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How to Setup Blue Iris & Deepstack on Windows

by Danny August 17, 2021
by Danny August 17, 2021

READING TIME: 19 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show to how to setup and configure Blue Iris on a Windows Server 2019 computer. Blue Iris is a local NVR security camera…

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How To Automate Plex Metadata Backups

by Danny June 8, 2021
by Danny June 8, 2021

READING TIME: 8 MINUTESAs any good Plex server owner will tell you, one of the most important things you can do is backup your Plex metadata. Ideally, you should be following the…

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Add Image Background to Homer Dashboard

by Danny May 31, 2021
by Danny May 31, 2021

READING TIME: 2 MINUTESDid you know you can add a custom image as the background to your self-hosted Homer dashboard? It’s pretty simple and easy to do (you can actually see an…

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How To Deploy Conreq in Docker (Ombi Alternative)

by Danny March 30, 2021
by Danny March 30, 2021

READING TIME: 4 MINUTESA few months ago on Reddit I came across another promising “content request & discovery” platform for my Plex users: Conreq. Conreq is similar to Ombi, Petio, and Overseerr.…

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How to Setup “Plex Assistant” in Home Assistant To Cast Plex Media Using Your Voice

by Danny February 9, 2021
by Danny February 9, 2021

READING TIME: 7 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to setup Plex Assistant, which is a project that integrates with Google Assistant. This allows you to say things “Hey…

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Configure Plex Automatic Prerolls on Windows

by Danny December 8, 2020
by Danny December 8, 2020

READING TIME: 5 MINUTESHave you ever wanted to randomize your Plex movie pre-rolls? How about schedule Thanksgiving prerolls in November, but Christmas prerolls in December? What about change prerolls every single day?…

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How to Setup Windows 10 “Toast Notifications” for Sonarr

by Danny November 15, 2020
by Danny November 15, 2020

READING TIME: 9 MINUTESOne of the things I love about Sonarr is that everything just works. You add a TV show, it automatically downloads the latest season or episode, places it into…

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Best Plex Downloader: How To Download Media From Shared Plex Library

by Danny October 26, 2020
by Danny October 26, 2020

READING TIME: 7 MINUTESBefore I get started with this guide, I wanted to preface this by saying: PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS WITHOUT ASKING PERMISSION. Your friends are willingly sharing their library…

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How To Access Tautulli Remotely

by Danny June 23, 2020
by Danny June 23, 2020

READING TIME: 6 MINUTESIf you’re racking your brain trying to figure out how to access Tautulli remotely, you’re in luck! This guide will walk through the step by step exactly what you…

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The Ultimate Organizr V2 Setup Guide for Windows

by Danny June 21, 2020
by Danny June 21, 2020

READING TIME: 17 MINUTESIf you’re reading this article, there’s a good chance you have software like Plex, Sonarr, Tautulli, or Jackett running on your home PC. There’s nothing wrong with having lots…

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