Heya gang! I just wanted to to say thanks again to Mac for the Hard Drive.
It works perfectly directly plugged into the TV, as I suspected. I woke up this morning willing to brave the unknown, so I decided today was the day to set it up. No problems at all!!!
I’m sure we will… I’m amazed at how big hardrives have gotten. I remember when 1.2 gig cost a fortune and was only used by digital audio and video professionals : )
My biggest internal drive is 18TB and my biggest external is 20TB. I even have an 8TB SSD internal. Sadly, they are not getting cheaper as they did before. That 8TB SSD is now twice as much for the same drive. The HDDs are creeping down, though not as they did before. For a long time my biggest drives all cost about the same, from 2TB to 10TB, but that stopped a couple of years or so ago.
Well… All that inflation, I guess. But one thing I’ll say is that I usually do not expect tech stuff to “work perfectly on the first try” ™ But in this case, they really did. I just put the power supply in the drawer ran it out to behind the TV, plugged it into the drive, plugged the drive into the TV by the USB “super” cable, (or whatever they’re called) and it just worked! No need to host it on a video server from my gaming rig. Much awesomeness!
Also… Harper is amazed at how much stuff we’re going to be able to discover!!
We had so much fun watching the first part of Lord of the Rings in Spanish. It was fun because we both know the movies and the stories so well. I figured that there are probably a few Spanish dubs on there because you watch certain things like that with Elana. It gave us both the warm fuzzies!!!
A lot of them may have Spanish audio but they should also have English if you check the audio menu on whatever player you are using. I normally use the VLC player and it has both audio and subtitle menus. Some may pick Spanish as default but should also have English. One drawback compared to DVDs is not having the disc setup but the options are there is your player supports them.
Ah, I see. Well… Also… I suspect there are some files in there my TV can’t play as well as languages it can’t use. If I hook the drive up to my laptop and use the video server, or just switch to the laptop, I’m guessing there are even more movies and TV shows.
I say that because some of the TV Show folders appear to be empty, or mostly empty, so probably some of the formats aren’t readable by the the TV directly. So I’ll have to investigate that later on.
Right now we’re watching the movie where the guy, who’s running for governor falls in love with a witch. It feels like it might have been the inspiration for Bewitched although this is a pretty old movie. 40s or 50s, I think. It’s in black and white. But it’s quite delightful : )
I have a folder with everything I sent, so if you have any questions I can look and let you know. If some files are in formats you can not read I may be able to convert them to something else and send new copies. Sometimes devices can be picky about what formats they will read.
I’ll try hooking it up to the TV laptop to see what’s available from there. I might want your guidance for changing video formats. It’s been a while for me. So it sounds like you’re more familiar with doing all that than I am. Although… I think I may have a video conversion utility around somewhere. Doesn’t VLC have plugins for that?
If you are using VLC it should play it all as that is what I use. The TV is another story. I have not used a TV with USB port but I do have a DVD player with a USB port. It works, but it has to be formatted fat32 and it is limited in file size so I mostly used it with thumb drives. I never had one that would work with a hard drive. All my TVs are kind of old and don’t have the newer features. The TV may not see mp4 files or AVI files or such. A laptop with VLC should see and play everything on that drive, I think.
A peaceful, reflective Memorial Day, Gerbil Nation.
Good afternoon, dv8 (and Harper!), Mac, and Sven!
I came down with something yesterday and slept until 11:30 this morning. When Mrs. Paddy left to visit her mom, then go into work, she told me to “rest, and drink a lot”. Well, I don’t do Uber, and don’t have much beer in the fridge, so I’m just going to have to do the best I can [/sarc].
I’m listening to a speech given by Eugene Sledge to the Mises Institute about the realities of front-line troops in the Pacific in WWII -- specifically his experience on Okinawa. It’s fascinating.
Heya gang! I just wanted to to say thanks again to Mac for the Hard Drive.
It works perfectly directly plugged into the TV, as I suspected. I woke up this morning willing to brave the unknown, so I decided today was the day to set it up. No problems at all!!!
Thanks again. Harper will be thrilled.
Glad to hear it. I hope you find much to enjoy there.
I’m sure we will… I’m amazed at how big hardrives have gotten. I remember when 1.2 gig cost a fortune and was only used by digital audio and video professionals : )
My biggest internal drive is 18TB and my biggest external is 20TB. I even have an 8TB SSD internal. Sadly, they are not getting cheaper as they did before. That 8TB SSD is now twice as much for the same drive. The HDDs are creeping down, though not as they did before. For a long time my biggest drives all cost about the same, from 2TB to 10TB, but that stopped a couple of years or so ago.
Well… All that inflation, I guess. But one thing I’ll say is that I usually do not expect tech stuff to “work perfectly on the first try” ™ But in this case, they really did. I just put the power supply in the drawer ran it out to behind the TV, plugged it into the drive, plugged the drive into the TV by the USB “super” cable, (or whatever they’re called) and it just worked! No need to host it on a video server from my gaming rig. Much awesomeness!
Also… Harper is amazed at how much stuff we’re going to be able to discover!!
We had so much fun watching the first part of Lord of the Rings in Spanish. It was fun because we both know the movies and the stories so well. I figured that there are probably a few Spanish dubs on there because you watch certain things like that with Elana. It gave us both the warm fuzzies!!!
A lot of them may have Spanish audio but they should also have English if you check the audio menu on whatever player you are using. I normally use the VLC player and it has both audio and subtitle menus. Some may pick Spanish as default but should also have English. One drawback compared to DVDs is not having the disc setup but the options are there is your player supports them.
We usually use English audio with Spanish subtitles if available but we do sometimes watch with Spanish audio and English subtitles.
Ah, I see. Well… Also… I suspect there are some files in there my TV can’t play as well as languages it can’t use. If I hook the drive up to my laptop and use the video server, or just switch to the laptop, I’m guessing there are even more movies and TV shows.
I say that because some of the TV Show folders appear to be empty, or mostly empty, so probably some of the formats aren’t readable by the the TV directly. So I’ll have to investigate that later on.
Right now we’re watching the movie where the guy, who’s running for governor falls in love with a witch. It feels like it might have been the inspiration for Bewitched although this is a pretty old movie. 40s or 50s, I think. It’s in black and white. But it’s quite delightful : )
I have a folder with everything I sent, so if you have any questions I can look and let you know. If some files are in formats you can not read I may be able to convert them to something else and send new copies. Sometimes devices can be picky about what formats they will read.
I’ll try hooking it up to the TV laptop to see what’s available from there. I might want your guidance for changing video formats. It’s been a while for me. So it sounds like you’re more familiar with doing all that than I am. Although… I think I may have a video conversion utility around somewhere. Doesn’t VLC have plugins for that?
If you are using VLC it should play it all as that is what I use. The TV is another story. I have not used a TV with USB port but I do have a DVD player with a USB port. It works, but it has to be formatted fat32 and it is limited in file size so I mostly used it with thumb drives. I never had one that would work with a hard drive. All my TVs are kind of old and don’t have the newer features. The TV may not see mp4 files or AVI files or such. A laptop with VLC should see and play everything on that drive, I think.
Good morning, Dv8.
Happy Memorial Day and happy Monday, GN.
Same to you of course : ) We’ve been playing with Mac’s Hard drive. It’s been quite fun so far!!!!
--“We’ve been playing with Mac’s Hard drive.”--
Not sure I would word it just that way around Paddy, just sayin.
🙂 🙂 🙂
Really storming here. Lots of thunder and lightning, with high winds.
A peaceful, reflective Memorial Day, Gerbil Nation.
Good afternoon, dv8 (and Harper!), Mac, and Sven!
I came down with something yesterday and slept until 11:30 this morning. When Mrs. Paddy left to visit her mom, then go into work, she told me to “rest, and drink a lot”. Well, I don’t do Uber, and don’t have much beer in the fridge, so I’m just going to have to do the best I can [/sarc].
I’m listening to a speech given by Eugene Sledge to the Mises Institute about the realities of front-line troops in the Pacific in WWII -- specifically his experience on Okinawa. It’s fascinating.
Mac -- stay safe.
Take care of yourself, Paddy. There seem to be some bad bugs out there.
Get better soon, Paddy.