answer a few needs. Good tip on memory...

I'm looking at adding a better NAS to my home network. I'd love to be able to store my Mavic footage in 4k on the NAS and be able to view it on any device at any resolution at home or away and it seems like the brand new Synology DS418Play should do that nicely. It is supposed to do on the fly...

Ok, I knew that a bunch of modes were disabled because of a firmware incompatibility. It seemed like there was still a crashing issue different from the disabled modes. Soon, if Litchi is up to date it's smart enough to disable the broken features and not crash?

@Cyberpower678 is this a reproducible problem? I haven't seen this and didn't find mention of it in a quick search. Was it in FPV mode? Haven't tried that yet. I haven't flown in a couple of weeks but have been having frequent crashes with Go4 (disconnects or Go4 simply disappears/closes after...

In response to the poll, I don't have a set RTH height. It's probably at either 40 or 50m most often, but I change it based on wind and obstacles. Higher than the highest point I'll be flying past. Lots of extra height is ok unless it's windy and RTH would be upwind.

Losing LOS with the drone reduces range, sometimes drastically if you fly behind a building. If you disconnect, then the drone will raise to its return to home height and sometimes attempt to fly through the building if you are in sport mode or object avoidance is otherwise turned off. Do like I...

Nougat dropped the battery life of my Moto Z Play. It's still incredible, but measuring battery life by percentage of battery used by the screen has the screen going from 70-76% of battery usage to high 50% maybe 60% of daily battery usage as measured by GSam. Apps and system CPU usage now suck...