Timeshift still always on in TV Server? (1 Viewer)

[Diggen]

i am a bit confused that noone is willing to start such a "HowTo" thread in the HTPC section

will give it try

Have you started a new thread llike HOW-TO Ramdisk / Silent HTPC? Maybee I'am blind but I can't find it. Or should I start a thread?

 

[flokel]

just made a new wiki page ,
however it's still under construction

http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/UserGuides/silence_harddisk

feel free to edit/add further info

 

[BestRip]

Don't know how to (and don't dare ) edit in your wiki, but I have a recommendation you could enter if you want:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS 16MB 320GB
It is remarkably silent... I can't say I'm getting any disturbance at all and I'm rather fuzzy about noise from my computers...

As for how to make a noisy HD silent I think it would be cheaper to invest in a new silent drive! It's a bi..ch to try to get rid of or to close in HD noise. I have another Seagate drive: Seagate Barracuda ES ST3400620NS 16MB 400GB that I bought for I thought it was the most silent one of the Seagate drives... (...yes I love Seagate drives ) BUT enclosed in a Scythe Silent Drive box it is still emitting more annoying noise than the unenclosed recommendation above... (I contacted a Seagate rep. and got the info that the ST3320620AS 16MB 320GB was their most silent 3½" drive)...

Also if not tried or tested... is it possible to use a SD or SD micro card with a card reader? Is USB2 sufficient for the streaming? Wouldn't that be a very cheap solution?

 

[THDBASED]

I don't think the SD card thing would work it is just not fast enough for writing/reading time shift buffers...
The only option I guess there is is using a solid state disk (expensive!) or a RAM-disk.

 

[flokel]

sd tv needs most often < 10MBit,
newer sd cards are able to write/read more than 4 MByte -> should be enough
http://www.vnunet.de/images/upload/20503039_sd.pdf

BestRip:

I've used/owned several seagate drives in past (also the one you named),
idle sound is ok, but not really good,
whereas seek noise is pretty intensive
as newer seagates drives do not support AAM anymore

my recommandations are based on personal experience and
reviews ( e.g. from silentpcreview.com & german pc magazine c'T)

 

[BestRip]

@Bestrip:

I've used/owned several seagate drives in past (also the one you named),
idle sound is ok, but not really good,
whereas seek noise is pretty intensive
as newer seagates drives do not support AAM anymore

my recommandations are based on personal experience and
reviews ( e.g. from silentpcreview.com & german pc magazine c'T)

I named 2 different drives:
ST3320620AS 16MB 320GB and
ST3400620NS 16MB 400GB

...where I think the later 400GB drive is not acceptable as a "silent drive" but the 320GB drive is OK IMO (can't say that I really can hear it, and in comparison with 2 commercial products 1. Samsung DCB-P850Z 160GB and 2. JVC DR-MH50 250GB it is very silent)...
...if the Samsung HD501LJ is better on drive noise I have no idea but I think I'm gonna have to test it in any new project, it "sounds" very interesting...

 

[flokel]

I've used two 7200.10 320GB Sata drives,
both were not really silent

 

[BestRip]

I've used two 7200.10 320GB Sata drives,
both were not really silent

OK I give in this sounds very promising for the Samsung and WD drives... my next drive will be the Samsung T166 HD501LJ ...thank you flokel

 

[flokel]

the two hd501lj's drives I own are really way more silent than the seagate ones
(though one of them is noticeably quieter than the other one)

maybe time to get back on topic
(or start another thread if you have further questions)

 

[BestRip]

the two hd501lj's drives I own are really way more silent than the seagate ones
(though one of them is noticeably quieter than the other one)

maybe time to get back on topic
(or start another thread if you have further questions)

So a Samsung T166 HD501LJ it is... I'm going to exchange my loudest seagate with one...

Back on topic then, or closer anyway. I have noticed that it isn't possible to record the content of the timeshift buffer (or is it?). The JVC HD video that I own has that facility... would be great in MP?