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Be sure to keep me updated! I'll do the same. [MH] Edited by Mike_Hunt at 16:50:45 31-01-2005 |
Finally broken the 1tb barrier :D • Page 2
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Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agorhythm wrote:
Did you have any problems setting up the web server? Which type are you using?
I tried going the HTTP/FTP server route t'other day but it seems hedgy at best
VLC works to a degree but it's a pain to get the movies going/pause them
Open URL in WMP is what I'm using at the mo - it works 9 times out of 10
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I just realised, I've just broken the 1tb hard drive storage barrier. Yay for me! \o/
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It's one terabyte (well slightly over) across the network - most of it in five hard drives in USB2 enclosures connected to a hub. I'm hoping to stream video from them via my Mac Mini to my powerbook over the wireless network. I just connect the powerbook to my TV via s-video. Instant access to all my divx downloads and my full archive of family videos shot over the last few years, without the tedium of editing them and burning them all to DVD.
Oh and it's 80% full already..gif)
Edited by otto at 23:02:26 30-01-2005 -
LOL - get your minds out of the gutter you people!
I'm the proud father of a (nearly) four-year-old, in possession of a digital camcorder and a DSLR. It doesn't take me long to fill up that kind of space believe me! I have easily 600 gigs of video taken over the last six or seven years, and just backing up my system plus music and photos and video downloads accounts for another 200 gigs easily. No prawn in there at all. -
Eek!
Can I make it even worse by telling you that my latest 200 gig Western Digital drive cost me under 60 quid?
I'm really hoping the streaming thing works. I don't see why it shouldn't in principle. No problem networking between Macs using Rendezvous, should have full access to any volume mounted on another Mac on the network. The bottlenecks are the USB2 into the Mini, and the wireless connection (though it's G) - should in theory be fine for streaming video. We'll see. I've found that running all those hard drives off one hub and through one port can get a bit rough, but normally there's no need for more than two of them to be mounted at any one time.
Well, still about a month to go before the Mini ships, they're massively backed up with orders. So don't hold your breath. -
Hmm. That's discouraging! I'll need to do some more research. -
Yeah I either use VLC or QuickTime and looks like they both let me do what I want to do. I'll have to explore further.
edit - better QT streaming link
Edited by otto at 15:13:19 31-01-2005 -
Hmm, seems VLC also offers a decent solution - linkage
If I'm understanding this properly, what I'd need to do there is simply to put shortcuts to all my video files in my root folder and activate the Apache server software on my Mini - I could then access video on demand from my powerbook using VLC via the terminal prompt. Not a nice easy GUI but eminently doable.
edit - and if I had a bit more basic know-how presumably it would be easy enough to cobble together a page in html which would launch the appropriate terminal command. Anyone know how to use html to trigger a UNIX command? /clueless
Edited by otto at 16:22:46 31-01-2005 -
Nope. QT would be for supported codecs only, so not divx. Hence my need to get VLC streaming working. -
Hmm. Well VLC is what I use to play divx files on my Mac, and it does the job very well, though there are other solutions available. And yes, I guess you're right, just creating a basic webpage with links to the files should launch VLC automatically.
If not, seems I can use Applescripts to launch terminal commands so it should all be straightforward.
Nice little project to get on with when the Mini arrives. -
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