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I want to repurpose an older Mac I have for use as a media server. My only concern is storage space.
I'd really appreciate an estimate, close approximation, etc., of how much storage space I might need.
I already have an 8TB hard drive for storing movies and music, and I'm sure that won't be enough.
About how many hours of video alone does anyone think I might be able to store at 720p on an 8TB hard drive?
Any estimates of 1080p would be nice as well.
I'm going to be ripping mostly older movies from DVDs I own and that weren't shot in HD, and 720p is adequate quality-wise. I think.
Buying more hard drives isn't a problem, I'll buy however many I need once I have an idea. I'm assuming that 5,400 rpm HDs at 3G speeds should serve well enough.
I've never contemplated doing this before, but considering that I've already done it years ago with my hundreds of music CDs, I'm surprised this hasn't occurred to me before. I'll be hooking the Mac up physically via Ethernet to my cable modem/router and want to be able to access all my movies and such from any TV in the house as well as my iPhone. And being able to watch movies on my iMac in my home office would be great, too.
I really appreciate any advice or other information. I'm sure I'm late to the party on this, but better late than never!
I'd really appreciate an estimate, close approximation, etc., of how much storage space I might need.
I already have an 8TB hard drive for storing movies and music, and I'm sure that won't be enough.
About how many hours of video alone does anyone think I might be able to store at 720p on an 8TB hard drive?
Any estimates of 1080p would be nice as well.
I'm going to be ripping mostly older movies from DVDs I own and that weren't shot in HD, and 720p is adequate quality-wise. I think.
Buying more hard drives isn't a problem, I'll buy however many I need once I have an idea. I'm assuming that 5,400 rpm HDs at 3G speeds should serve well enough.
I've never contemplated doing this before, but considering that I've already done it years ago with my hundreds of music CDs, I'm surprised this hasn't occurred to me before. I'll be hooking the Mac up physically via Ethernet to my cable modem/router and want to be able to access all my movies and such from any TV in the house as well as my iPhone. And being able to watch movies on my iMac in my home office would be great, too.
I really appreciate any advice or other information. I'm sure I'm late to the party on this, but better late than never!