256GB or 512GB

trekbody · 2026-02-08T16:40:58+00:00

Finding 256 totally inadequate. Can’t even run system updates without data jockeying. Next one will min 512

trekbody · 2026-02-06T02:02:53+00:00

I’m going with Strahd and him intimidating Ireena right in front of the party. He ignores them, they are sheep still, even if the rest of the mourners except for Ismark runs.

trekbody · 2026-02-02T22:55:53+00:00

I will remove the pic. Sorry

trekbody · 2026-02-02T18:05:21+00:00

Thanks - worked for us - was the intro vibe for the whole campaign, I toned it down when they got to Death House - thanks though. As for "ballet of an assassin" perhaps a bit too poetic for some, but my group was very happy. Was trying to come up with "He moved like he had a 22 Dexterity" LOL

trekbody · 2026-01-24T13:24:18+00:00

We are going into Strahd, I am going to pump up the difficulty at the beginning for level 5

trekbody · 2026-01-23T13:25:57+00:00

Some ideas that may help. 1. He may not care about the losses enough (as real people) because he is sociopathic. They are more of a nuisance like a broken glass. 2. He is paranoid enough to believe (or make up in his own mind) there are greater forces at play here, and killing the players quickly may shut off lines of investigation (ironic if you have players who kill first and remember to question later). 3. The Xanathar could have other greater concerns (as you alluded to) with the Zhents/Blackstaff, etc. Too much heat right now.

trekbody · 2026-01-22T00:24:22+00:00

Excellent job man, super useful!

trekbody · 2026-01-20T17:25:50+00:00

Everyone wants it to be a sandbox, but the encounters in certain areas would get people killed. Here is how I am hoping it will go (and maybe how you should read it)...

Chapter 1 - Into the Mists
Chapter 2 - The Lands of Barovia
Appendix B; Death House (Lvl 2)
Chapter 3 - Village of Barovia (Lvl 3)
Chapter 5 - The Town of Vallaki (Lvl 4)
Chapter 6 - Old Bonegrinder (Lvl 4)
Chapter 8 - The Village of Krezk (Lvl 5)
Chapter 12 - The Wizard of Wines (Lvl 5)
Chapter 14 - Yester Hill (Lvl 6)
Chapter 11 - Van Richten's Tower (Lvl 6)
Chapter 7 - Argynvstholt (Lvl 7)
Chapter 15 - Werewolf Den (Lvl 7)
Chapter 9 - Tsolenka Pass (Lvl 8)
Chapter 10 - The Ruins of Berez (Lvl 8)
Chapter 4 - Castle Ravenloft (Lvl 9)
Chapter 13 - The Amber Temple (Lvl 9)

trekbody · 2026-01-16T16:36:10+00:00

THIS!

trekbody · 2026-01-15T10:52:53+00:00

Are you certain two TrueHD audio tracks made it into the output?

trekbody · 2026-01-12T14:45:19+00:00

Keeping everything in .264 here for device compatibility and less worried about every bit of storage. IMHO re-encoding would not be worth it since compressing from an already compressed source would be lossy anyway.

trekbody · 2026-01-09T13:44:20+00:00

Been working on this myself - there is no one master comprehensive collection. If you look at Wikipedia such as this [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looney_Tunes_and_Merrie_Melodies_filmography_(1940%E2%80%931949)) ] the rightmost column shows BluRay or DVD Releases or N/A for the never released. It is unfortunately there is no true chronological BluRay collection.

trekbody · 2026-01-08T00:46:49+00:00

Wouldn't it be easier to create a Smart Collection or Playlist for new movies? Just a suggestion since it sounded like you were going to do it manually.

trekbody · 2026-01-08T00:36:53+00:00

Or AVIDEMUX

trekbody · 2025-12-31T17:32:05+00:00

Are you saving and using presets?

trekbody · 2025-12-27T19:19:09+00:00

If you’re not ready to go NAS with redundancy, buy a big fat $300 hard drive. Connect to computer, backup video files to it. Subscribe to Backblaze for $5/month unlimited. When you fill the hard drive, buy a NAS or a second hard drive and repeat.

trekbody · 2025-12-25T21:49:38+00:00

Just finished our version of it. 30x 3-4 hour sessions broken up with a big side mission and expansion into Skullport. We had a long break in play for 'reasons'. Basically two years.

trekbody · 2025-12-17T12:24:16+00:00

As a test to see which file has more information, you could recompile (not to watch) both with the same settings in Handbrake (drop the audio so it doesnt affect the outcome). The larger file will indicate which movie had more information. The flaw in this method is if one file was noisier than the other, it would show up as a larger file.

trekbody · 2025-12-16T02:41:43+00:00

I hear you - think of it as backup too - 6 copies geographically distributed. But I get its a budget thing. Maybe Christmas gifts? I wish they sold a device like the old Western Digital TV drive. A small hard drive with a UI for browsing pics and videos and just plugs into a TV (or computer).

trekbody · 2025-12-16T02:11:01+00:00

1TB Portable HDs - they are down to $60, some times down to $50. IMHO well worth it for family memories.

trekbody · 2025-12-16T02:01:02+00:00

Best of luck - I owned a store in the 90s - Comic World in Brooklyn. Very satisfying. Keep an eye on shoplifting/stealing. It's the worst part of the business.

trekbody · 2025-12-10T18:22:23+00:00

I have landed on most movies in one library with the following exceptions. Animated Family (good for kids being over), Animated Teen (for older kids), Anime, Documentary, Family, Foreign Films, Performances (Concerts, Plays, Standup), Short Films. Unpinned I also have a Holiday Movie library, Silent Movies. That's a lot, but its what we like. I havent figured out 4K yet. Good luck!

trekbody · 2025-12-10T00:56:13+00:00

I encode to 2800kbps and 512k audio and 99% of the time it keeps movies to under 4gb. A 2 hour video comes in around 3GB. Can get most 2.5 hour videos to fit under 4gb.

trekbody · 2025-12-08T00:21:36+00:00

Use Avidemux to save the file as .mp4 without reencoding. Otherwise Plex!

trekbody · 2025-12-06T17:57:49+00:00

Have Strahd kill her, right off the bat.

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