2021-04-15, 12:54 PM
Hello, have a working NextPVR v5 configuration, with Hauppauge DVB-T digital tuners and Hauppauge Colossus and STB with IR blasting configured.
Use Kodi Matrix for front end most of the time, but the NextPVR client works well too.
I am very pleased with NextPVR 5.
Just wondered if there is a so termed 'recommended' or optimized recording drive configuration?
I currently use two Seagate USB 3 external hard drives. One has all my movies etc, and the other is a dedicated recording drive.
I also have a separate SSD drive I use for timeshift only.
I sometimes find that if I am recording a number of shows simultaneously to one USB drive, whilst at the same time trying to playback say a movie from the other USB 3 drive, that things start to glitch out a bit, and get stutters on playback etc. Also, similar behavior when multiple recording, and then trying to playback a recording from same drive.
Usually no issues, but on occasion might be recording 3 channels from digital, and one from STB using Colossus.
Presumably it is the limitation of using the USB 3 bus.
Are there any tips or tricks that could help improve performance for a USB 3 type drive configuration?
Mainly went the USB3 route, as got Seagate Backup Plus external USB3 drives for good value per TB, so have one 6TB drive and one 10TB drive.
The 6TB drive is the current recording drive. Previously I had a RAID 1 config running off my motherboards built in hardware RAID.
It worked really well, but a raid drive would periodically fail quite often, so I tried the external USB 3 Seagate backup plus drives, and they are like bulletproof so far.
(apart from the limitations of the USB 3 bus)
Would having two recording paths (1 on each USB 3 drive) likely make any difference?
Or am I better to look to an array, or NAS?
Like I said, it is nothing dire or anything, and the single USB 3 recording drive has worked pretty bloody well, but just notice things struggle a bit under certain load conditions.
Just wondered what NextPVR users would deem 'the most desirable' recording drive config for NextPVR 5?
Thanks for your time.
Use Kodi Matrix for front end most of the time, but the NextPVR client works well too.
I am very pleased with NextPVR 5.
Just wondered if there is a so termed 'recommended' or optimized recording drive configuration?
I currently use two Seagate USB 3 external hard drives. One has all my movies etc, and the other is a dedicated recording drive.
I also have a separate SSD drive I use for timeshift only.
I sometimes find that if I am recording a number of shows simultaneously to one USB drive, whilst at the same time trying to playback say a movie from the other USB 3 drive, that things start to glitch out a bit, and get stutters on playback etc. Also, similar behavior when multiple recording, and then trying to playback a recording from same drive.
Usually no issues, but on occasion might be recording 3 channels from digital, and one from STB using Colossus.
Presumably it is the limitation of using the USB 3 bus.
Are there any tips or tricks that could help improve performance for a USB 3 type drive configuration?
Mainly went the USB3 route, as got Seagate Backup Plus external USB3 drives for good value per TB, so have one 6TB drive and one 10TB drive.
The 6TB drive is the current recording drive. Previously I had a RAID 1 config running off my motherboards built in hardware RAID.
It worked really well, but a raid drive would periodically fail quite often, so I tried the external USB 3 Seagate backup plus drives, and they are like bulletproof so far.
(apart from the limitations of the USB 3 bus)
Would having two recording paths (1 on each USB 3 drive) likely make any difference?
Or am I better to look to an array, or NAS?
Like I said, it is nothing dire or anything, and the single USB 3 recording drive has worked pretty bloody well, but just notice things struggle a bit under certain load conditions.
Just wondered what NextPVR users would deem 'the most desirable' recording drive config for NextPVR 5?
Thanks for your time.