itunes in the cloud, on a nas or on a TC?

[TangoJuliet]

I recently purchased a aTV and I have really been enjoying streaming from hbo go, hulu and netflix. I really wish they did amazon too.

Anyways, I was thinking about ripping my entire dvd library and storing it on itunes. I'm sure its going to be a large amount of data (1-2TB) and don't want to store it locally.

Whats the best way about going about this? Should I store itunes on an external drive attached directly to the computer or have an external attached to a time capsule?

Thanks!

 

[TangoJuliet]

I was thinking of just buying a NAS and storing everything on there as well. I tried ripping some movies over the weekend and forgot that most have copyright restrictions on them. Trying to find some software that will circumvent this too.

 

[TheStu]

I was thinking of just buying a NAS and storing everything on there as well. I tried ripping some movies over the weekend and forgot that most have copyright restrictions on them. Trying to find some software that will circumvent this too.

Are you using Windows or OS X?

 

[TangoJuliet]

Are you using Windows or OS X?

OS X. I tried out handbrake but when I popped in Shrek it gave a message about a codec or something. I clicked on the prompt to download it but got an error message on the website. So I went back and clicked the other prompt....something like continue without scanning and the rip was not watchable.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Handbrake won't deCSS. I used to use DVDDecrypter on my Windows machine. MacTheRipper doesn't have an Intel-native version, iirc.

But that's a distraction. Apple's iTunes cloud service (iTunes Match) cuts you off at 25GB of non-iTMS tracks, so that's probably out.

Plugging an external drive to the Time Capsule will work fine, except it'll lag when the drive sleeps (you'll have to wait for it to spin up.) USB HDD performance on those is also the pits vs. the internal drive.

In my perfect universe, I'd have a home server running iTunes and Home Sharing. (Among other things.) Then all the devices could access the same library easily.

I just hope you have a backup plan.

 

[TangoJuliet]

In my perfect universe, I'd have a home server running iTunes and Home Sharing. (Among other things.) Then all the devices could access the same library easily.

whats the difference between running a home server vs having a computer on the network using home sharing?

right now my iMac runs 24/7 and has itunes running home sharing. I stream everything from this machine but if I rip my entire dvd collection there is no way I'll have enough room locally

 

[dave_the_nerd]

whats the difference between running a home server vs having a computer on the network using home sharing?

right now my iMac runs 24/7 and has itunes running home sharing. I stream everything from this machine but if I rip my entire dvd collection there is no way I'll have enough room locally

No difference. I just like to be able to use my computer when I want to, my way, without worrying about whether somebody else is going to freak because their music stopped.

I'm a selfish asshole, and that's why servers were invented. (plus, I already have a print server and NAS appliances, and would be quite happy to consolidate everything into a single easily-admin'd device that could also be a MineCraft server.)

If you're cool leaving your machine on 24/7, just attach a stack of external HDDs and you'll be fine. (Back that stuff up though.)

 

[TangoJuliet]

If you're cool leaving your machine on 24/7

I'd rather not. I have a 2TB RAID firewire enclosure that I could hook up to the imac but I think I'd rather have a NAS.

Anybody got any recommendations on one?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I'd rather not. I have a 2TB RAID firewire enclosure that I could hook up to the imac but I think I'd rather have a NAS.

Anybody got any recommendations on one?

Well, the USB drive attached to your Time Capsule is technically a NAS.

But if you like things a little less mollases-slow, and want an honest-to-goodness iTunes server, a Mac Mini would work fine.

http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MA206LL-...dp/B000EPWDTM/

That one would do the job. Has Firewire. It'd need a RAM upgrade though.

You can even use it for other home-server type stuff.

 

[Kadarin]

Don't underestimate the importance of having your media accessible in the cloud, because if your (now ex-) g/f steals your hardware you can easily recover it.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Don't underestimate the importance of having your media accessible in the cloud, because if your (now ex-) g/f steals your hardware you can easily recover it.

No joke. Any home server should be in turn synced to Carbonite or something similar.

But that's a measly $60/year. No biggie.

 

[anne704]

The same to me. Thanks.