https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

I use Tailscale with my Jellyfin server.

YouTube audio quality isn’t amazing, but it’s not that bad if you get the right format. Using yt-dlp, you can get opus audio that sounds way better than mp3. Example: yt-dlp -f 251 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

I use Traefik and configuring everything through docker-compose files is way more convenient than nginx or a proxy manager (never used one though). Traefik also has a web interface, but you can’t configure anything with it.

Just one. Tried kbin but didn’t like it.

If you’re on Linux, Metadata Cleaner might work. https://flathub.org/apps/fr.romainvigier.MetadataCleaner

I just use Jellyfin for movies and shows. I don’t listen to music or read ebooks, and I buy all my games through Steam because I use Linux.

I’ve noticed that when you make an image post with an external image, the instance will just save the image and won’t load the external image directly. This is a good thing for privacy and security but it also means that it doesn’t matter where you upload your images. Images uploaded directly to Lemmy are loaded directly from the other instance though.

1337x, search for AV1. There’s not that much right now, but I’m starting to see more of it.

Neither. AV1 if available, if not I download a high quality x264 copy and do my own transcode. AV1 is high quality with smaller file sizes, but isn’t very common right now.

AI generated search is a huge improvement over what we had before. Before, when you searched a question or topic that doesn’t have a Wikipedia page or easy answer, you get a ton of SEO spam. Stack Overflow is still a great resource for programming, but for most general knowledge, AI generated is so much more useful.

I’ve been using Brave Search and the AI summarizer is pretty good, and I get to avoid loading shitty websites. For specific questions that aren’t easy for search engines to answer, I really like how ChatGPT is conversational and lets you ask followup questions. Another thing I’ve been using is perplexity.ai, it can actually search the internet and cite sources.

Overall, AI has been a big help to me, and lets me avoid going to other websites which are usually just awful now. Most websites are full of ads, trackers, cookie notices, “Checking your connection”, I’m done with dealing with that. Search engines are there when I forget the domain for a service or link to a GitHub project.

For your friends and family, Signal is probably the best. It’s simple to use and set up, unlike SimpleX which some might have trouble with. For people who refuse to switch, iMessage.