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Anybody here have a really large collection of digital media
Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:09 am
Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:09 am
What is the ideal setup? How many TBs hard drive would it need to be to basically own every movie you ever enjoyed + tv series, music cd, etc
Do they have a dedicated media removable hard drive setup just for this? I remember something called the Keg a while back . Idk if its still around. Drive sizes have gotten huge since then .Tia
Do they have a dedicated media removable hard drive setup just for this? I remember something called the Keg a while back . Idk if its still around. Drive sizes have gotten huge since then .Tia
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Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:11 am to Chef Leppard
I have a 2TB NAS of which I am using about 900MB. I have media players hooked up to the TV and stream from that. Roku seems to be the player of choice here although I have a segate and have no issues with it. Also has Netflix app built into it.
Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:18 am to CAGator
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900MB
That's not very much is it? Or am I reading that wrong
Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:21 am to Chef Leppard
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That's not very much is it?
it's not. Surely he meant 900GB
I have an old PC running FreeNAS with 3x2GB hard drives. Stream to WDTV Live, original xbox running XBMC, and PS3.
This post was edited on 3/20/13 at 10:22 am
Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:22 am to Chef Leppard
Ha sorry meant 900GB. The average file size for a movie is between 700MB and 1.25GB. 1 hour shows about 350MB and 30 minute shows about 150MB
This post was edited on 3/20/13 at 10:22 am
Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:27 am to Chef Leppard
~ 8000 songs
~ 30 audiobooks
~ 500 MOBI books
~ 200 burnt DVDs
~ 100 mp4 movies
~ 30 audiobooks
~ 500 MOBI books
~ 200 burnt DVDs
~ 100 mp4 movies
quote:cloud storage (too expensive) with external hard drive backup along with high capacity jump drives for movement between machines
What is the ideal setup?
quote:10 ought to do it. .AVIs and HD movies/shows are much larger files
How many TBs hard drive would it need to be to basically own every movie you ever enjoyed + tv series, music cd, etc
This post was edited on 3/20/13 at 10:29 am
Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:40 am to manwich
Know off the top of your head what a decent 10TB setup would run? Roughly of course
Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:41 am to CAGator
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CAGator
Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:46 am to Chef Leppard
$800-$1000
10TB would be tough to fill though
my advice would be to start with 2TB and upgrade later as you near capacity. most likely, by the time you need 10TB, the cost will have dropped significantly.
10TB would be tough to fill though
my advice would be to start with 2TB and upgrade later as you near capacity. most likely, by the time you need 10TB, the cost will have dropped significantly.
Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:52 am to manwich
That is a ton of space. I have about 700 movies and like 18 TV Series. Among stuff like sports clips\games and I am at a 10th of that amount of space. But if the price is right I guess why not. Although I do not have music or books uploaded to it.
This post was edited on 3/20/13 at 10:53 am
Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:53 am to manwich
Cool. Thx man
Want to set something up soon. I dl a lot of torrents. Many for older movies I've already bought once or twice. I use to have an enormous DVD collection
I have a feeling they're going to find a way to put some sort of encrypted file specific signature one day proving ownership. I'd like to at least have a solid stockpile of the older stuff before that happens. I'd go nuts for a few months dl'ing everything I even remotely liked just to have it if I had a drive that size
Want to set something up soon. I dl a lot of torrents. Many for older movies I've already bought once or twice. I use to have an enormous DVD collection
I have a feeling they're going to find a way to put some sort of encrypted file specific signature one day proving ownership. I'd like to at least have a solid stockpile of the older stuff before that happens. I'd go nuts for a few months dl'ing everything I even remotely liked just to have it if I had a drive that size
Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:56 am to CAGator
quote:he didn't ask how much to store my current collection. he asked about everything i've ever watched/listened to.
That is a ton of space. I have about 700 movies and like 18 TV Series. Among stuff like sports clips\games and I am at a 10th of that
Posted on 3/20/13 at 10:58 am to Chef Leppard
quote:i have the same mentality. when i first started dling, i amassed a stack of DVDs about five feet high. the problem is that physical media like DVDs deteriorate over time.
I'd like to at least have a solid stockpile of the older stuff before that happens.
Posted on 3/20/13 at 11:00 am to manwich
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the problem is that physical media like DVDs deteriorate over time.
I went digital because of that and because I got tired of trying to figure out what I had. And trying to catalog it all was problematic.
Posted on 3/20/13 at 11:31 am to Chef Leppard
I have my desktop loaded up with drives and a Western Digital TV Media box connected to my TV.
Works well, other than trying to stream straight BluRay rips
Need to figure out a way to shrink those down..
Works well, other than trying to stream straight BluRay rips
Need to figure out a way to shrink those down..
Posted on 3/20/13 at 11:33 am to Chef Leppard
I've got a friend who I wouldn't say has nearly everything you could want, but he has a lot of good stuff and he's halfway through his 2nd TB drive, been at it casually for about 2-3 years.
Posted on 3/20/13 at 11:34 am to CAGator
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I went digital because of that and because I got tired of trying to figure out what I had. And trying to catalog it all was problematic.
That and the issue of clutter, and of moving shite from one room to another if you wanted to watch it elsewhere.
I have 2 TB of networked hard drive on my home network, not even close to halfway full but then again I haven't transferred everything we own to it, just the stuff that we download and the movies that the kids watch over and over.
Posted on 3/20/13 at 12:16 pm to Chef Leppard
645 movies/TV shows. No clue how many TB that would translate into.
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