Backing up DVD / blu ray & CD collection?


Recommended Posts

43 minutes ago, Circaflex said:

That's not necessarily true, Plex will look at the file itself for tags, in order for it to match to the database (generate title, cover art, fan art, description, etc).

Thought it did it by folders, like music players do... :huh:

4 minutes ago, Circaflex said:

Music players also rely on tags, i suggest you research ID3. 

I swear they did.. learn something every day, I guess...

 

I'm on Spotify, I don't have to arrange anything. :laugh:

Just now, Circaflex said:

Your music collection more than likely have the ID3 tags written to the MP3s you have.

You missed the joke, mate... In Spotify, you don't have to modify anything.

Just now, Mindovermaster said:

You missed the joke, mate... In Spotify, you don't have to modify anything.

Well of course, if you purchase music through spotify, or any other service, the files are tagged with ID3 tags for music players to identify them.

Just now, Circaflex said:

Well of course, if you purchase music through spotify, or any other service, the files are tagged with ID3 tags for music players to identify them.

Spotify is a streaming service, not a buying service like iTunes. We don't need to sort anything...

  • 3 weeks later...

41 blu rays ripped so far, 1.1TB gone already on the new 6TB (sorry, 5.45TB) drive.

 

Not sure this drive is going to house all my movies & certainly not all my music alongside it 🤣

 

How big is your collection (sorry, library)?

Well - not anywhere complete.. Only have home movies for a couple of years currently listed.  But in the big picture they are not very large.  Don't have even close to all my audiobooks on there.. But overall they not very large either.. Not even sure why have those on there - never listen too them via plex.  But maybe friends or family might.

 

Told you it can grow quick.. Do you have it generating thumbnails for your movies.. This will add space for sure..  I have that on because its great - makes it more like netflix where you can see where your at while you forward or reverse through a movie/show

lib.thumb.png.a85270799042082fe605786815b0afdb.png

 

I am either going to purge some stuff here soon or maybe transcode some large stuff down with x265.. I don't filling up the storage too much..

 

1 hour ago, BudMan said:

Do you have it generating thumbnails for your movies..

 

Yeah i think it would look pretty bland without.

 

It's not putting me off any. I quite enjoy it really, as sad as that may sound to some. If i need more space then i'll just buy more space whenever the time comes. If i have to split over 2 drives then i'll have to split over 2 drives, so be it.

 

For about 10 years or so now i've thought about putting all my music on one drive. I even bought a 1TB drive for it around that time but just never got round to it. That drive got replaced this week. Then at Xmas time gone i considered the idea of movies but when i made the thread i didn't know you could keep movies on the hard drive in such good quality. All about having the knowledge really.

 

But yeah i can't see me being put off it any time soon. I quite enjoy it. I can see why you say it costs in the long run but i don't drink much, i don't smoke, i no longer spend on cars etc so i have money to spend elsewhere.

1 hour ago, BudMan said:

Told you it can grow quick.. Do you have it generating thumbnails for your movies..

How do you get it doing that? That would be cool!

 

And you can you limit it to a specific library

 

Edit - Found it on the help page - https://support.plex.tv/articles/202197528-video-preview-thumbnails/ 

No not talking about the posters for the movies and such, the link @dipsylalapo linked too is what I am talking about...

 

The web interface works different than say the plex app on roku..

 

thumbnails.thumb.png.81c85550e6e6d6aba9ac6d855d9831e5.png

See when you move your mouse at some part in the movie you see a preview of the pic at that point in time.

 

On the roku when move through the movie with the arrow buttons you get what looks like old school film strip from back in school (if anyone here as old as me - hehehe)

Here found a example

Looks something like this

netflix_instant2.thumb.png.ff19ed6fb76e0b09e48eeaf9e6a66fb8.png

 

Creating these can eat up quite a bit of extra space ;)  But it really puts the icing on the cake for your viewing experience..

 

Yeah i realised the moment dipsy posted that i had misunderstood you. No i don't have that in place.

 

I'm currently wondering how i can do 'scene selection' via Plex. I don't know if it depends on how you're viewing it (you mention Roku whereas i'm going direct through my TV's app) or what. I go to next but it only skips a minute each press, or something like that, no significant amount of time.

When i'm ripping via MakeMKV If there's 2 options for example - such as 30GB and 30GB but with 22 chapters then i'll select the one with the chapters rather than the one with no chapters (which i imagine is just continuous viewing).

Yeah it would depend on your app your using to interface with plex..

 

On mine when I go to a movie with chapters its listed below with chapter # (or name if done that way) And little thumbnail preview you can see of where that chapter starts.  I don't normally create chapters, but yeah support really depends on app being used.

 

Here I grabbed a couple of example - this is the web interface

webinterfacechapters.thumb.png.bd530f652b9daa6f8faeff7117ecf3df.png

 

You have to click the little chapter button.  Funny grab - Capt Renault looks crossed eyed ;)

 

And here grabbed a pic with phone off of TV in the guest room that uses a roku stick..

rokustickchapters.thumb.jpg.0c8789c7068307841beecbeaebded80b.jpg

 

You can edit them with MKVToolNix, part of the reason in the process of moving ALL my files to mkv.. You can change the container really easy with the mkvtoolnix, mkv is such an easy container to work with when it comes to subtitles, info in the file like titles and lang, chapters, etc. etc..

captereditor.thumb.png.b5d982d71bb35462515b57cf9368f276.png

 

I really would suggest you check it out for working with your files.. https://mkvtoolnix.download/

 

Since I had the guest TV up with a movie and taking pic with phone... Here took a snap of how the video thumbnails look when searching through the movie with the arrow keys.

 

vidthumbs.thumb.jpg.347541824b3eef085d8a73177c773ac9.jpg

 

edit:  BTW just looked and the video thumbnails are like 65GB of space with 45K files ;)

 

 

7 hours ago, Technique said:

41 blu rays ripped so far, 1.1TB gone already on the new 6TB (sorry, 5.45TB) drive.

 

Not sure this drive is going to house all my movies & certainly not all my music alongside it 🤣

 

How big is your collection (sorry, library)?

i'm at 95.5tb ;)

Holy Moly.

 

So how many hard drives do you have your library split over? And i assume you then double this up to back up your library? Sorry i know people get sensitive about the term backing up but i'm going to keep on talking like the Average Joe regardless because i'm not a Neowin Elite ;)

20TB is not that big of deal these days.. You can get 10, 12 even 14TB disk you know ;)  Synology Nas have 8 bay models that are not all that expensive.. So 20TB even with duplication is not that hard to do - if you want to spend the money.

 

Like I said from the get go, this hobby can get expensive ;)

 

If the person meant 95TB vs tb - then that is pretty large for a home setup... But have seen higher - you should check out the datahoarders reddit ;)

44 minutes ago, BudMan said:

you should check out the datahoarders reddit ;)

No idea who the person is (yeah i know, i could Google it, but i guess from the way you say it that they have a ridiculous amount stored away so don't need Google for that :)) but for those kinds of people i do wonder how they acquire their library ;)

the datahoarders reddit is not a person, its another forum ;)  Kind of hehehe

 

The people that post there have ungodly amounts of storage space.. They don't just store movies to watch... They store pretty much anything they can get their hands on.. TBs and TBs of storage in play... Multi Thousands of $ in storage...   Some of the people have more storage online than many decent sized companies ;)

 

 

9 minutes ago, Technique said:

No idea who the person is (yeah i know, i could Google it, but i guess from the way you say it that they have a ridiculous amount stored away so don't need Google for that :)) but for those kinds of people i do wonder how they acquire their library ;)

They just download the Internet. 

1 hour ago, BudMan said:

20TB is not that big of deal these days.. You can get 10, 12 even 14TB disk you know ;)  Synology Nas have 8 bay models that are not all that expensive.. So 20TB even with duplication is not that hard to do - if you want to spend the money.

 

Like I said from the get go, this hobby can get expensive ;)

 

If the person meant 95TB vs tb - then that is pretty large for a home setup... But have seen higher - you should check out the datahoarders reddit ;)

Untitled.thumb.jpg.584c6f0bcc91f05d7449d267d7153059.jpg

 

 

1 hour ago, Technique said:

Holy Moly.

 

So how many hard drives do you have your library split over? And i assume you then double this up to back up your library? Sorry i know people get sensitive about the term backing up but i'm going to keep on talking like the Average Joe regardless because i'm not a Neowin Elite ;)

ive got 7 drives in my pool and i dont backup my movies, i only backup things i cannot replace and i find it would be a waste of storage.

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Posts

    • Glow 26.10 by Razvan Serea Glow provides detailed reporting on every hardware component in your computer, saving you valuable time typically spent searching for CPU, motherboard, RAM, graphics card, and other stats. With Glow, all the information is conveniently presented in one clean interface, allowing you to easily access and review the comprehensive hardware details of your system. Glow provides detailed information on various system aspects, including OS, motherboard, processor, memory, graphics card, storage, network, battery, drivers, and services. The well-organized format ensures easy access to the required information. You can export all the gathered data to a plain text file, facilitating sharing with others for troubleshooting purposes. No installation needed. Just decompress the archive, launch the executable, and access computer-related information. Glow runs on Windows 11 and Windows 10 64-bit versions. Glow 26.10 changelog: New Features The bootstrapping algorithm has been completely redesigned. The software can now launch directly without requiring TS Preloader. As part of this change, the startup splash screen displayed during initialization has been removed. In addition, spikes in CPU usage have been eliminated, resulting in a more stable architecture with significantly lower memory consumption. The Microsoft Office detection infrastructure within the Operating System section has been enhanced. Additional detection support has been added for Office C2R (Click-to-Run) installations. Furthermore, the license status evaluation system has been improved, and the priority order has been revised as follows: Licensed > Grace Period > Other (NOTIFICATIONS, EVALUATION, etc.). Glow now includes preliminary support for Wi-Fi 8 technology, allowing more detailed information to be displayed for Wi-Fi 8-compatible network adapters. Glow now provides full support for Bluetooth 6.2. Adapters supporting Bluetooth 6.2 can be analyzed in greater detail and with improved accuracy. The disk distribution view in the Disk section has been modernized, replacing the traditional table layout with a new 2×2 card-based design. The TS Custom Controls module has been updated to v26.7. Thanks to the new custom controls, all Türkaysoft applications now offer a more modern and consistent user interface aligned with Windows 11 design standards. Bug Fixes Potential line-ending handling issues in the Office detection code within the Operating System section have been resolved. Additionally, the output format has been standardized to UTF-8 to prevent character encoding issues and ensure consistent data processing. Several stability and file management issues within the Debugging infrastructure have been addressed. Problems that prevented new log files from being created after Debugging was disabled, as well as issues causing debug records to be lost, have been fixed. File deletion and reaccess issues that occurred after file locks were released have also been resolved. In addition, a bug that caused newly recreated log files to remain locked after deletion has been eliminated. Unnecessary blank lines within debug logs and the extra empty line that could appear at the end of log files have also been corrected. A shortcut key conflict caused by assigning identical hotkeys to both the DNS Test Tool and the Donation page has been fixed. The DNS Test Tool can now be accessed using CTRL + Shift + D, while the Donation page is available via CTRL + Alt + D. Changes The service responsible for providing the Public IP Address and Internet Service Provider information in the Network section has been updated to use the ipinfo.io infrastructure. This change improves the accuracy and consistency of the displayed data. (No external requests are made while Hiding Mode is enabled.) Some terms in the Dutch and Korean language files have been updated to make them clearer and more user-friendly. [TS Updater] Before the update process begins, users are now prompted to choose whether they would like to view the release notes. Note: Always unzip the program before using it. Otherwise you may get an error. Download: Glow 26.10 | 1.8 MB (Open Source) Links: Glow Homepage | Screenshot | Github Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
    • Maradona if hydration breaks had existed in Mexico 86.
    • The quantum search for Time's origin had an equally mind-boggling conclusion by Sayan Sen Image by Steve Johnson via Pexels A theoretical study from researchers at the University of Surrey suggested that the direction of time may not be fundamentally fixed in certain quantum systems. The work, published in Scientific Reports, examined how the “arrow of time” could emerge from microscopic physics and found that time-reversal symmetry can remain intact even in models used to describe processes such as energy loss and thermalisation. The arrow of time refers to the observed one-way direction from past to future in everyday life. In macroscopic processes, this is easy to see. Spilled milk spreads across a table and does not gather back into a glass, and heat flows from hotter objects to colder ones. These processes shape the common sense idea that time moves in a single direction. However, at the level of fundamental physics, many equations do not prefer a direction of time. Time-reversal symmetry means that the same physical laws can describe a system whether time moves forward or backward. This has made it difficult to explain why irreversible behaviour appears in the large-scale world even when the underlying rules do not require it. Dr Andrea Rocco, Associate Professor in Physics and Mathematical Biology at the University of Surrey, described this contrast: "One way to explain this is when you look at a process like spilt milk spreading across a table, it's clear that time is moving forward. But if you were to play that in reverse, like a movie, you'd immediately know something was wrong – it would be hard to believe milk could just gather back into a glass. However, there are processes, such as the motion of a pendulum, that look just as believable in reverse. The puzzle is that, at the most fundamental level, the laws of physics resemble the pendulum; they do not account for irreversible processes. Our findings suggest that while our common experience tells us that time only moves one way, we are just unaware that the opposite direction would have been equally possible." The study focused on open quantum systems, which are quantum systems that interact with a surrounding environment. This environment, often described as a heat bath, can exchange energy and information with the system. The researchers used this framework to study how a direction of time might appear even when the underlying physics does not enforce one. A key part of the analysis involved the Markov approximation. This is a simplification used in many models where the system is assumed not to retain memory of its past states. The idea is that changes depend only on the current state, not on earlier history. This is commonly used when studying thermalisation, which is the process where a system settles into equilibrium with its environment. The study also used concepts such as master equations, including the Lindblad and Pauli equations, which describe how probabilities of different quantum states change over time. Another related model discussed was quantum Brownian motion, which describes the random-like movement of a quantum particle interacting continuously with its environment. In these descriptions, a “memory kernel” can appear, which is a mathematical term that accounts for how past states influence current behaviour. The researchers found that applying the Markov approximation did not break time-reversal symmetry. Even when the system interacted with an effectively infinite heat bath, the resulting equations of motion remained symmetric in time. This meant that the same mathematical description could, in principle, run forward or backward in time without contradiction. The study further showed that standard frameworks used in open quantum systems, including quantum Brownian motion and master equations like the Lindblad and Pauli forms, could be written in a time-symmetric way. These equations are typically used to describe processes that look irreversible, such as dissipation and thermalisation, but the results suggested they can also be interpreted as allowing evolution in both time directions. Thomas Guff, Research Fellow in Quantum Thermodynamics, said: "The surprising part of this project was that even after making the standard simplifying assumption to our equations describing open quantum systems, the equations still behaved the same way whether the system was moving forwards or backwards in time. When we carefully worked through the maths, we found that this behaviour had to be the case because a key part of the equation, the "memory kernel," is symmetrical in time. We also found a small but important detail which is usually overlooked – a time discontinuous factor emerged that kept the time-symmetry property intact. It’s unusual to see such a mathematical mechanism in a physics equation because it's not continuous, and it was very surprising to see it appear so naturally." The researchers also noted that deriving a one-way arrow of time from time-reversal symmetric microscopic dynamics remains an open problem across fields such as thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, particle physics, and cosmology. Their results suggested that some standard descriptions of irreversible behaviour in open quantum systems may be better understood using a time-symmetric formulation of Markovianity. According to the study, processes such as thermalisation, which are usually treated as irreversible, could in theory be described in a way that allows evolution in either time direction under the same rules. This does not imply that time reversal occurs in everyday life, but rather that the underlying equations do not strictly enforce a single direction. Overall, the findings suggested that the perceived direction of time may emerge from how physical systems are modelled and approximated, rather than from a fundamental asymmetry in the laws themselves. The researchers noted that this perspective could have implications for ongoing work in quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and cosmology on the origin of time’s arrow. Source: University of Surrey, Nature This article was generated with some help from AI and reviewed by an editor. Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, this material is used for the purpose of news reporting. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing
    • A bit premature... 100% Marketing. Bizarre.
  • Recent Achievements

    • Reacting Well
      BizSAR earned a badge
      Reacting Well
    • First Post
      AndreaB earned a badge
      First Post
    • Week One Done
      Huge Trailer earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • Week One Done
      Classifyskilleducation earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • One Month Later
      eurospharma62 earned a badge
      One Month Later
  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      581
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      182
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      75
    4. 4
      Michael Scrip
      73
    5. 5
      neufuse
      64
  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!