Yes, it’s definitely DAS I’m working towards. I’ve looked at a lot of the Qnap products. I would need one a bit smaller than that due to space constraints but that looks like what I’m going for. I just need to try and get a snapshot of my USB connections to know what connectivity is available. Thank you for the recommendation and input!
Thank you for the input! I’ve had so many good responses and so many things to think about. I’m sure, like you, I’ll probably stumble upon the perfect thing when I least expect it. I’ve looked at the Red drives too and I’ll probably be going with them or the Seagate IronWolf drives. Also, appreciate the input on BackBlaze. A lot of people have recommended that and I’ve got it bookmarked for future reference.
This is excellent news! I’m looking forward to viewing my current library on the Smart TV again. I’ve been watching YouTube vids on Jellyfin setup and it seems pretty straightforward.
I’ve seen a lot of the Sabrent drive bays on Amazon and wondered if there were any good. They look exactly like what I’m looking for. I’ve just got to be care of ports and knowing what I have and need. Also, maybe not your level of Raid as I want, at least, one drive for backup to be able to take offsite for storage.
Thank you for you response and input!
Thank you so much for the kinds words!
I graduated in 1992 with a degree in IT but the field seems to move lightyears every year and I’m like, “come again”? when someone tries to help me with hardware.
I agree, knowing where to start has been the hardest part for me. I thought I needed a NAS but really I just need an enclosure with drives in it and I didn’t even know Emby didn’t require a WiFi connection just for both server & client to use the same internet connection. Live and learn, right? :)
I know, it’s so funny, when it hits you, it hits you like a pile of bricks and you’re like OHHHH YEAH! and you NEVER forget it again. Been there and done that.
Again, thank you for the kind words. I tend to be hardest on myself and get frustrated when I just need to ask questions and not be afraid to ask more questions if need be. Best to you!!!
Wow, now I really feel stupid. I’ve been sitting here all this time with tons of video on my system thinking I had to have WiFi to access it through Plex, Emby or Jellyfin and now I find out I don’t. Like, I said, I’m really not literate when it comes to Hardware. I’m gonna lookup some videos on Jellyfin and see how to use it. I still need to get some more storage but, at least, I can watch what I already have. Any tips, videos, sites, etc. are greatly appreciated. Thanks for the insight!!! 😊
Wow, thanks for all the insight. I’ve just got to find a good JBOD chassis and then figure out what disk drives to use. I’m really not literate when it comes to RAID. I’d just prefer to use my Sync software to backup to the individual drives and then store one offsite as part of a 3-2-1 plan.
I’ve heard of BackBlaze and I think I looked into it at one point. I just keep seeing bad reviews on just about all the Cloud services with people saying they can’t get access to their data or there is data loss but I will give it a look again.
I appreciate the good wishes and you better believe, I’m a “hoarder”. It only took ONCE to lose everything and now I want like 10 complete backups of everything. LMAO. 😜 Best to you!
It doesn’t help when I don’t have a very good grasp of the Hardware mechanics of it. Thanks for trying to clarify for me! The thing I’m most concerned with in using the CPU for everything is most software including Handbrake I try, if I let the CPU do all the processing, each CPU core goes to >100% which is not good for the system for long periods of time and literally got 100s of DVD/BluRays I want to reprocess. I’ve always been told around 55%-65% on each core is acceptable when processing video. Any additional information you can provide would be most appreicated.
Hmm, I wonder… It’s funny you mention this because Wondershare UniConverter I pirated and it installed and registered fine but I couldn’t get the AMD acceleration to show up under acceleration. It’s like it didn’t recognize it. I wonder if this file you mention has something to do with that because it DOES support AMD acceleration.
Sorry, I’ll try to be a bit clearer here. I have an MKV (h.264, aac, ass soft sub) file 1920x1080 16:9 I want to re-encode with HEVC reducing it to a 640x360 while retaining the soft subs. Actually, I would like to burn in the soft subs but it keeps defaulting to the programs standard font instead of using the soft subs styles. I use HWMonitor when checking the various softwares so I can see how much CPU or GPU usage is going on. I’m wondering if it’s just a freaking AMD issue. I HATE so bad I didn’t get an Intel or Nvidia graphics card when I had my system rebuilt. Anyway, I hope this provides a bit more clarity. Feel free to ask anything else as I’m just basically going around in circles right now. Thanks so much for your input!
Thanks for the input on Shutter ramble!
I’ve been working on and off with it for a while now and Love it except for a couple of things I’m trying to wrap my head around.
I’m trying to understand how to Rip DVD & BluRay with it and how to Burn In “Soft Subs” in an MKV container.
Also, I’m trying to figure out if I want to re-do my library with H.265, H.266 or AV1 in either VBR, CBR or CQ. So many options, it’s insane cool!
Hey Thanks for the response! I think I figured out some of the resolution stuff but I can’t seem to get a VGA resolution (640x480). I set Force Display to 4:3 but the resolution doesn’t show up.
Yeah, I saw the add subs but I can’t seem to get it handle subs already in the vid file like ASS subs I want to Hardcode into the video.
I’m gonna keep working with it though as it seems to do most everything else I want. Pretty amazing software!
This sounds like excellent advice. I happen to have a licensed version of BeyondCompare that I can install and do Hex compare. I appreciate the guidelines to follow and I agree with you on the “pre-cracked” options. I would always install from the developer’s site first and then use the patch if I use it at all. Unfortunately, this software mush have a “phone-home” features and has a “hosts file” change as well. As with the previous response, I would appreciate your input on whether you would try it or not.
Thanks for your excellent advice & input!
Thank you so much for explaining all of this! So, it’s not an “exact” match for a virus, it’s the “behaviour” of the Patch/Crack that makes the AV/Malware software “see” or “think” it’s a Virus/Malware. That makes much more sense.
I’ve copied the link for the software with patch below. Wondershare UniConverter
At the bottom of the link, are the references from VirusTotals. I use Avast & Malwarebytes Pro and the report says Malwarebytes would catch and quarantine it. I guess a virus/malware to me is always a risk and I’ve had my system crashed in the past due to that and don’t want a repeat. If you don’t mind, I would like your opinion on whether to try it or not. Again, thanks so much for the explanation!
I’ve tested the process in a single & multi-language channel and a single video & it worked for perfectly for all.
Several questions I have:
1 - When I installed Tartube, my Antivirus told me the gslangValidator.exe
file was infected by Win64: Evo-gen [Trj]
and quarantined it. Any idea why?
2 - How do I get rid of all the other files like jpeg, txt, json etc. files or are they supposed to be there.
3 - Supposing I wanted a 360p resolution downloaded, what would have to be changed in the format options?
I’m really amazed at this and hope to learn more about Tartube. Thank you very much for your time in putting all this together & I look forward to further correspondence!
Thanks for all the information!
4K Video Downloader can download the “old” format of YT videos where a channel is strictly a particular language and put it in an MKV container with the resolution I select & an SRT subtitle using a VP9 codec & that’s fine. I just run it through my video converter and I’m good. The problem is when I try to download from one of the “new” multi-audio/sub channels. (Ugh!)
Ok, so now let me see if I can answer your questions:
Q1 - Yes, I mean a channel with multiple audio tracks but I can only access the English version although I know there’s a Japanese track there also.
Q2 - The subtitle is the one you get by selecting CC on the YT control panel. I can see it with IDM but it’s in TIML format. 4K gives me a SRT on the “old” channels.
Q3 - Yes, when I download I want a pre-merged file with the appropriate streams (Video, Japanese Audio & English Subtitles) preferably with an SRT sub.
I hope that made sense. I’ve tried Tartube a bit but like you said it will still be the problem I run into with 4K Downloader, I can’t get the original Japanese audio. I can go to YouTube 4k Downloader and enter the URL for the file and download the Japanese audio and remux the file but when you’re talking about >100 files that’s a long process.
Again, thank you for the information and explantion of the command line. I’m not very good with command line stuff but I will try it and see if I can get it work for me. Please feel free to comment back.
Oh definitely. I’m seeking a service that encrypts at the local level before ending sending a byte to the cloud but thank you for the input!