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unRAID - JRiver on a VM - easiest way?
mattkhan:
--- Quote from: blgentry on April 12, 2017, 05:23:31 pm ---For a media server I think it's a foolish endeavor.
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There's no problem doing this on a VM and performance should not be an issue.
blgentry:
--- Quote from: mattkhan on April 12, 2017, 06:00:20 pm ---this is a rather non specific and IMO unhelpful statement, there's no problem doing this on a VM and performance should not be an issue.
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VMs add a layer of complexity and unknown. Would this be a problem for a system playing 4k video through HDMI? Would it be a problem streaming 8 streams of 24/192 stereo? How about turning 4xDSD into PCM via a direct connected USB DAC?
VMs are potentially an issue any time performance is a factor, or real time processing is required. Both are possible with MC, depending up on how the system will be used.
I think my advice is solid because it avoids all of the uncertainty associated with a VM. For moderate use of MC, a VM is probably fine. With my history and experience in computing, I tend to simplify things to make my life easy.
Perhaps I should stop opinionating about these and other topics. <shrug>
Brian.
mattkhan:
You haven't asked anything about the intended use of this system nor the hardware so you have no idea whether it is likely a problem or not.
He is talking about adding jriver to what sounds like a relatively moderate system just so it can serve the library to clients that will do the actual playback. He is also talking about adding a VM via mechanism (unraid) that basically does all the configuration for him.
pepar:
--- Quote from: blgentry on April 12, 2017, 06:21:48 pm ---VMs add a layer of complexity and unknown. Would this be a problem for a system playing 4k video through HDMI? Would it be a problem streaming 8 streams of 24/192 stereo? How about turning 4xDSD into PCM via a direct connected USB DAC?
VMs are potentially an issue any time performance is a factor, or real time processing is required. Both are possible with MC, depending up on how the system will be used.
I think my advice is solid because it avoids all of the uncertainty associated with a VM. For moderate use of MC, a VM is probably fine. With my history and experience in computing, I tend to simplify things to make my life easy.
Perhaps I should stop opinionating about these and other topics. <shrug>
Brian.
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Is there any *other* way for me to use JRiver to stream my media from my unRAID server?
No transcoding will be done, just 1920x1080 video going to 1920x1080 displays, and bitstreamed codecs to pre/pro or AVR. No 4k. I might convert one DSD stream into PCM on the fly.
pepar:
--- Quote from: mattkhan on April 12, 2017, 06:46:21 pm ---You haven't asked anything about the intended use of this system nor the hardware so you have no idea whether it is likely a problem or not.
He is talking about adding jriver to what sounds like a relatively moderate system just so it can serve the library to clients that will do the actual playback. He is also talking about adding a VM via mechanism (unraid) that basically does all the configuration for him.
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unRAID boots from a small 16GB thumbdrive. I haven't gotten to that point yet, but I would guess (hope!) the VM configuration would be part of the settings that unRAID stores on the thumbdrive. (It always remembers my configuration.) Another detail I haven't gotten to yet is if there is a way to also load Media Server/Media Network from the thumbdrive.
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