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This is a quick guide on how to setup IPFire so that multiple PlayStation 5 consoles can play Call of Duty at the same time with an open NAT connection. Call of Duty on the PlayStation 5 uses UDP port 3074. To get an open NAT connection all you have to do is port forward UDP port 3074 to your PlayStation 5's local IP. However, when you have two (or more) PlayStation 5's and you and someone else wish to play COD together at the same time, you cannot port forward UDP port 3074 to both consoles ( You can create the rule but it wont work ) and play simultaneously with an open NAT. One will work and one won't, or there will be connectivity issues resulting in both unable to play. This is normal port forwarding behavior. If you think about what port forwarding does you will understand why. It is a rule that tells your router to send all incoming external traffic inbound for UDP port 3074 to a single local IP. Incoming external traffic: UDP 3074---> send to ---> 10.0.0.2 Now...

I've been using pfsense for a few years and it has been a good replacement over a traditional router but I've been dissatisfied with its online gaming performance. If I plug my modem directly to my PlayStation 5 and play COD MW2, things are good. If I then use pfsense, even if it is configured to allow an open NAT the gaming experience is like there is some form of delay despite having the same ping. I would describe this as other players seem to be reacting well in advanced and I appear to be out of sync. This is more evident when I watch myself dying in the kill cam and see what the other play saw me do. Either pfsense is bad, I've configured it poorly, it's a hardware issue or a combination of these things.  In any event I decided to give IPFire a go and my COD MW2 experience is like I have my modem plugged directly into my PlayStation 5. Even my PC online browsing is more responsive and things are loading quicker! I therefore recommend using IPFire over pfsense -  h...

First step is to install needed packages, open a terminal and type the following, sudo apt install build-essential libncurses-dev flex bison debhelper libssl-dev libelf-dev Now download your kernel source from kernel.org, you can do this using the terminal if you wish, for example; wget https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-6.6-rc5.tar.gz This command will download the kernel to your current directory Extract the kernel archive. tar -xf linux-6.6-rc5.tar.gz Go into the directory  cd linux-6.6-rc5 Customise your kernel make menuconfig Once you have finished save and exit.        Now it is time to build the kernel package. time make -j $(($(nproc)+1)) bindeb-pkg Depending on your processor this may take some time. When it has finished your kernel *.deb package will be in your home directory. To install it, sudo dpkg -i linux-image-6.6.0-rc5_6.6.0-rc5-4_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-6.6.0-rc5_6.6.0-rc5-4_amd64.deb Then reboot and enjoy your newer...

My Intel Arc A770 LE 16 GB was running a bit hot so I decided to fix it with a water block but I could not avoid upgrading everything else.  2x Bykski 360mm x40mm RC Series Radiators (CR-RD360RC-TK-V2)  1x Bykski D5 / 100mm PMMA Reservoir Pump (CP-NWD5-X-CT60-V3-100) 1x Bykski CPU Block (CPU-XPR-C-M)  1x Bykski GPU Block (I-GNA770-X) And a total of 6x Akasa SOHO AR 120mm Fans (AK-FN108) in a shiny new Antec Performance 1 FT case. Loop setup / Preparation Pump flows to [1] GPU block, to [2] Front Radiator, to [3] CPU block, to [4] Top Radiator, to [5] Pump Return. 3x front radiator (GPU) fans blow into the case, 3x top radiator (CPU ) fans extract from the case. Filled with distilled water, used to test for leaks for 24 hours, then drained. EK-CryoFuel Loop cleaner was used for 8 hours, then drained. EK-CryoFuel Superflush used for 15 mins, then drained. EK-CryoFuel Superflush used for 24 hours, then drained. EK-CryoFuel Mystic Fog Premix used as coolant - 22/09/2023 FurMa...

If you want that extra edge when playing games these settings and tweaks may help. Any changes that involve using the Group Policy Editor and Registry Editor will require a reboot for that change to take effect. I may update this page as time goes by, comments are open so feel free to add your comments or thoughts. Disable any unnecessary apps running at startup Use Task Manager or (Settings > Apps > Startup) to disable any unnecessary apps from running at start up Task Manager Settings > Apps > Startup Go through your start up apps and disable anything you do not need to run. In my case I have disabled OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, SteelSeriesGG and iCloud.   Disable Xbox Gamebar Go to Settings > Gaming > Xbox Game Bar and toggle the slider to off. Should you wish to capture your gameplay I would highly recommend OBS . Enabled further graphic optimisation settings Go to System > Display > Graphics > Change Default Graphics Settings and turn on any additi...

I currently have an Intel Arc A770 LE 16GB and out of the box Fedora 37 does not support it. There are some workarounds but the best option (at the time of writing) is to use kernel 6.2.7 as that has native Intel Arc support. This is a quick guide I made for myself, it will build a linux-6.2.7 *.rpm package in Fedora 37. As with anything in Linux, there is usually more than one way to do things or a better way to do something. If you have a suggestion leave a comment below. Open a terminal  sudo dnf install ncurses-devel flex bison rpm-build elfutils-libelf-devel rpmdevtools openssl-devel dwarves perl This should install required packages to build and compile the kernel. rpmdev-setuptree This will setup your home directory for building the *.rpm package. cd ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ We are going to go into the SOURCES directory in our rpmbuild tree. wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.2.7.tar.xz This will download linux-6.2.7.tar.xz into the SOURCES directory. tar...

I currently have an Intel Arc A770 LE 16GB in my PC, its connected to a Sony XH90 TV with a HDMI 2.1 cable. From day one I have had issues with my audio cutting out, as in I could launch a game or decide to play a video on youtube or amazon prime and discover I have no sound. It seems completely random and happens in Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.  Interestingly it seems I am not alone with the audio issues. https://community.intel.com/t5/Graphics/ARC-A770-is-killing-my-audio/td-p/1443864  https://community.intel.com/t5/Graphics/ARC-A770-Audio-Glitches-popping-stuttering/td-p/1448540 Over on the intel community forums a number of users are reporting audio issues and it could be something driver related or worse, the hardware itself.  I have found a fix that sometimes works when I lose sound from my Arc A770 which works in Windows and Ubuntu. I have found sometimes changing the screen refresh rate will make the audio function again. For example, if my refresh rate is 60H...

In a previous post I wrote about using MPV player on Windows with hardware decoding. This is a quick reference post for my recommended minimalist configuration settings in the mpv.conf configuration file. If you have an AMD / Intel graphics device #Default video output set to GPU. Best CPU utilisation in Windows vo=gpu    #Best for AMD GPUs  hwdec=d3d11va    #Prevent MPV closing after playback  keep-open   #Quality Upscale / Downscale filter (will increase GPU load when enabled)  scale=ewa_lanczossharp   If you have an NVIDIA graphics device  MPV for Windows and NVIDIA NVENC decoding #Default video output set to GPU. Best CPU utilisation in Windows vo=gpu #To enable NVDEC use opengl api gpu-api=opengl #Hardware decoder set to NVDEC wont work if above not set to opengl hwdec=nvdec #Prevent MPV closing after playback keep-open #Quality upscale / downscale filter (uncomment below to enable) scale=ewa_lanczossharp

To help explain how this may help you, this is my setup. PlayStation 5 Sony XH90 TV ASUS CU4K30 PC Steelseries Arctis 7P+ Wireless USB headset The PlayStation 5 is connected to the ASUS CU4K30 capture device which is connected to my PC via a USB cable, and TV via a HDMI cable (PS5 passthrough etc). I then use OBS to record my game play to my PC. I do not stream my gameplay to a service such as twitch. My USB headset is connected to my PC. The problem with OBS With OBS typically after 1 hour of recording the audio in the recording will be out of sync with the video. It also seems the severity of the audio desync progressively gets worse over time. For example, in a 3 hour recording the audio is way more out of sync with the video towards the end of the recording. The only time I become aware of the audio sync issue is when playing back the video file. I have seen various ways of attempting to fix this on the internet and they all fail to work ranging from disabling buffering on the capt...