Ubuntu-US-NM Mythbuntu 7.10 Released

[Eric Krieger]

Sweet! For those thinking of building Mythboxes this also applies to the 
MythTV recoding directory.

Consider using XFS...or JFS for that partition or drive.

Eric
Chris Brotherton wrote:
> 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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