Dang but I miss Netflix DVD service!

[Dmc707]

There is much value in owning a movie, and having a near permanent copy of it, it cannot be altered from its original release. This happens more often than you think. Unfortunately DVD's an Blue Ray disks have a finite life. Alpha Particles degrade them over time. Average life span is 8 to 10 years, in Oklahoma with low levels of radon much longer.

I have a couple of large plastic storage boxes in my warehouse full of DVD's and music CD's . Havent thought much about them in probably a decade

So is there a possibility these things will degrade and be worthless in my lifetime? (im 52) - If so, it almost seems pointless to keep them around taking up space

 

[TANSTAAFL]

I have a couple of large plastic storage boxes in my warehouse full of DVD's and music CD's . Havent thought much about them in probably a decade

So is there a possibility these things will degrade and be worthless in my lifetime? (im 52) - If so, it almost seems pointless to keep them around taking up space

CDs and DVD's last on Average about 8 years. Alpha particles (from radon typically) and oxidation will eventually destroy them. Store in airtight boxes will definitely increase their lifespan.

 

[TwoShoots]

Anything you have on DVD is best moved to your computers and run on a nightly backup if you want to keep it. Because of this thead, I just added Big Country to my library. If you keep them backed up you can pass down a brick of great movies to your kids. Who knows? They might even watch some of them.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Anything you have on DVD is best moved to your computers and run on a nightly backup if you want to keep it. Because of this thead, I just added Big Country to my library. If you keep them backed up you can pass down a brick of great movies to your kids. Who knows? They might even watch some of them.

Solid state hard drives appear to be the most stable way to store media. No moving parts, superior resistance to any shock...

 

[TwoShoots]

Solid state hard drives appear to be the most stable way to store media. No moving parts, superior resistance to any shock...

They are more resistant to shock, but they have a limited read-write lifetime so traditional is the way to go. You get an extra 5 years out of a traditional spindle drive vs an SSD (performance rated).

I just set one up for a customer that had one 20tb drive that held their movies and shows, then had a separate 20tb external drive that backed up nightly. This let them take it in the storm shelter with them easily while still letting the kids watch their shows and tv.

 

[Jason Freeland]

They are more resistant to shock, but they have a limited read-write lifetime so traditional is the way to go. You get an extra 5 years out of a traditional spindle drive vs an SSD (performance rated).

I just set one up for a customer that had one 20tb drive that held their movies and shows, then had a separate 20tb external drive that backed up nightly. This let them take it in the storm shelter with them easily while still letting the kids watch their shows and tv.

I have two NAS raids and one external with mine on it. It also let me jump to a 2.5G lan, with the newer of the two NAS boxes some switches and a router. Do you compress your files at all or leave them full size? I generally leave DVDs, but will compress BDVDs and UHD down a bit.

 

[TwoShoots]

I have two NAS raids and one external with mine on it. It also let me jump to a 2.5G lan, with the newer of the two NAS boxes some switches and a router. Do you compress your files at all or leave them full size? I generally leave DVDs, but will compress BDVDs and UHD down a bit.

I'm anti-compression on all the boxes I set up. The reason being I have never said, "I sure wish this was a little less quality" when watching a movie I decided to keep forever like that. I have often wished the opposite, particularly when AVI was first getting it's legs under it or the random new codecs were being released every month (it seemed).

Some were pretty good for the time, but looking at those same files today and they'd be considered unwatchable, comparable to an unfiltered cam today.

I do still have people request compressed video from time to time to conserve space though. I just remind them that resolutions are getting larger, not smaller, so they may need to re-pull the video from the disc at some point in the future.

 

[Jason Freeland]

I'm anti-compression on all the boxes I set up. The reason being I have never said, "I sure wish this was a little less quality" when watching a movie I decided to keep forever like that. I have often wished the opposite, particularly when AVI was first getting it's legs under it or the random new codecs were being released every month (it seemed).

Some were pretty good for the time, but looking at those same files today and they'd be considered unwatchable, comparable to an unfiltered cam today.

I do still have people request compressed video from time to time to conserve space though. I just remind them that resolutions are getting larger, not smaller, so they may need to re-pull the video from the disc at some point in the future.

It's more for using them on mobile devices, that I do it. I've never gotten Plex's remote streaming option, to work consistently, so I have to load them on the device. I use MakeMKV for ripping and Handbrake for any compressing I do. My GPU is way overpowered for what I do with it, but it makes short work of hardware recompressing 4K UHD. What cataloging and presentation software do you set your clients up with?

 

[TwoShoots]

It's more for using them on mobile devices, that I do it. I've never gotten Plex's remote streaming option, to work consistently, so I have to load them on the device. I use MakeMKV for ripping and Handbrake for any compressing I do. My GPU is way overpowered for what I do with it, but it makes short work of hardware recompressing 4K UHD. What cataloging and presentation software do you set your clients up with?

Plex is fine, but in an effort to keep costs down I exclusively use Jellyfin on everything now. Mobile options are great (Swiftfin, Finamp for those that can't run Jellyfin app natively) and the web interface is phenomenal.
I can't recommend it enough. Also, it transcodes on the fly very quickly for out of network streaming.

 

[El Pablo]

I have a couple of large plastic storage boxes in my warehouse full of DVD's and music CD's . Havent thought much about them in probably a decade

So is there a possibility these things will degrade and be worthless in my lifetime? (im 52) - If so, it almost seems pointless to keep them around taking up space

Mine already have. Burned cds and dvds first. Some of my older commercial cds are failing, 35 plus years old