Plex Media Server

Last January, I set up Plex Media Server for my home media system.

Here is a guide to having it actually start up like a real service in windows so you don't have to login to have it work.

Plex Queue

I just figured out how to use the Plex Queue. Now I don't have to download videos and store them locally.

At http://plex.tv/web/app#!/playlist/queue/help you see
1 - a button you can drag to your bookmark bar. It contains the following javascript

javascript:%20var%20s=document.createElement("script");s.type="text/javascript";s.src="//plex.tv/queue/bookmarklet_payload";var%20h=document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];h.appendChild(s);void(0);

When you click this bookmarklet on a page with a video, it will add it to your plex queue. It does this by connecting through to your plex account and the plex account your plex server is using.

2 - A generated email address after the pattern, queue+[generatedKey]@save.plex.tv. If you email a link to a page that has a video you would like to watch later, just email the url to it.

So far, I have been able to queue from these sites, youtube, gc.lds.org, lds devotionals. Facebook videos that are public do not seem to work.

Using Google Voice on Chrome with Multiple Sessions

If you share a windows login with someone else in your house, managing account logins in browsers can be tricky. I think I just figured out how to get a secondary account session to work with the Google Chrome Google Voice extension.

- Log in as the second session in Google Chrome.
  https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1721977?hl=en&rd=1
- Tell the GV extension to use the second account session.
  chrome-extension://kcnhkahnjcbndmmehfkdnkjomaanaooo/options.html

Disable Firefox Close Other Tabs Warning

In Firefox there is not a "Don't ask again" check box on the Close Other Tabs warning dialog. Here is how you disable the dialog

    - Type about:config into the location bar and press enter
    - Accept the warning message that appears, you will be taken to a list of preferences
    - Locate the preference browser.tabs.warnOnClose, if its value is set to true, double-click on it to change its value to false
    - Repeat this for these 3 preferences browser.warnOnQuit, browser.warnOnRestart and browser.showQuitWarning

H/T to https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/753984#answer-302390

Space on Solid State C Drive

Adding a SSD for a C drive does make a system faster but they are much smaller than regular hard drives. 

I found this article that said that you can safely delete old files in the windows temp folder. It freed up over 25 GB of space for me.

Run "Disk Cleanup" and get rid of Windows Update files.

Use WinDirStat to find files to delete
- Delete the contents of C:\WINDOWS\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed. See also this.  This folder was 4.6 GB for my in June 2015!
- Also try this "Is it safe to delete files Under C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download" this was 1.6 GB
- Delete *.dmp files.
- Delete Acrobat Setup Files
- Uninstall Microsoft Windows SDK

Add Facebook Like Button Below Post Titles

Here is a great article that will add a Facebook like button to your blog posts.

How to edit a scanned PDF file

How to edit a scanned PDF file

"In this tutorial, learn the easiest way to edit a PDF file that originated from a scanned document. This multi-step process involves running Text Recognition (OCR) on your scanned document first and then using the new Content Editing panel tools in Acrobat XI."