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got an external hdd coming "should" be here tomorrow but with the current weather I'm not expecting it to.
I wonder what sound a nut makes :thot: oh wait I know "oww my nuts" :pwacko:
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What size and any particular use?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouch
a 1tb I'm going to use it with my media player for tv and movies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slacker Magician
I see. I have a couple 8TB SAS drives coming in the mail, they should be here tomorrow.
They're going in a sibling's media tower for BD storage assuming the drives are healthy. I think it should be enough to fit all of them but I don't have an up to date count. Full images because re-encoding would take a while unless I picked up new HW. I'll probably strip most or all of them down to movie only once things are ripped.
I'm planning on running h2test on my drive when it gets here though that'll take 10-12hrs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slacker Magician
I don't think you're likely to encounter an HDD with a faked size. I check SMART and run some file transfers and call it good if there aren't any problems.
It's only really ssd hdd that might have fake size. Inside the case it's a tiny usb drive plus a metal slab for weight :wacko:
I saw one on CL recently. A "16TB" SSD for cheap.Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlegion
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Originally Posted by Slacker Magician
The ad is still up, I remembered incorrectly, the box claims it's an external HDD for $55 :lol.
I hope to get a 10TB or so HDD at some point. Gotta store all those games.
固定 :chinese:Quote:
Originally Posted by Slacker Magician
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I plan on swapping larger drives into my NAS (2x2TB at the moment) at some point. It's been put off since I don't have an immediate need and prices are only recently recovering.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeftyGuitar
Drives work but the card doesn't support spin-down so I'll have to uninstall, modify, and then reinstall the driver @_@.
Looks relatively simple since it's only a single line in the INF. I'm hoping it'll be able to enter and resume from sleep after that but only spinning down would be better than nothing.
kinda pissed tonight. I spent all day transferring files to my new drive and when I finally get done and hook it up to my media player the damn thing won't properly detect it fucking chinese junk >:
Any documentation for the thing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouch
Does the media player need a specific partition type?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouch
surprisingly yes it does. I just looked through the manual and apparently it doesn't support large capacity external hdds without external power supplies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slacker Magician
no.Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlegion
That isn't unusual in my experience, like for cheap Chinese media players. I have 2 currently that boot coreelec instead of the factory shitty os.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouch
Here's what you can do: use usb y cable (splitter with dedicated power line)) and usb power adapter (just any shitty rubbish should do, 1A or more). Some usb cd/dvd burners need that setup too.
Both my media players can run larger (4TB+) usb powered drives if I use y cable and apple type usb power.
You could of course try to use 2 usb ports on the media player if they're there but I just use a dedicated power source instead. Stops the player from being loaded up power wise.
I was actually thinking about that I think I might still have a y usb cable sitting around but my player only has 1 usb port. the more i think about this thing the more I'm tempted to replace it with something better.Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlegion
The player only needs 1 port for data.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouch
The y cable has 1 male usb at one end, this plugs into the player.
Coming out from that male plug but heading away is a power only cable that leads to another male plug (plug this into a usb mains power adapter, if this cable run is short then use usb male to female extension).
The other part of the split is power and data ending in a female plug, you plug your usb only powered hdd into that.
When you set it up you might need to power the hdd first before turning on (boot) the player.
HDD's with dedicated power don't need this, but sometimes I've seen usb only powered drives confuse the media player and not power up properly. Power the drive first then boot the player.
I'm running a 4TB drive right now on one of my players using a separate usb power adapter.
The cheap media players and even some older quality players just aren't designed to run larger usb powered drives. The port(s) just don't provide enough power. Even if you have multiple ports on the cheap players (and split the power from the other port) you can see some lag in menus and shit, it's just basic hardware.
CoreElec or LibreElec are better alternatives to the factory OS. Lighter OS and also usually improved container/codec support.
I checked I do have 1 usb y cable but it's a mini usb to usb y cable.
What is the player?
some unbranded crap it's just listed as 1080p full hd media player.Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlegion
You could try popping it open to check the chipset. I did that for mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouch
Is it still running crappy stock OS?
yes. I don't know if it'd be worth it if I could change it. the thing was made in 2015.Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlegion
The older one I have here might be that old. It has LibreElec on it. The main one I use is a bit newer, it's an X96 Mini running CoreElec and runs x265 @1080p fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouch
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