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New-quality DVDs are fine, apart from the menus and subtitles which always look low-res and lovely. I try to get blu ray or better, but that's mainly because of limited shelf space.
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May 11, 2023 20:35
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Chris James 2 posted:I love and still get DVDs all the time gently caress this looks cool
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May 11, 2023 20:39
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I'm getting a 4K TV soon, so I should probably know if there's a specific Ultra HD Blu-ray player to get.
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May 11, 2023 20:47
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fralbjabar posted:So long as the client you're using with plex is able to direct stream the file then there will be no difference. With a file from a blu-ray this should be basically any client, support for uhd files is much spottier and rife with bizarre compatibility issues (Xbox plex client forcing transcode from 3840x2160 to 3840x2160 because the resolution exceeds the maximum supported resolution of 3840x2160 kind of bizarre) That's frustrating since I'm using PS5 plex and it might do similar. I'll have to check the server next time I'm using it to see if it's direct streaming or xcoding it.
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May 11, 2023 21:01
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The Xbox’s Plex app is total garbage, I regularly have issues with playback on the same network. Lots of random stuttering that I don’t get with the mobile apps or even the app on my Samsung tv.
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May 11, 2023 21:12
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Edward Mass posted:I'm getting a 4K TV soon, so I should probably know if there's a specific Ultra HD Blu-ray player to get. pwn posted:The X700M is also wonderful and much less. And for a few dollars more, get one that's been modded to play all regions of Blu-rays and DVDs. I still need to get one myself, it appears that my old faithful multi-region Blu-ray player has finally died. The PS3 is Region A locked and I got a stack of Indicators to watch. But yes that is a great player. 220 is a very reputable site. They mod these which is why it costs more than on Amazon.
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May 11, 2023 21:15
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jiffypop45 posted:This might be something that has been answered before but it wasn't in the sticky and this thread moves surprisingly quickly. It's better to have a huge pile of stuff everywhere instead of one small thing that holds all the same stuff and doesn't take up any space. Sniep posted:Yes. That is a big thing that takes up a lot of space but not as much space as a huge pile of stuff that's just all over the place.
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May 11, 2023 22:20
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Just checked one of my raw rips. Sad time on boats. Seems to be an issue on the PS5 as well, I can only imagine that given the lack of maturity of support for 4k things it's going to be even worse for that. Guess until I upgrade to a 5.1 system with receiver and dedicated BRD player in lieu of my soundbar/sub and PS5 I'll be depending on physical media to get the best quality to my 4k tv.  Seems to be doing the same thing on my partner's older Roku as well on a different 1080p TV. So it doesn't look like I have anything in the house that can directly stream rips. 
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May 11, 2023 22:28
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CPL593H posted:It's better to have a huge pile of stuff everywhere instead of one small thing that holds all the same stuff and doesn't take up any space. Spoken like a true collector of vinyls
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May 11, 2023 22:29
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I, Butthole posted:Spoken like a true collector of vinyls I own like 200 records. This isn't the venn diagram I ever wanted to be part of. 
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May 11, 2023 22:33
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I have an x700 and I like it but it does have a freeze on layer change for certain movies if that is something that’s gonna bother you.
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May 11, 2023 22:38
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I don't know if there's a difference between the OG and the X700M, but the X700 has hella macroblocking on some Dolby Vision discs and it apparently depends on the TV.
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May 11, 2023 22:43
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https://twitter.com/dawnofthediscs/status/1656753538108649493?s=20 loving finally! It’s been like 2 years since it was announced. Let’s go! Day 1 purchase.
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I, Butthole posted:
BLOCKED jiffypop45 posted:I own like 200 records. This isn't the venn diagram I ever wanted to be part of. Oh you sweet summer child.
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May 11, 2023 22:59
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Sniep posted:Yes. Cries in puny 12tb collection
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jiffypop45 posted:Just checked one of my raw rips. Sad time on boats. Seems to be an issue on the PS5 as well, I can only imagine that given the lack of maturity of support for 4k things it's going to be even worse for that. Guess until I upgrade to a 5.1 system with receiver and dedicated BRD player in lieu of my soundbar/sub and PS5 I'll be depending on physical media to get the best quality to my 4k tv. For 1080 i just let plex transcode whatever it wants, but if i want direct stream from 4k's i use AppleTV with Infuse (Hardwired gigabit networking) It's the only thing that seem to work satisfactorily for 4k, plex ends up choking like 10-20 minutes into any film. Not sure if that's the plex server side or my client plex app appletv side, but infuse works flawlessly where plex barfs on 4k for me. 1080 though? Flawless in plex
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Sniep posted:Yes. I've been wanting a setup like that for a while, so I can do raw rips of all my discs - couple of quick questions please: how many films and TV shows does that hold in total, what are you playing it back through, and how noisy is it?
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Sniep posted:Yes. Brexit the Frog posted:respect
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Carpet posted:I've been wanting a setup like that for a while, so I can do raw rips of all my discs - couple of quick questions please: how many films and TV shows does that hold in total, what are you playing it back through, and how noisy is it? Total capacity can be extrapolated by just dividing the numbers below by the TBs used, then multiplying by the total space in that first screenshot Volume 1 - Movies: ~3000 Blu Ray rips + a small handful of DVD rips that aren't out on BR, less than 100. (68.4 TB) Volume 2 - TV Shows, 4K Movies ~100 4K rips (5.89 TB) ??? TV Shows (8.22 TB) Volume 1 is the main library of movies (blu + DVD rares) Volume 2 is TV + 4K movies (separate library since they can't go thru plex) Playback is thru AppleTVs using Plex for 1080 or less, and Infuse for 4k (direct stream via gigabit hardline networking) The drive arrays are in my office, i can't hear them sitting at my desk. My hearing isn't 100% though. Still it's rather quiet. I'd prolly just check the specs for whatever nas enclosure you're looking at. Sniep fucked around with this message at 01:59 on May 12, 2023 |
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Carpet posted:I've been wanting a setup like that for a while, so I can do raw rips of all my discs - couple of quick questions please: how many films and TV shows does that hold in total, what are you playing it back through, and how noisy is it? Back of the napkin, if a UHD h265 file is 50-100 gb, that means 10-20 or more per TB. So whatever times 10 is the absolute minimum but more likely times 20.
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pwn posted:Back of the napkin, if a UHD h265 file is 50-100 gb, that means 10-20 or more per TB. So whatever times 10 is the absolute minimum but more likely times 20. Front of the napkin: code:
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Sniep posted:For 1080 i just let plex transcode whatever it wants, but if i want direct stream from 4k's i use AppleTV with Infuse (Hardwired gigabit networking) Internet in various places tells me if I want maximum compatibility for direct streaming I have to use an Nvidia shield and I don't care enough to have to switch every time I want to plex and am happy to just deal with this.
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jiffypop45 posted:Internet in various places tells me if I want maximum compatibility for direct streaming I have to use an Nvidia shield and I don't care enough to have to switch every time I want to plex and am happy to just deal with this. I do not think that is correct information anymore. the apple tv 4k is fully compat with dolby vision, atmos, all the goodies. Plex just struggles i think because of my plex server not being beefy enough. Infuse is just straight pipe thru (without having to relay thru my plex server) and does all the goodies with my LG 77" C2 OLED tv. I don't recall what it was that the shield used to do that was unique/better, but i dont think it's been the preferred one in a while.
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Boywhiz88 posted:https://twitter.com/dawnofthediscs/status/1656753538108649493?s=20 Has this movie been spoofed or something? I know nothing about it but the name feels super familiar to me.
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Oh drat I'm pleasantly surprised that To Live and Die in L.A. is actually getting released in July, I thought it was gonna be indefinitely delayed. Didn't we hear that Friedkin was giving them poo poo about it for some reason?
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Kingtheninja posted:Has this movie been spoofed or something? I know nothing about it but the name feels super familiar to me. Are you confusing it with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood or Live and Let Die or something? To Live and Die in LA is one of the most essential '80s movies ever made, it's a stone-cold classic.
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Maybe "Born in East L.A" the comedy with Cheech Marin.
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https://twitter.com/yuri_librarian/status/1656732343250591744 Just in case.  
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TheMopeSquad posted:Maybe "Born in East L.A" the comedy with Cheech Marin. 4k when?
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The hierarchy of power in the Dark Universe is about to change.
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https://twitter.com/Criterion/status/1657056789404217347 e: My 4x8TB storage is ~90% full, should I start planning for expansion, or I can ignore DSM warnings for now? ringu0 fucked around with this message at 17:56 on May 12, 2023 |
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ringu0 posted:My 4x8TB storage is ~90% full, should I start planning for expansion, or I can ignore DSM warnings for now? Uh, are you planning on adding content? There's an unavoidable brick wall when you upgrade your pool size if you were going to swap disks from 8tbs to 14/16tbs ... just the parity striping process to rebuild the array each disk at a time takes forever - can take over a day per disk. So factor that in if you're going to have an emergency "oh crap time to grow this array immediately" When i grew my main storage array from 8x8tbs to 8x14tbs it took me about 2 weeks to complete it. Or, if your NAS supports it, just throw on an expansion unit, but that's not on all of them.
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I have no problem grabbing a full image or remux that I would have made myself in handbrake anyway but on a much faster internet connection than my ripping drive I/O. If that's ethically grey, paint me like an elephant cuz that poo poo is way more convenient when populating a NAS then wasting time doing what has already been done
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Personally I think one of the benefits of physical media is that I don't have to worry about hard drive space.
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Gripweed posted:Personally I think one of the benefits of physical media is that I don't have to worry about hard drive space. 100% valid. I just can't get over the convenience. I set out to emulate the Kaleidescape experience on the cheap and this is it for me.
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Sniep posted:Uh, are you planning on adding content? Yeah, eventually, so I guess that's the answer to my question, too. Thanks, I haven't considered an expansion unit. I was thinking of just buying another one.
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Sniep posted:100% valid. Yeah i prefer discs but there are a few instances where ripping would be nice, mainly in TV. Like I would rather watch these old cartoons as a group rather than all one show at once.  And getting up to switch discs between each show is no bueno Or recreating that classic NBC Thursday night lineup, again, without switching discs  I do love having these on disc, it's a good backup (I don't lose all my movies and TV shows and music if I drop them).
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Kingtheninja posted:Has this movie been spoofed or something? I know nothing about it but the name feels super familiar to me. There was an episode from the original run of Family Guy called "To Live & Die in Dixie" if that's what you're thinking of.
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pwn posted:Yeah i prefer discs but there are a few instances where ripping would be nice, mainly in TV. Like I would rather watch these old cartoons as a group rather than all one show at once.  Even switching between shows on streaming services is inconvenient. Some years ago I used to dream of being able to put all my TV DVDs on a server, so that I could watch a playlist of shows rather than a block of a single show. Now I'm just too lazy to do it.
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