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I use Plex. I record movies in Plex all the time. Thanks for all your suggestions. I use a Shield Pro 2017 to record and then copy from that hard drive to my computer hard drives for such things as ccextraction and so that disk does not get filled up. I have files over very many computers and internal and external hard drives. I am looking for the best system so all is under one system. Unfortunately my current desktop pc would not work for Unraid as it has only space for two internal drives and I want to get away from so many externals. I am looking into getting a new desktop and then try Unraid with vms and if that does not work then try something such as Drivepool or Drive Bender and just use the Windows OS. I am trying Drivebender on a small scale and it is nice to be able combine two disk into one and then just move the files from one folder to another without copying. That is what I am hoping from Unraid.

I am trying to pick the best copy of movies so I would like the ability to have them appear in the same folder. These movies were recorded at different times, in different formats and hd and sd. I will keep the best one and delete the others. It would just be so much easier if they could all appear in the same folder for easier comparison. If necessary I would have them all part of movies and reside on the same disk. Would symlinks work?

I am thinking about trying Unraid. If I have a share called movies ts that spans disks 1-3 and a share movies mp4 on disk 5 at times view those two shares together but keep the files on the assigned disks. So basically have Casablanca.ts and Casablanca.mp4 in a folder together on a third share. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.

I am thinking about the threadripper 1950 and does the passthrough work. I have read some posts and they are from months ago so I was wondering the latest news. I have not decided on motherboard. I like both the Asrock and the Asus. I have not decided on video card 1070 or 1080 or brand. Any information would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

I am trying to pick the best system I am torn between Qnap and Unraid. I was all set on Qnap but then I started reading more about Unraid. I have a desktop computer with many external hard drives attached to it. This is the only computer that is wired to the router. I have 2 laptops that are in different rooms that are wireless. I am thinking about getting powerline as I cannot run cable to them and there are no ethernet ports in the rest of the house. The one desktop I cannot use all the time based upon location. I am looking for something where I can have all my files in one place instead of spread over many different external hard drives and so I can go through the files and pick the best copy of videos and get rid of the others. Now to do that I have to have my desktop turned on and share the hard drives and was using home groups. My desktop is a windows 7 and the laptops are Windows10. I am also interested in using at least Windows vm on the machine. I would like to at times just set the system to do things such as ccextractor or videoredo and let it do its thing and not have to have my desktop on. When I try to use Videoredo on the laptop because distance to the router it takes forever. II also use Plex and record all the time. Maybe use this for gaming to. I really like the idea of Unraid because easier to expand, all drives do not have to be the same size, and can upgrade the processor and motherboard if need be. I would have to buy a new system because my desktop can only hold 2 hard drives. Have the problems with Ryzen video passthrough been fixed? I would be looking at possibility of 10gbe. Any information would be very much appreciated. Thank you.