Re: [mythtv-users] Rundown on Videos
On Nov 26, 2005, at 7:15 AM, Kevin Kuphal wrote: Thom Paine wrote: If you want the best combination of redundancy and speed, use RAID 0+1. This will, however, only give you 600G of space, rather than the 900G RAID 5 gives you. Raid 0+1 is two drives striped together (600G) and then mirrored on the other two drives? Maybe I should get a cheap raid 5 card with 5 or 6 SATA ports on it for better performance? I'd forget about RAID unless you simply *cannot* lose the data on the drives or you are doing *true* hardware RAID since software RAID can be a tricky proposition. I've gone back and forth with RAID and ended up not using it. I back up my DVD rips to dual- layer DVDs (most rips are Divx with AC3 tracks for space) which is cheap and does the job. Anything else I can lose since it's just TV. Best part, I get to use all the space I paid for rather than losing some to RAID. Just my 2 cents. Folks, In contrast to both these points, I'd suggest Raid 5 in stead of Raid 0+1. 0+1 is very fast, and I use it on my DB server at work to good effect, but you really don't need the speed for Myth. It's not really a high data rate application. Also, even tho the data may not be totally indespensible, it is worth a two or three hundred bucks to me to not have to deal with dieing drives. I've had very good experiences with software raid on linux (I had a previous database running software raid 24/7 with hundreds of days of uptime), so I'd go with software raid if you have enough channels on your mobon and want to save some money. Hardware raid is better if you can afford it. Thanks, Peter Darley ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Rundown on Videos
Thom Paine wrote: That's right (About the NFS), what format did you rip the DVD's in, and what are you trying to play them back in? (Missing Codecs if in AVI DivX/XviD format, missing DeCSS if you ripped to .iso?) I ripped them in Perfect for now, but I'm sure the problem is that it can't mount the file as it's stored on the MBE and not locally on the frontend. They play no problem on the MBE. I'm sure most of the codecs are available, and when I checked the /video/videos directory, it ripped it as a .VOB. I just picked up another DVD for $6 at Walmart and I tried ripping that on Excellent, to see the file size and quality difference. You can use folders, and if you enable the "Gallery View Browses folders" (Or whatever it's titled, something similar to that), it'll browse the files and folders in a proper manner as you'd expect. That good, thanks. You need to go into the "Video Manager", and from the menu for each recording, go to "Search IMDB". This'll do it's best to get the info and poster from IMDB. If that doesn't work, you can find the movie on IMDB yourself, and enter the number (without the "tt", so "01234567" for movie ID "tt01234567", find that ID in the URL) into the "Manually get from IMDB" option. Alright. I didn't experiment much with theis yet as the remote doesn't want to work, but the MBE seems to run very well. It's stable and sends recordings out to frontends with no problems. If you want the best combination of redundancy and speed, use RAID 0+1. This will, however, only give you 600G of space, rather than the 900G RAID 5 gives you. Raid 0+1 is two drives striped together (600G) and then mirrored on the other two drives? Maybe I should get a cheap raid 5 card with 5 or 6 SATA ports on it for better performance? I'd forget about RAID unless you simply *cannot* lose the data on the drives or you are doing *true* hardware RAID since software RAID can be a tricky proposition. I've gone back and forth with RAID and ended up not using it. I back up my DVD rips to dual-layer DVDs (most rips are Divx with AC3 tracks for space) which is cheap and does the job. Anything else I can lose since it's just TV. Best part, I get to use all the space I paid for rather than losing some to RAID. Just my 2 cents. -- Looking for affordable webhosting? http://www.sitecity.net ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Rundown on Videos
> That's right (About the NFS), what format did you rip the DVD's in, > and what are you trying to play them back in? (Missing Codecs if in > AVI DivX/XviD format, missing DeCSS if you ripped to .iso?) > I ripped them in Perfect for now, but I'm sure the problem is that it can't mount the file as it's stored on the MBE and not locally on the frontend. They play no problem on the MBE. I'm sure most of the codecs are available, and when I checked the /video/videos directory, it ripped it as a .VOB. I just picked up another DVD for $6 at Walmart and I tried ripping that on Excellent, to see the file size and quality difference. > You can use folders, and if you enable the "Gallery View Browses > folders" (Or whatever it's titled, something similar to that), it'll > browse the files and folders in a proper manner as you'd expect. > That good, thanks. > You need to go into the "Video Manager", and from the menu for each > recording, go to "Search IMDB". This'll do it's best to get the info > and poster from IMDB. If that doesn't work, you can find the movie on > IMDB yourself, and enter the number (without the "tt", so "01234567" > for movie ID "tt01234567", find that ID in the URL) into the "Manually > get from IMDB" option. > Alright. I didn't experiment much with theis yet as the remote doesn't want to work, but the MBE seems to run very well. It's stable and sends recordings out to frontends with no problems. > If you want the best combination of redundancy and speed, use RAID > 0+1. This will, however, only give you 600G of space, rather than the > 900G RAID 5 gives you. > Raid 0+1 is two drives striped together (600G) and then mirrored on the other two drives? Maybe I should get a cheap raid 5 card with 5 or 6 SATA ports on it for better performance? > Personally, I'd not use RAID 0 on it's own unless you are either > absolutely certain of the uality of the drives, or you really don't > care about what's stored on them. > Yes, the quality of hard drives is questionable these days. Thats why I wanted to use raid. -- -=/>Thom ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Rundown on Videos
On 11/25/05, Thom Paine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can I get a rundown on the best way to work with mythvideo? > I was thinking that I need to NFS mount the /video partition on /video > on each of the local frontends to get that to work. I've ripped a few > DVD's to watch on there (funny how Baby Einstein made the list when > you have a 1 year old) but they don't seem to play. That's right (About the NFS), what format did you rip the DVD's in, and what are you trying to play them back in? (Missing Codecs if in AVI DivX/XviD format, missing DeCSS if you ripped to .iso?) > Also, can I create directories in my /video/videos directory and will > it recurse them properly so that I can seperate some of these, like > the kids shows in one, mine in another, and some of my wife's stuff > elsewhere? I guess I could just try it and see if it works, but I'd > rather wait and get some feedback from people who are using this daily > to see how best to set it up. You can use folders, and if you enable the "Gallery View Browses folders" (Or whatever it's titled, something similar to that), it'll browse the files and folders in a proper manner as you'd expect. > Also, of the DVD's I ripped, I didn't get the movie posters. Does it > automatically download them from somewhere, or do I need to hit some > keys to get that to work? You need to go into the "Video Manager", and from the menu for each recording, go to "Search IMDB". This'll do it's best to get the info and poster from IMDB. If that doesn't work, you can find the movie on IMDB yourself, and enter the number (without the "tt", so "01234567" for movie ID "tt01234567", find that ID in the URL) into the "Manually get from IMDB" option. > And finally, since I plan on ripping alot of my DVD collection, I'm > unsure if I should get four 300G SATA drives and set them up in a > RAID5 array, so I have redundancy, or stripe them altogether and have > a little more room. I guess the only real savings will by my TV > recorded shows that I would like to have in the event of hardware > failure, because all my DVD's I have and can rerip them over time. If you want the best combination of redundancy and speed, use RAID 0+1. This will, however, only give you 600G of space, rather than the 900G RAID 5 gives you. Personally, I'd not use RAID 0 on it's own unless you are either absolutely certain of the uality of the drives, or you really don't care about what's stored on them. > Thanks for reading this far and looking forward to some feedback. eeeEE!!! Sorry, wrong kind of feedback. :) -- Robert "Anaerin" Johnston ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Rundown on Videos
Can I get a rundown on the best way to work with mythvideo? I have a master backend working nicely except for the remote. I'm not really bothered by this atm because I've been watching my recordings by installing the frontend on my main desktop and it's been working really well. I also don't have my projector installed yet so I'm not in a real panic. Anyways, I have a bunch of files that I would like to move to my mythbox to watch. I moved one over there to see how it would play and it works well. So my questions are how best to use mythvideo with remote front ends? I was thinking that I need to NFS mount the /video partition on /video on each of the local frontends to get that to work. I've ripped a few DVD's to watch on there (funny how Baby Einstein made the list when you have a 1 year old) but they don't seem to play. Also, can I create directories in my /video/videos directory and will it recurse them properly so that I can seperate some of these, like the kids shows in one, mine in another, and some of my wife's stuff elsewhere? I guess I could just try it and see if it works, but I'd rather wait and get some feedback from people who are using this daily to see how best to set it up. Also, of the DVD's I ripped, I didn't get the movie posters. Does it automatically download them from somewhere, or do I need to hit some keys to get that to work? And finally, since I plan on ripping alot of my DVD collection, I'm unsure if I should get four 300G SATA drives and set them up in a RAID5 array, so I have redundancy, or stripe them altogether and have a little more room. I guess the only real savings will by my TV recorded shows that I would like to have in the event of hardware failure, because all my DVD's I have and can rerip them over time. Thanks for reading this far and looking forward to some feedback. -- -=/>Thom ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
