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Not sure if this is the best place for this post, but here it is.
I'm wanting to put my entire library, what I have on discs as well as what is on my computer, onto a collection of USB flash drives. Opinions on practicality and whatnot aside, what would be the best way to go about this for usability on a variety of devices, what format would be best, and what software(s) would you recommend for converting everything to the same format? I will primarily be using them with my PlayStation.
When I first envisioned the idea I was thinking I wanted it to work much like if I was using the actual DVD/bluray disc, just with a USB stick instead. Would that be something I can do, if so how would I go about that?
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(Jun 07, 2015, 01:47 am)AKpirate Wrote: Not sure if this is the best place for this post, but here it is.
I'm wanting to put my entire library, what I have on discs as well as what is on my computer, onto a collection of USB flash drives. Opinions on practicality and whatnot aside, what would be the best way to go about this for usability on a variety of devices, what format would be best, and what software(s) would you recommend for converting everything to the same format? I will primarily be using them with my PlayStation.
When I first envisioned the idea I was thinking I wanted it to work much like if I was using the actual DVD/bluray disc, just with a USB stick instead. Would that be something I can do, if so how would I go about that?
I did something for a family member a few weeks back. they had all these discs and when I looked into how much space the would need for a flash drive it would have been cheaper to just but a external drive.
I would go out and buy a external hard drive 1 or 2 TB should be more than enough
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Jun 07, 2015, 06:24 am
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I think that this is the hard drive that I have connected to my Playstation 3. The Playstation has to figure out what's on the drive each time you open it between restarts. This can take quite a while if you have several thousand files on it, like I do. Also, it'll quit out to the main menu if you leave a video from the hard drive paused for a long time and try to resume it. Other than these two minor issues, it has been working perfectly for several years.
I usually re-encode everything to mp4s, for the best compatibility on all of my devices, but that's just me; I know others do things differently.
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I also have an external USB drive for my storage needs as well.
Other than that, I still use optical media (i.e. discs).
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Jun 08, 2015, 21:26 pm
(This post was last modified: Jun 08, 2015, 23:31 pm by AKpirate.)
I did say "opinions on practicality and whatnot aside". I was well aware that most people would suggest just getting an external hard drive, which I understand, but that is not what I want to do for a number of reasons. So, sorry for the bluntness, but please refrain from responding unless you are going to address what I actually asked for.
(Jun 07, 2015, 06:24 am)System Folder Wrote: I think that this is the hard drive that I have connected to my Playstation 3. The Playstation has to figure out what's on the drive each time you open it between restarts. This can take quite a while if you have several thousand files on it, like I do. Also, it'll quit out to the main menu if you leave a video from the hard drive paused for a long time and try to resume it. Other than these two minor issues, it has been working perfectly for several years.
I usually re-encode everything to mp4s, for the best compatibility on all of my devices, but that's just me; I know others do things differently.
I was thinking of going with mp4 myself. What software do you use?
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Jun 09, 2015, 00:52 am
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I use Handbrake: www.handbrake.fr
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