JWilsonphoto wrote:
Thanks for the great insights everyone! My "Cinema" folder at home resides on an OWC 40TB ThunderBay Four Array, and on my 16 Bay QNAP NAS. Retrieving the videos from th eNAS upstairs via my network is just painfully slow and jerky with quirky audio. I want to just have those files directly connected to my 85" Sony in the family room so they'll play on command. I've researched Prodigy and smaller QNAP devices, but the reviews are mixed, I'm thinking the MAC Mini solution might be the way to go. I have a meeting with my Apple guy next week to discuss getting my iMac Pro below $14,000!!!!, so I'll ask him about the Mini solution. I can hook a 12TB G-Tech to the Mini and that might just do the trick. ...Show more →
Go with the Mac Mini, install Plex, it will do all what is needed with videos, all connected devices on your network will detect it and be able to play anything available. You can use the client, in addition to normal DLNA.
If you want more info, I am more than happy to help.
I've got a Mac Mini G4 1.42 Ghz Power PC from 2005, came with an 80GB hard drive, which failed the day after the warranty expired. Fortunately I'd bought Apple Care with that one, so the hdd was replaced by another 80GB. That one also failed, so I then replaced it myself with a 250GB Western Digital drive, which has worked ever since. I also finally upgraded the CDRW/DVD ROM to a superdrive a few years ago
I also have a 2011 Mac Mini that's currently running High Sierra. Needs the external DVD writer, but so far so good.
I am using some free time to reorder pictures taken in the past months. Mostly during family trips, when I leave the heavy Canon gear at home and just carry an Olympus EM-1 and 12-40 lens. The goal here is to just capture some snapshots and most often I keep the camera in my backup. Yet occasionally some decent shot happens.
He's a wonder of sweetness. When the grandchildren were babies he curled around them, then crawled in their lap and in later years at their feet.
He's never met a stranger, or anything he thought he couldn't eat. A personal favorite is the small Styrofoam cap on a Canon 1.4X III that popped off as I opened the box. Snap, Chomp, Gone.
At 11 going on 12 he has survived about a dozen thin glass Red ornaments, three entire Bounty towels and a slew of miscellaneous treasures lifted from plates and the kitchen garbage can.
One memorable Christmas he tore into $200 worth of Mrs. See's chocolates. He didn't eat them all --- only the ones he liked. The others he licked.
We wouldn't take a million for him, but we'd sure like the 5K in Vet bills back!
Chuck
Confidential to Niall: English UKC from a good line --- but no wonder they deported him.
Scout looks like a great one Chuck. Chandler has two dogs, "Tex" who they got from a breeder and "Cash" who is a rescue running short on time. "Tex" is a Golden and definitely an alpha male. He's defied the best trainers, and since coming home to Chili's has made regular staples of 24 packs of Dr. Pepper, including the cans, chair cushions, extension cords, and just about anything else that he finds within reach. Jennifer figures that, between what he has consumed and the Vet bills associated with his diet, he's easily a $15,000 pet at this juncture. "Cash" he was having a little trouble a few weeks ago so Chandler took a close look. Seems he ate one of the boys athletic socks, one end he was still chewing and the other, still contiguous, was working it's way through ol' Cash. Seem all that was causing him some discomfort, but four hours later, a trip to the Vet, a CT Scan (is it a Cat Scan if it's of a dog? a "sockectomy" and a $1,500 tab and Cash was feeling much better. Seems to me that their horses are much less expensive than their dogs.........
Then there's Charlie, he's very picky, no tin cans, no socks, but he does have an affinity for the cinnamon toast Sheila fixes me every morning..............
Met the boys up at HQ today and found that Santa had visited................. a little splash of blue goes well in the hangar. It's not housebroken yet though, I'm cleaning up TKS fluid on a regular basis. Got a real airplane on the lift and a plastic go fast on the floor, things are looking up. Seems the current business climate is "making the hangar great again"!
Got two RC Tugs on order to help with the logistics. The Cirrus is a bit of a chore when it's full of fuel and TKS fluid. These little beauties make short work of it............
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Met the boys up at HQ today and found that Santa had visited................. a little splash of blue goes well in the hangar. It's not housebroken yet though, I'm cleaning up TKS fluid on a regular basis. Got a real airplane on the lift and a plastic go fast on the floor, things are looking up. Seems the current business climate is "making the hangar great again"!
JW HQ looks pretty great now ---
I'm fascinated by the elevator and looking forward to details on the Cirrus.
Jim your new plane looks pretty cool hope you all have a great new years and be carefull if using fireworks? over here it sounds like being in a Artillery Barrage
Prior to the world imploding in 2008 my hangar was populated with a biplane, a 182, a T-6 and the Cub. You didn't have to be Karnak The Magnificent to see what was going to happen following November 2008, money in the bank seemed like a much better idea than a hangar full of planes so I trimmed the flight department down to fighting weight. My instincts proved correct, corporate spending on just about everything ground to a halt, aircraft owners in particular were vilified, the bigger the aircraft the more vitriol was showered upon them, and economic growth slid to negative numbers. Fortunately, that picture is finally changing.
As I mentioned a few posts back, aviation in particular is getting a long overdue boost. The tax code changes have put the whole industry into full afterburner. I can't image Glenn's schedule in the coming year with this turn of events. Every broker, manufacturer has gone from eeking out a living and flat growth rates to a demand level they cannot begin to keep up with. The people who lease the kid's hangar plan to buy two Falcon Jets in the next few months, the hangar next door is moving up to a Challenger, and my phone is blowing up from people looking for hangar space for something they have or plan to acquire in the near future. For the first time in a very, very long time anyone in aviation, at any level, is looking at a bright future.
We are finalizing the ISAP Symposium details over the next couple of days and it looks like it's going to be a fun gathering. I just made my hotel reservations, we negotiated a great rate with The Tucson Doubltree, $89 for the folks who register early, and the symposium fee is more economical for early committers as well. I'll get you all of the details just as soon as we have everything set, probably Tuesday/Wednesday.
Here's sneak preview, I think Jo will enjoy this field trip, something off the aviation subject, which looks pretty cool and will present some interesting photo/video opportunities..............
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Scout looks like a great one Chuck. Chandler has two dogs, "Tex" who they got from a breeder and "Cash" who is a rescue running short on time. "Tex" is a Golden and definitely an alpha male. He's defied the best trainers, and since coming home to Chili's has made regular staples of 24 packs of Dr. Pepper, including the cans, chair cushions, extension cords, and just about anything else that he finds within reach. Jennifer figures that, between what he has consumed and the Vet bills associated with his diet, he's easily a $15,000 pet at this juncture. "Cash" he was having a little trouble a few weeks ago so Chandler took a close look. Seems he ate one of the boys athletic socks, one end he was still chewing and the other, still contiguous, was working it's way through ol' Cash. Seem all that was causing him some discomfort, but four hours later, a trip to the Vet, a CT Scan (is it a Cat Scan if it's of a dog? a "sockectomy" and a $1,500 tab and Cash was feeling much better. Seems to me that their horses are much less expensive than their dogs.........
Then there's Charlie, he's very picky, no tin cans, no socks, but he does have an affinity for the cinnamon toast Sheila fixes me every morning.................Show more →
Dogs and their foibles are a mystery to me. One of our cockers had a thing about telephones - he decapitated the handsets - took them clean off, just like a wire cutter. I think he did three or four before we wised up and put them out of reach.
The picture of Charlie caused much laughter over here. It's a perfect example of the deep and meaningful relationship between a dog and human food.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
We are finalizing the ISAP Symposium details over the next couple of days and it looks like it's going to be a fun gathering. I just made my hotel reservations, we negotiated a great rate with The Tucson Doubltree, $89 for the folks who register early, and the symposium fee is more economical for early committers as well. I'll get you all of the details just as soon as we have everything set, probably Tuesday/Wednesday.
Here's sneak preview, I think Jo will enjoy this field trip, something off the aviation subject, which looks pretty cool and will present some interesting photo/video opportunities..............
