Ubuntu-US-NM Mythbuntu 7.10 Released

[Chris Brotherton]

Thanks for the note.  Currently I am using JFS on a RAID5 array to store my
video.  It seems to work pretty well.

Chris.

On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 08:05:23AM -0700, Eric Krieger wrote:
> As a performance tip I would format the drive or partition that you are 
> going to store your video files on to XFS. When it comes to large files 
> XFS is by far better than EXT3 or ReiserFS.
> 
> To install the XFS format:
> 
> sudo apt-get install xfslibs-dev xfsprogs xfsdump uuid-dev
> 
> To format a partition XFS: (mind you don't do this on a drive that has 
> data you want to keep)
> 
> mkfs.xfs /dev/xxx
> 
> To mount a XFS partition using fstab....
> 
> sudo nano /etc/fstab
> 
> make a line that looks like:
> 
> /dev/xxx /path/to/mount/ xfs auto 0 0
> 
> 
> Eric
> 
> Eric Krieger wrote:
> > I usually go for 850 -> 900 megs an hour. I've tested this setting on 
> > a friends 50' HD Plasma/Buffalo Linktheater and it was really hard to 
> > tell the difference between DVD and XVID.
> >
> > Eric
> >
> > Chris Brotherton wrote:
> >> Eric,
> >>
> >> I noticed you set a final filesize when using handbrake:
> >>
> >>> /path/to/converted/movie.avi -e xvid -f avi -S 1700 -2 -E ac3
> >>
> >> I assume that is for a 2 hour or so movie. What guideline do you use to
> >> determine the final filesize (GB/hour??)?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Chris.
> >>
> 
> 
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