You will need to setup the sync server first. The instruction here is for setting up sync client software on Android devices to backup important data from them on to the server. The app screens that follow are from the following version of the sync client: Step 1: Install and start the sync client. When starting […]
Month:May 2017
Windows 10 and FreeNAS
In home or small business networks without a domain controller, to seamlessly stitch client systems to a FreeNAS server, the username and password that is created on FreeNAS has to match that of the client system. This was easy enough to accomplish for Windows 7 and earlier systems. However, Windows 8 and higher initially broke …
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Create a Common Read-Only Share in FreeNAS
This post supersedes the post FreeNAS Windows Share Permissions – FreeNAS Users Have Read Only Access. It better aligns with principles established in the post Administrator Access to Windows Shares in FreeNAS. Consider establishing a reference library that is read-only to the FreeNAS user community on your network. It is managed by librarians who have full access …
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A Bypass Switch for the Time Base Corrector
In Part 3 of the Digitising VHS Tapes series, I indicated that the Time Base Corrector (TBC) was only switched into service when noise on the tape was bad enough to cause video capture to abort. There were several reasons not to leave the TBC in service all the time. A side effect of cleaning …
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Administrator Access to Windows Shares in FreeNAS
In order to support Windows shares created in FreeNAS, whether these are personal shares, group shares or shares owned by plugins, system administrators require full access to all shares. However, it isn’t immediately obvious how to grant administrators full access. In this post, I present the method I use to grant administrators access to shares in a …
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Digitising VHS Tapes: Part 3(3) – Digitising Process Refinements
In Part 1 of this series, I had worked out a process for digitising VHS tapes, or so I thought. Turns out, things were not as straightforward. The process worked quite well for PAL tapes, but failed miserably for NTSC tapes. The KWoRLD DVD Maker 2 did a terrible job of capturing NTSC footage as …
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Digitising VHS Tapes: Part 2(3) – Samsung Worldwide VCR SV-4000W Repair.
In Part 1 of this series, I had to use a backup VCR (Panasonic NV-FJ620) as my primary VCR (Samsung Worldwide VCR SV-4000W) had failed. The backup VCR did an admirable job of playing VHS content, both PAL and NTSC and delivering content in those formats. Some VCRs will support NTSC playback, but the output …
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Digitising VHS Tapes: Part 1(3) – Digitising Process Considerations
I came across a box of VHS tapes recently that had been in storage for several years. Feeling nostalgic, I hooked up my top-of-the-line Samsung SV-4000W VCR and put in a tape to watch. The tape was promptly chewed up. My VCR had suffered a catastrophic mechanical fault in the tape transport mechanism. So I got …
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Advanced Resilio Sync Setup for FreeNAS (legacy)
The objective here is to set up an automated backup of key user data from various devices such as phones, tablets and desktops into a central repository on a FreeNAS server. The repository should be readable to personnel responsible for recovering data for users. but should not accessible to anyone else. This will maximise the […]
Plex Setup for FreeNAS
The objective here is to set up a Plex server on FreeNAS. The repository should be readable only to FreeNAS users. but should not accessible to anyone else. This will allow FreeNAS users to access media using other Windows applications such as WMP and VLC. The instructions that follow are suitable for a home network that […]