2005-02-04, 06:07 PM
This is another request that may already be in GBPVR but I thought I would ask (mine is recording right now so I do not want to get into the configuration and mess around because of the auto-reset on exit...which I saw someone else request a yes/no for and agree with that).
Is it possible (or could it be made possible) to have GBPVR read (and I supposed write to) mulitple paths?
Of course it would be great if it could measure available harddrive space and make decisions based on that about when to toggle from one place to another, but that may be a little much to ask. What I am getting at would be more of a dual-read kind of thing.
Currently my set-up includes a laptop which is nice and quiet in the livingroom and looks inconspicious with the lid down) but which has a sadly small harddrive. What I have been doing so far is to cut and paste the files GBPVR makes to another computer on a sluggish 802.11b wireless connection (I dump out files all the time it seems) and have to use other means to view the files (since GBPRV does not remember or reimport them I think?) (paste back the ones I want and play them with a different player, etc...) (to tell you the truth like most tivo people I talk to I record more than I think I will ever actually be able to watch).
I am considering adding an external harddrive enclosure and pulling out the 200 gig harddrive I am 802.1b-ing to and using that in the enclosure, but it occurs to me that even that will be finite as regards the GBPVR software itself, in that, being external, if I later decided to add another external and another 200 gig drive, it will become "E:" and sort of be "one or the other" instead of both as regards GBPVR.
(I realize my set-up is not optimal. I am really just looking at easy options right now.) I have been considering upgrading my wireless stuff to 802.11g and maybe mapping a big drive and having GBPVR use that...not sure how stabled/realistic that would be (but I could just append RAIDs in that case I think) ....just considering options.
Is it possible (or could it be made possible) to have GBPVR read (and I supposed write to) mulitple paths?
Of course it would be great if it could measure available harddrive space and make decisions based on that about when to toggle from one place to another, but that may be a little much to ask. What I am getting at would be more of a dual-read kind of thing.
Currently my set-up includes a laptop which is nice and quiet in the livingroom and looks inconspicious with the lid down) but which has a sadly small harddrive. What I have been doing so far is to cut and paste the files GBPVR makes to another computer on a sluggish 802.11b wireless connection (I dump out files all the time it seems) and have to use other means to view the files (since GBPRV does not remember or reimport them I think?) (paste back the ones I want and play them with a different player, etc...) (to tell you the truth like most tivo people I talk to I record more than I think I will ever actually be able to watch).
I am considering adding an external harddrive enclosure and pulling out the 200 gig harddrive I am 802.1b-ing to and using that in the enclosure, but it occurs to me that even that will be finite as regards the GBPVR software itself, in that, being external, if I later decided to add another external and another 200 gig drive, it will become "E:" and sort of be "one or the other" instead of both as regards GBPVR.
(I realize my set-up is not optimal. I am really just looking at easy options right now.) I have been considering upgrading my wireless stuff to 802.11g and maybe mapping a big drive and having GBPVR use that...not sure how stabled/realistic that would be (but I could just append RAIDs in that case I think) ....just considering options.