Normally, Sundays are dedicated to my "Week through Adrian's Lenses" series.
But this Sunday I'll have to disappoint you if you were waiting for such a post. Sorry about that!
I had a completely different weekend, with guests and, after that, trying to set up a video encoder for the SPK Network, as they were asking the community this week.
So, after checking the requirements for the video encoder when I read the post earlier this week and seeing I make the cut with my new laptop, I made an objective from trying to set up such a video encoder as soon as I can, to see at least if it works out for me or not.
And today seemed like a good day to try that and I started earlier.
The process of installing what you need is straightforward for someone with some technical abilities, but I still made a mistake.
In my arrogance, I thought I can do better than the given instructions, and installed the latest version of NodeJS instead of what was required: version 16.
And because of that, I wasted time debugging and fixing what needed no fixing. Until I realized I was the one who did a stupid mistake and didn't follow instructions.
As soon as I installed NodeJS v16 everything was as expected.
The only problem is that "NO JOBS" thing from the logs. :)
The encoder is in a testing phase, so only a subset of videos will be encoded using it. Videos uploaded from mobile in particular, from what I read in discord.
I don't know how long it can take until a new arrival can receive an encoding job, but it must be a relatively long time since there is a ranking system and those who have scored well at previous encodings will be preferred for future encodings as well, from what I understood.
But hey, my encoder is there if it's needed, at least as long as my laptop is turned on.
Let's see if I get a video to encode next week. Also, there is a ranking for these video encoders. Not sure when is my video encoder supposed to show up there. I've seen other encoders that don't have any jobs yet there.
Also, some received jobs but didn't fulfill them and needed to be reassigned, if I read this information correctly:
All-in-all, I hope I'll be able to help. If not now then maybe later after SPK Network explodes and requirements for video encoders will be much higher.
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Our mistakes and failures are a great source of learning. Don't be worried for the mistakes you made in your life Like you did the version. But today you have learned a new thing for sure.
It's more like something that I knew but ignored. But it's true, we always learn new things or at least are reminded of the ones we forget.
I am not sure how much video encoding will be required because most users won't want to care about it at all. I do think it might be necessary for 3speak though to keep the system running. I don't know if it is.
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It is for the SPK Network, that's where this encoding software will be used (including 3Speak). But for now, the test group is rather limited, and that is normal.
The idea is, if you don't have anything to encode, it's just an almost idle process. Actually, two, because there is IPFS too. Just checking if it has something to do from time to time.
Glad you got it up and running. I'm going to check out the instructional vid today. Definitely want to be a part of SPK network infrastructure and encoder nodes seem like the next step since I'm already delegating LARYNX to some of the nodes.
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Yep, if you have the minimum requirements you should give it a try. The worse thing it can happen is you will waste a few hours trying and it doesn't work.
Does it cost you anything to keep it running?
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Electricity. I mean, when you encode videos, the power consumption increases. You don't need to rent a server, you can do it with your regular machine if you have the requirements.
I have a regular internet connection (not dedicated or something like that), but a good, reliable one. At the same time, I am not one of the top video encoders (the ones who encoded the most). I also keep it running only when my laptop is idle and not at night. So, I expect the reward will reflect that.
continuing on the path of decentralization. hope you get lots of opportunities to encode videos.
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Thanks! The start wasn't great, but after reinstalling my video encoder in a different environment, I started encoding videos.
You're welcome, @gadrian! Great job making it work and not giving up. 😀
Enjoy your day
Hi Gadrian. You are not stupid. You were excited and you had too much to do all in one day.
It's OK. You will get it done.
Barb 😊
!BBH
!CTP
!HBIT
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Yeah, I figured it out...
Great @gadrian !BBH !CTP !HBIT
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