Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Working on optical disc backup script
maggior;457441 Wrote: > I guess I didn't forsee <$99 1TB external drives in the near future :-). I count 20 on http://www.newegg.com, starting at $85.99. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67774 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Working on optical disc backup script
JJZolx;457399 Wrote: > I think you'd have to be a masochist to want to backup a large library > to DVD. But I suppose if someone died and left you a giant pile of > DVD-Rs, then what the hell. Nobody left them to me - I bought them all when they were on sale throughout the years. I guess I didn't forsee <$99 1TB external drives in the near future :-). To do it manually, yes, you have to be a masochist. This is why I decided to write this script to provide some automation. JJZolx;457399 Wrote: > I've had backup hard drives fail. You don't lose anything because it's > a BACKUP. You get another one and you backup your data again. If > you're _really_ paranoid, keep two backups. I guess what I'm looking at here is more of an archive than a backup. This is not something I would want to do a rapid restore from in case of a failed drive. I will probably get 1TB USB drives for backup purposes. I do like the idea of having all of my FLACS from my music library archived on media other than a hard drive. -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 3 Booms, 1 duet, 1 receiver. SuSE 11.0 Server running SqueezeCenter 7.3.3, MusicIP, and SqueezeSlave. Current library stats: 27,698 songs, 2,304 albums, 439 artists. http://www.last.fm/user/maggior Looking forward to new Porcupine Tree, Megadeth, Alice in Chains, and The Beatles Box set. September will be an expensive month :-) maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67774 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Working on optical disc backup script
maggior wrote: > I currently have a work-in-progress set of Perl scripts to automate the > backing up of a music library to DVD or any other removable media (BD, > DVD-DL, etc.). I agree with JJ here, too much masochism for me. I have ~810 albums, all in flac. Assume that the flac compression makes one CD take 333 MB, or 3 CDs per GB. Thus we have 270 GB of music to back up. I would be unwilling to do that even if they were BlueRay and you could put 27GB on each. That would take ten disks in the insert/burn/remove/label shuffle. With a 500GB disk selling for well under $100, just use rsync -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Working on optical disc backup script
maggior;457383 Wrote: > What are your thoughts on this project? I think you'd have to be a masochist to want to backup a large library to DVD. But I suppose if someone died and left you a giant pile of DVD-Rs, then what the hell. > Though external hard drives are attractive due to ease-of-backup, I > worry about the amount of data loss if one were to fail. I've had backup hard drives fail. You don't lose anything because it's a BACKUP. You get another one and you backup your data again. If you're _really_ paranoid, keep two backups. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67774 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] SC unable to see music library
Thanks gharris999, the edit to fstab did the trick. -- cphan Living room: SB3 >> Alesis M1 Active Bedroom: Boombox cphan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14522 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66935 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
[SlimDevices: Unix] Working on optical disc backup script
I currently have a work-in-progress set of Perl scripts to automate the backing up of a music library to DVD or any other removable media (BD, DVD-DL, etc.). Given that there has been some interest in Moonbase's project to do backups to hard discs (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67153), I thought perhaps there would be some interest in something like I am working on. My motivation: = I've recently made huge additions to my music library as I finally got around to ripping the last half of my music collection. My habit has been to backup my FLACs to DVDs. Even though external drives have gotten rediculously cheap, I have a huge stock of blank DVDs that I should use. Though external hard drives are attractive due to ease-of-backup, I worry about the amount of data loss if one were to fail. Also, I have tons of DVDs to use, so I should use them. I dreaded the task of sitting in front of Nero and dragging folders in, burn the discs, keep track of what I burned, etc. Time is at a bit of a premium for me now, so I can't afford to deal with all of that tedium. So...I thought it would be cool to automate the process somehow. I did some research on available command line tools on Linux and found something called growisofs. I played with it a bit and it works quite well. Discs that I back up are readable on my Linux machines, my Vista machine, and my XP machines. It supports burning ISO9660:1999 images, so most any filename and directory structures will work. I don't plan on trying to read my discs with DOS, Windows NT, or anything of that vintage, so I don't think this will be a problem. The Implementation (so far): === I chose to write my script(s) in Perl, mainly because I want to become more proficient with it. This is very much a prototype at this point and everything is handled by a series of scripts that generate file outupt that is used by another scirpt. Here is what my scripts do at this point: - The music directory structure is scanned and total storage size is computed for each sub-directory (presumably making up an album). This information is output to a file. Date critera can be specified to go back only to a certain date. I may add other criteria as needed. - The file is then parsed and "burn projects" are built based on a maximum storage capacity specified for the backup device. Currently, the script can't deal with an "album" that iself is larger than the size of a disc. The fact is flagged to the user can deal with it another way. Attempts are made to maximize the storage by searching for smaller albums that might fit in the remaining space on the disc. Another file is generated with the project information. - This file is then parsed and a command line to growisofs is built up and executed. The backup device is hard coded. I will implement a verification procedure using md5 sums. This will have a dependency on the auto mount point of the backup device. - Finally, I have completed a script that will take one of the project file used by the burn script and lay out on a page lables that can be cut out to put in your binder. 4 labels are printed on a page which can then be cut out. This is very specific to how I do things. Once I have this cleaned up a bit, I can make the code available to those that might be interested. At this time, I'm working mainly to my specific needs and haven't generalized much. This could change depending on interest. I do hope to bring the various scripts into a single one. I like the idea of having the data committed to files because it makes it easier to go back and pick up where you left off. For instance, I currently have about 60 DVDs worth of data to backup. I certainly don't plan on doing that in one sitting :-). What are your thoughts on this project? Thanks, -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 3 Booms, 1 duet, 1 receiver. SuSE 11.0 Server running SqueezeCenter 7.3.3, MusicIP, and SqueezeSlave. Current library stats: 27,698 songs, 2,304 albums, 439 artists. http://www.last.fm/user/maggior Looking forward to new Porcupine Tree, Megadeth, Alice in Chains, and The Beatles Box set. September will be an expensive month :-) maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67774 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Problems with new Ubuntu 9.04 install
Under Advanced-File Types, I changed the wav settings to disable flac stream format. All works now with my wav files. -- Jonathan Russell Jonathan Russell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32748 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65608 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Problems with new Ubuntu 9.04 install
When I try and play a flac file I get no sound the name of the track comes up (so it scanned the library ok) the time bar up the top shows up but does not move, then the sb3 cycles rapidly through all the tracks in the directory in rapid time, but no sound.[/QUOTE Wrote: > > > Sorry to revisit an old post but I have the exact same problem as the > original poster. During this thread, we learned that the original poster > was actually trying to play wav files. I am trying to play wav files and > get the exact same symptom- sb3 and the squeezecenter library cycle thru > sogns but never play them. I am able to play mp3 files if I include them > in the library. I am using ubuntu 9.04 and squeezecenter 7.3.3. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks. -- Jonathan Russell Jonathan Russell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32748 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65608 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
