d.jakes Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 My Sony blu-ray changer just died.... Looking for opinions/suggestions for a media server....... Opinions on Diamond Designs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 They're the way to go really, especially if you want this to be 'easy' ie little to no management required.Other options are out there, and they work, possibly work well - but if you want 'drop-in-and-forget', they are hard to beat (unless you want to pay for a Kaleidascape setup). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.jakes Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 I have about 350 blu-ray movies on disk..... how big of a server would I need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffacree Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I use a Synology DS1815+ with 24TB of storage. Super easy to run. I have 220 blu-rays and a ton of TV shows. I have over 10TB free on the NAS. I love it so much!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 IF you go with the Diamond Design, Id start with a 16Tb raid (giving you 12 Tb of space. You can always add space via NAS later and keep the convenience of the self-ripping/management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I'm liking the helix range of media players / nas solutions lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWRobinson Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I will give a plus one to DD. The key though in my opinion is the management software. The DD servers come preloaded with everything on them. It truly is as easy as throwing the disc in and waiting for 10 minutes (DVD) or more (BR) and then it is in your system and ready to select thru C4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 DD is great, Helix i saw at CEDIA, XBMC if you like that, or Kaleidescape's new Alto (though it won't read your movies on your NAS). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Yep it's the management of the movie database (IF your intention is to select movies via the C4 interface vs using player interface - which is what I'm assuming you're used to coming from a Sony CX7000ES), combined with the drop in and forget method, that makes DD such a good option - other players, and many NAS drives do great - and may be a better solution if you want to meticulously manage and rip all the movies yourself. If you don't though ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffacree Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I use dvdfab to rip the movies to my synology. Really easy to use. But I enjoy managing my own server. I'm sure I'm in the minority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWRobinson Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Just to show my ignorance, what "management" do people like to do that the MyMovies Collection Management doesn't already do for you? It rips, grabs meta data and adds it all to you library all without even hitting a button (at least in my case). Am I missing something fun that I should be doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMHarman Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Just to show my ignorance, what "management" do people like to do that the MyMovies Collection Management doesn't already do for you? It rips, grabs meta data and adds it all to you library all without even hitting a button (at least in my case). Am I missing something fun that I should be doing?It's great but the my movies people locked down the api this year so you need a version sold by a authorised reseller on authorised hardware to make this still work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 It's great but the my movies people locked down the api this year so you need a version sold by a authorised reseller on authorised hardware to make this still work. And for me personally - it's not good enough, missing too many movies still (eclectic taste).On top of that I'm very picky in my choice of Genres (either I disagree with the ones they set, I dislike having multiple genres on a movie), I don't want TOO many Genres and with 2500+ movies I really ONLY use Genres to select my movies - so VERY impoirtant indeed.- and if I'm manually managing that I might as well manage it all myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWRobinson Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Gotcha...makes sense. Just thought I might be missing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.jakes Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Thanks for all your responses...... I think I will go with the DD server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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