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PeachMan ,
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It looks like Mozilla doesn’t maintain an official Canadian dictionary, they just rely on this add-on created by a single guy: …mozilla.org/…/canadian-english-dictionary/

I’d suggest turning that dictionary off and relying on a third-party spelling/grammar app with better Canadian language support. I don’t know if they have a Canada-specific option, but I like LanguageTool: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/…/languagetool/

There are a lot of options out there, be careful about which ones have a decent privacy policy. Keep in mind, they could easily record anything you type, on any website.

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Can you upgrade the mailboxes by assigning a different license? Like E3?

PeachMan ,
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Hey, thanks for circling back and updating! More details here on those mailbox properties in case anyone is curious: …microsoft.com/…/ediscovery-identify-a-hold-on-an…

After any type of hold is removed from a mailbox, a delay hold is applied. This means that the actual removal of the hold is delayed for 30 days to prevent data from being permanently deleted (purged) from the mailbox. This gives admins an opportunity to search for or recover mailbox items that will be purged after a hold is removed.

So, did you recently remove a hold from these mailboxes? Or were these properties stuck somehow, even though they were more than thirty days old?

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Don’t transcode on Plex if you can avoid it. It’s very compute-intensive and it makes your streams look like shit. Convert your videos to nice formats that most people can direct play (like x264 or x265) and turn transcoding off. It’ll keep your hardware running longer, keep your electric bill down, and your streams will look better. Win-win-win-win.

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Most Macs are overpriced, but the $599 M2 Mac Mini is an absolute STEAL compared to the rest of their lineup. And its existence drives the price of used Mac Minis down, which is also great.

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You can convert most movies to 1080p x265 and it takes up a little over a gigabyte of space. If you’re already hosting 4K movies, why do you give a shit about another gigabyte? If you’re NOT hosting 4K movies, then you have ZERO reason to transcode, just make everything 1080p and call it a day.

Also, transcoding DOES cost you money, your electric bill goes up, even if you don’t track it or care. So spend the extra fifty bucks on a few extra terabytes now rather than spending it over the course of several months transcoding. And if you cut out transcoding, you can run Plex on VERY cheap hardware, so that saves you money too.

Transcoding. Is. Dumb.

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Handbrake

PeachMan ,
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It’s only limiting if you’re doing things that need more RAM and faster drive speeds (most people are not). Of course, if you need more, don’t buy this thing? I didn’t say it was great for EVERYBODY.

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How bad is your upload speed? Most of my x264 and x265 encodes have a total bitrate of around 1.5-2 Mbps. You can’t stream that without transcoding?

Also, have you LOOKED at transcode quality from the other side? It looks TERRIBLE, and it doesn’t significantly reduce your bitrate. I’m telling you, whatever math Plex does to decide whether or not to transcode is USELESS. I’ve seen it transcode x264 videos (that definitely didn’t need to be transcoded) and send them to friends at a HIGHER bitrate, it’s legit insane.

Do what works for you, but Plex transcoding is a bad “feature” that should be avoided at all costs.

EDIT: I’m far from the only one noticing this, the common wisdom is that Plex clients are telling your server to transcode, even when it’s not necessary, and there’s not much you can do about it other than fully turning transcoding off.

reddit.com/…/help_finding_out_why_plex_is_choosin…

reddit.com/…/how_to_avoid_transcoding_as_much_as_…

reddit.com/…/plex_transcoding_when_it_shouldnt_ad…

reddit.com/…/transcoding_when_it_shouldnt_be/

reddit.com/…/why_is_plex_transcoding_when_it_does…

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