Hopper lag vs EHD

[gadgtfreek]

Ive been pretty busy lately and the Hopper is now up to 90+ hours and 23% on the internal drive. Just sitting around last night and today it seems more laggy than usual, so I was wondering if there was any correlation with the drive using more space for tv shows.

When I had a 722k I always had like a WD Elements green drive, and daily Id transfer all my shows to the EHD and actually watch them off there. The thought was that this drive was not always in use, and would be more reliable long term than the internal drive on the DVR. Im not worried about needing more internal space, but curious if the Hopper will speed up any by moving all that data to an external?

TIA

 

[KKlare]

What is good on the Hopper is that you can transfer to/from 2 EHDs at the same time. There are 3 USB ports and all are listed in one menu but you can only use 2 of them, the first 2 connected. Numbering is by order connected initially.

Another good point is that you can check program size without an EHD using the Edit option. The bad thing for my records in that they give the size in GB=1024MB whereas the 722 was in MB so you have to be careful comparing sizes when keep track of that.

-Ken

 

[gadgtfreek]

I just noticed that it can use 2 at the same time, thats a lot of freaking storage. We tend to get far behind and Im always paranoid of my shows on the internal because it is working more than an external that spins down, and other components in the DVR could fail. I may grab a 2TB elements drive.

 

[KKlare]

I'm putting all current archived (because I'm behind) series on one 2TB drive and others archived on their drives. The problem is that I'm storing them whenever the wife wants to see one of them. Just not in the habit of stopping the storage to watch what is there. It should be easy enough to break that habit now that I have the big initial fill except for the phoney-baloney dates they get. 2/6/2106 11:28AM is that some misread data field?

-Ken

 

[3HaloODST]

I'm putting all current archived (because I'm behind) series on one 2TB drive and others archived on their drives. The problem is that I'm storing them whenever the wife wants to see one of them. Just not in the habit of stopping the storage to watch what is there. It should be easy enough to break that habit now that I have the big initial fill except for the phoney-baloney dates they get. 2/6/2106 11:28AM is that some misread data field?

-Ken

The 2106 thing has been around since launch. Definitely annoying but nothing to worry about.

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[gadgtfreek]

So is the year just wrong and it orders programs by the date (2/6, 2/8, etc...)? Im anal about watching in order so if it doesnt do that then its a no go for me.

 

[3HaloODST]

So is the year just wrong and it orders programs by the date (2/6, 2/8, etc...). Im anal about watching in order so if it doesnt do that then its a no go for me.

You can still sort by episode # .

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[gadgtfreek]

Where is that option for the normal drive? For some reason I do not see it.

 

[3HaloODST]

Where is that option for the normal drive? For some reason I do not see it.

Sort by title, go into the folder for lost view, press yellow button .

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[gadgtfreek]

Ah, gotcha

 

[navychop]

Can't you plug in a hub and say 3 or 4 EHDs into that, and see them all?

 

[3HaloODST]

Can't you plug in a hub and say 3 or 4 EHDs into that, and see them all?

Yes. Well, mostly. Only two can be seen to play back at a time, however you can transfer shows to/from as many as you want.

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[KKlare]

I'm using an (unpowered) 4-way hub but only powering one drive at a time. All 3 ports will show in the transfer menu, but I find no more than 2 can display their contents. Not ready to test more than 1 powered on a hub. Unsure ports and hubs count the same.

Too bad you cannot transfer USB to USB to move from one to another without the internal drive.

The 2 transfers with different USBs and either way at the same time is a boon.

It can be confusing as to which drive is which with no names but 1 and 2 say, and name determined by order of adding.

Remember to un-USB or un-power all before nightly reboot to save up to a hour of reboot time.

-Ken