I did some testing, and it turns out I did not have Direct Stream Play forced. I think I enabled it at one point, but I didn’t see much difference on the “worst case scenario” video I was testing with, so I turned it back off. Looking at the Dashboard page, I can see that, even with the setting forced, that particular video is still transcoding video from MPEG2VIDEO to H264, and audio from AC3 5.1 to AAC. I may have to look into re-encoding that particular series, though the files for that show should have followed the same process as most of my other files, so I’m not sure why they’re different.

Some other videos that I tested did show improvements when forcing Direct Play, but the Dashboard still shows transcoding (hw) video from H.264 to H264 (note the missing period) and transcoding audio from DTS-HD MA 5.1 to AC3.

As far as my TV setup, I don’t have external speakers. I’m essentially feral, and I don’t feel like they’re worth it in most situations. The built-in TV speakers get loud enough, and sound fine to me. I’d rather not have to defend that setup, so hopefully no one comes at me for that unless it’s actually responsible for the audio delay.

Do you have a way to do that? I don’t see any settings that allow that, which is why I posted.

Or did you mean just re-encode all of my video files with a delay to fix the one device that has an issue?

That’s an amazing writeup. Thanks! I’ll take a look.

Do you have somewhere I could get more information?

Most of my video files are mkv, encoded as MPEG, and audio is AC3 5.1, but I’m only playing audio through my TV speakers, so maybe it’s transcoding for my cheap 2-speaker setup? I also typically enable subtitles, which I think can cause transcoding.

I’ve enabled Direct Stream wherever I could find it, but it didn’t seem to have any effect.

What I’d like is the ability to fix out-of-sync audio. My wife won’t watch movies/tv/etc on Plex (on Roku) because some part of it creates an audio delay, and it really bothers her that the audio doesn’t match the lip movement.

I’ve tried all sorts of settings, both server and client. It mostly only seems to affect my Roku, though, so that seems to be the issue. I just want to add a small video delay or something.

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More like SkiBilly Bass

So, if I grab an item off the shelf and browse around the store for a while, is the price going to be the price currently displayed or the price when I grabbed it?

If it’s the current price, what’s the point of a price tag? If I can’t actually know the price until checkout, then showing me the price is kind of a useless bit of data. I also suspect that the “speak to a manager” types would make that a major headache for stores.

If it’s the price when I grabbed it, how are they keeping track of that? I see two ways of handling that: one requires that you use their app to shop, and the other requires cameras and “machine vision” that are still unreliable, at best. The former seems more likely, but I doubt either is going to sit well with customers.

Edit: someone pointed out that it might not actually display a price, and you’d have to scan it to get your price. Kind of like the first option, but I think it’s going to turn off less tech savvy customers.

I haven’t seen that aspect addressed in any articles about the “feature”.

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Both is good

Well, you could do the 31st of April, but it seems the universe disagrees with your date format.

Fortunately, it sounds like the LD50 is pretty high.

Scientific studies have found it takes approximately 15 to 30 grams of garlic per kilogram of body weight to produce harmful changes in a dog’s blood. To put that into perspective, the average clove of supermarket garlic weighs between 3 and 7 grams, so your dog would have to eat a lot to get really sick.

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Still best to avoid it if possible, obviously.

The idea of “standing” has never really sat right with me.

“Sure, the law seems pretty unconstitutional, but until it actually hurts someone, why should we fix it?”

Maybe because you have the power to fix a bad thing.

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After they know my default state, will I be self-conscious? Will I regret it? Will they ever forget it, or will it shadow my every move and our every conversation? Will they become too aware, watch me too closely?

I’m friends with a few recovering alcoholics, and we’ve had conversations about similar issues. They make a joke about alcohol, which would be normal in most contexts, and now I’m not sure if I can laugh at it. They say they “went out last night”, and there’s a small, but perceptible change in the conversation because I’m bracing for bad news.

I don’t want to have those reactions, but it feels callous to ignore them. I know I’m not my brother’s keeper, but I still want good things for my friends.

harem pants

TIL. I initially assumed this was a swypo for cargo pants.

It could be worse…

I heard about this, and I was excited to pick up a different style when I went to Germany. I got there, and all of the cards used the standard, international suits. No one knew what I was talking about.