| Windows 7: Media center seperate hardrive(s) question for videos |
18 Feb 2012
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#1 | | windows 7 ultimate 32 bit |
Media center seperate hardrive(s) question for videos I am currently maxed out on my 2 tb harddrive and would like to add another harddrive. However, inside video library tab I do not want to have two seperate movie folders. How do I point Media center to add both of those folders into one larger folder.
I thought about doing a raid 0 or jbod setup but I dont want to lose my data if one goes. I understand in jbod they are less likely to lose all data but the risk is still there. Any suggestions would be great? | My System Specs |
| OS windows 7 ultimate 32 bit |
19 Feb 2012
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#2 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Illinois |
I haven't seen a way to do it in Videos, without the folder views showing up. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self-built OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit CPU Intel Core i7-3770 Motherboard MSI Z77A-G45 Memory G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 F3-10666CL9D-8GBNT Graphics Card Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6670 Sound Card On-Board Realtek Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster P2370HD, Dell 1703FPT Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080, 1280 x 1024 Keyboard Logitech K270 Mouse Logitech M705 PSU SeaSonic M12II SS-500GM Case Lian Li PC-9F Cooling Zalman CNPS9900ALED Hard Drives Samsung HD103SJ Internet Speed 16 Mbps Other Info Bose Companion 2 Multimedia Speakers |
19 Feb 2012
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#3 | | windows 7 ultimate 32 bit |
Think im gonna use media browser instead because they allow nesting of folders!! This would be nice if windows included it too!! | My System Specs | | OS windows 7 ultimate 32 bit |
19 Feb 2012
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#4 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
You could explore the possibilities with a spanned, dynamic drive. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
19 Feb 2012
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#5 | | windows 7 ultimate 32 bit |
I dont think I like the downsides to having a spanned volume. LIke having to deal with one of the harddrives crashing. I realize that the chances of boot failure is less than a raid 0 but the chance is still there that all volumes across the hardrives could become corrupt. Also, I have a external sata swap drive so I like to be able to pull the drive out and replace it when I need another one of my drives. Was gonna use all 4 bays with 2 tb harrdrives(maxes out) but then swap out when I needed another one of my drives for something else! | My System Specs | | OS windows 7 ultimate 32 bit |
19 Feb 2012
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#6 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
Understand. Your plan sounds good - although a little unusual. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
22 Feb 2012
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#7 | | Windows 7 Ultimate Houston, Texas |
I replied to this in another post, but if I understand what you wish to accomplish, you can solve this by using a .vf file. You place the .vf file in your libraries\videos folder as well as your C:\ProgramData\MediaBrowser\StartupFolder folder. Open notepad and make your entries replacing what I pasted below to matach your drive locations. You MUST put the trailing slash as well.
image: C:\Users\Owner\Videos\movies.jpg
folder: C:\Users\Owner\Videos\
folder: C:\Users\Owner\Videos\TV Shows\
sortorder: 000 | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gigabyte OS Windows 7 Ultimate CPU Intel Core(TM)2 Quad- Q9550, 2.83GHz Motherboard G31M-ES2L Memory 4GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD4600 Sound Card On Board: Monitor(s) Displays Acer AL2223W, Acer AL1916 Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050, 1280 x 1024 Keyboard Microsoft Laser 6000 Mouse Logitech Optical Trackman PSU 600W Case Cooler Master Hard Drives 160GB
350GB
250GB
250GB Internet Speed 1.5MB Other Info I am also running a quasar gamatron flux capacitor with twin pulse tronic phasers......jk, I have no such stuff. Media center seperate hardrive(s) question for videos problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:53 AM. | |