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Can MC reliably record TV directly to a mapped network drive?
imugli:
Can I just ask what sort of system resources this uses? I'm loathe to run the process from my Win7 HTPC (Atom 330 / ION) as it's light on resources, thus I'm trying to get it running in WINE directly on the server.
JustinChase:
--- Quote from: imugli on November 08, 2011, 10:21:08 pm ---Can I just ask what sort of system resources this uses?
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I'm not sure I understand the question. Are you referring to the actual recording process, the process of scanning for commercials, or something else?
I'm looking into adding a script (that someone else already created) to my unRAID server that pings a series if IP addresses, and when it gets any response, it will spin up my drives in the array, to be ready for the device that it just saw on the network. I need to figure out how to modify that script so that when it receives NO replies to the pings, it spins them down.
This way, it's only spinning if somoene is connected. The HTPC needs to come out of sleep to record the show anyway, so another few minutes to process the recording and get me the commercial files seems not worth worrying about.
Im probably missing your question, sorry :(
CountryBumkin:
What's wrong with letting the drive(s) wake when there is activity and sleep when there is none? Are you just trying to eliminate the 2 second wait while the drives start up?
JustinChase:
--- Quote from: CountryBumkin on November 09, 2011, 10:45:55 am ---What's wrong with letting the drive(s) wake when there is activity and sleep when there is none? Are you just trying to eliminate the 2 second wait while the drives start up?
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I'm guessing this is directed at me, so I'll answer :)
For me, when the drives spin up, it takes a bit of time 10-20 seconds maybe, and during this time, everything is on HOLD, and nothing will respond. I don't like this.
ALL of my files are on the server. If I start a computer, there's a 90%+ chance that it will want to access a file at some point, so this would be a good indicator to just spin up the drives right away, before I request a file, and prevent the delay above.
When all computers have shut down, there is nothing that will try to access the drive, so it makes sense to use that as an indicator to spin them down right away, vs. waiting 15 or 30 minutes to spin them down.
In the end, not a big deal to spin them down, but I think I can change the script very minimally to accomplish this in addition to the spinning up, so why not?
glynor:
--- Quote from: imugli on November 08, 2011, 10:21:08 pm ---Can I just ask what sort of system resources this uses? I'm loathe to run the process from my Win7 HTPC (Atom 330 / ION) as it's light on resources, thus I'm trying to get it running in WINE directly on the server.
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--- Quote from: JustinChase on November 09, 2011, 09:43:25 am ---I'm not sure I understand the question. Are you referring to the actual recording process, the process of scanning for commercials, or something else?
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I think he means comskip, but I'm also not sure.
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