2013-11-27, 13:43
(2013-11-26, 23:49)RockDawg Wrote:(2013-11-26, 17:13)Lunatixz Wrote:(2013-11-26, 13:38)mwkurt Wrote: Guess you could be right, but I am using Flexraid on my 5400rpm drives, and like I said, no delays.
Mark
There is a problem with his setup, a media server needs to have better management of its HDD spin down timer. PseudoTV runs on the idea that media is always available.
That being said, It wouldn't be hard to send a file request to the leading file in a playlist when the "coming up" prompt displays...
But honestly this problem falls on the side of the user... setup a longer idle time for the HDD or setup some cron or watchdog to wake drives when you're using XBMC...
There is nothing technically wrong with his system. Maybe it's configuration could be fine tuned in regards to hard drive spin down/spin up, but there is not necessarily any setting that's ideal. He may have 17 hard drives. If he has it set so that when one spins up they all spin up, it could solve his issue in PTY, but having them all spin up just to watch a single movie that's on a single drive is a waste. It's a matter of choice.
(2013-11-26, 13:38)mwkurt Wrote:(2013-11-25, 22:03)RockDawg Wrote: There's no problem in his setup. He's just using a system (unRAID?) that spins down drives when not in use. It can take a few for the drive(s) to spin up and start playing the file.
Guess you could be right, but I am using Flexraid on my 5400rpm drives, and like I said, no delays.
Mark
It all depends on how your system handles drive spin up/down. It could not even be enabled in which case all drives are always spinning. Or it could be enabled but it's spinning up all the drives when a single drive has activity. In either scenario you wouldn't have delay between shows as the drives are already spinning. Rest assured though if the drive the file is on is spun down, there will be a noticeable delay.
Do you like FlexRAID? I've been considering trying it out.
Yeah, FlexRAID is pretty good. I have no complaints. I set it up and let it go. I have it update the data once a week. It is pretty easy to set up. Give it a try.
Mark