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HELP! Ripping DVDs to RN104 then stream to Amazon Fire TV?
I would like to copy my 300 or so DVDs to my RN104 then be able to watch them on my Amazon Fire TV, both are connected via 100Mbps Ethernet. I have a 104" screen and a Hi-Fi based 5 channel surrou...
Thanks for your help,
I have the WDTV now set up purely for streaming MKVs from the RN104 and it works a treat, I tried the MP4s which worked but I did notice they were a little glitchy. I also got the Dolby Digital tracks coming straight through to my pre-amp and even did a comparison between our BluRay machine and the WDTV and they played fine.
I can't get the album artwork like I could on Plex but I am not fussed - at least it works!
I have kept the Amazon Fire TV for Netflix and Amazon prime just to keep things simple.
I have also decided to upgrade the disks in the RN104 so I have four 3TB disks in RAID 5. I will put two of the old 1TB's in the old RN Duo as backup for data only and flog the last 1TB disk.
I went off to Amazon and bought three WD green disks (I already have one 3TB WD Green that I was going to use as backup in the RN Duo, then I found it wouldn't support it!).
My concern is that I see the WD Red disks are preferable for RAID 5. Apparently as the Green Disks can't be told to give up if they find a bad sector which can cause the RAID to write off a disk prematurely. I can imagine for an office situation this would be an issue but is this really going to be an issue for me as a home user when I will not be using the RN104 heavily all day?
I have the three WD Greens arriving today, if they are going to cause big issues I will send them back sealed and get four 3TB WD Reds. but if it's unlikely I will have any issues I'll stick with them.
What do you guys think?
I have the WDTV now set up purely for streaming MKVs from the RN104 and it works a treat, I tried the MP4s which worked but I did notice they were a little glitchy. I also got the Dolby Digital tracks coming straight through to my pre-amp and even did a comparison between our BluRay machine and the WDTV and they played fine.
I can't get the album artwork like I could on Plex but I am not fussed - at least it works!
I have kept the Amazon Fire TV for Netflix and Amazon prime just to keep things simple.
I have also decided to upgrade the disks in the RN104 so I have four 3TB disks in RAID 5. I will put two of the old 1TB's in the old RN Duo as backup for data only and flog the last 1TB disk.
I went off to Amazon and bought three WD green disks (I already have one 3TB WD Green that I was going to use as backup in the RN Duo, then I found it wouldn't support it!).
My concern is that I see the WD Red disks are preferable for RAID 5. Apparently as the Green Disks can't be told to give up if they find a bad sector which can cause the RAID to write off a disk prematurely. I can imagine for an office situation this would be an issue but is this really going to be an issue for me as a home user when I will not be using the RN104 heavily all day?
I have the three WD Greens arriving today, if they are going to cause big issues I will send them back sealed and get four 3TB WD Reds. but if it's unlikely I will have any issues I'll stick with them.
What do you guys think?
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