NAS for Home Theater A Beginners Guide | Zappiti, Zidoo, Plex | Synology JBOD Setup

[@ShaneMcGrath.]

If you use Synology, Go SHR. Always have at least 1 drive as redundancy, If one fails you don't lose anything and can swap out the bad drive for a new one. If you have a 6bay or higher NAS then go for 2 drives as redundancy or at least have another pc with everything backed up to it, If it's really critical data or priceless family photo's then you may also want to have cloud backup offsite as a 3rd redundancy. My other tip is don't try and be cheap by saving a few bucks on getting a smaller size HDD, Always go for the largest, You will fill it faster than you think and will regret it later as it will cost you more to replace all those smaller drives, Much easier to buy a few large drives to start with then add more later, Rather than fill all bays with small drives, UPS is also a must have.

[@TechnoDad]

Great tips, Shane!

[@Techthusiasm]

Synology is my go to as well. I use it for a lot of things along with media storage. I'd strongly recommend using the Synology specific RAID though (SHR). With SHR, you don't need to have the same drives, and you can easily expand later with any type of drive.

[@TechnoDad]

Thanks for the tip, man!!

[@RobHoffman83]

I always start my setups with 2 (SHR) drives so I have mirroring (1 drive a copy of the other) and then add drives as needed. This is a good setup even for a small-medium business with just a handful of users. SHR is definitely the way to go with these NASes.

[@ml6008]

Silly question: I currently have two 14TB drives with about 10+ TBs of movies on each of them connected to a Zidoo with usb c. If I wanted convert these drives to a RAID I know I can’t simply insert the drives into a synology nas because of formatting, but can I buy an additional 14TB drive, format it, insert it into the nas and move the contents from my current drive to the new one? Then rinse and repeat for the second full drive? Thanks!

[@eckobase5807]

​@@ml6008pretty much, you need a single drive to migrate the data. Blow away the drives and build a shr 1 i only recommend shr 2 for businesses and then copy the data back and then add it to the pool and you end up like me with a 12 bay Synology

[@FrankieKennethL]

Nice nice. This video harkens back to the days of your original content that brought me to this channel. Hopefully we see more of this because it’s the type of content I enjoy. I understand evolution tho. I know it’s competitive out there and some will think it’s boring stuff

[@TechnoDad]

Hi Frankie! Yeah, I know what you mean. It's tough though...I don't think I really need a whole lot. The system here is pretty much air tight!

[@joeygreear7099]

Great overview! Answered all my questions on how to get started

[@TechnoDad]

Thanks! Shoot me an email if you have any questions!

[@stevewright1539]

Trust me. It’s best to use RAID. I had a pretty big failure and I was still able to pull all my data and recover. I can still add a disc and expand with peace of mind. No need to buy five discs at once. For the price spent on the UPS another disc could have been purchased for SHR.

[@TechnoDad]

Right on!

[@tyhome1]

Great video! I have a similar setup (JBOD) with my WD NAS. I backup content with WD external drive, which is attached to the NAS. Ripping 4K uncompressed movies fills up 20TB really quickly.

[@TechnoDad]

Yeah, I feel that! Luckily, I don't buy a whole lot of 4K Discs unless it's a good movie, or a good demo film. Obviously, if there's something I just happen to want, I'll pick it up. So I'm not really worried about space right now. I can always expand if I need to!

[@paulmardis1512]

@@TechnoDad, Good Point and same here.❤

[@EduZn1]

Hi Vicent, which software you are using to rip? I have got some problems to rip my music show collection on dvd and bluray. Thanks

[@tyhome1]

I use MakeMKV to rip my collection.

[@sjsphotog]

I now only rip my blurays. If i want to watch a 4k I'll put in manual in my panasonuc player myself. The little lazy inconvienence isn't worth hundreds of $ on HDDs and you only watch the movie 1-2 times usually so....

[@tonyvalenti6614]

Very nice and articulate beginner setup video. Only thing I’d personally never do is JBOD, especially if you are concerned about down time. I have 3 Synology’s and run SHR, one is SHR-2. Oh, and definitely need a UPS and if at all possible a 3-2-1 backup strategy. All that said, if all you are storing is ripped DVD’s for Plex, and you don’t care about down time and effort recreating your NAS and restoring your data, I suppose it’s OK. 😉

[@TechnoDad]

Hah! Thanks, Tony! A lot of people are giving me flack about it, but I don't think movies and TV shows are 'mission critical.' If this was for work and had data that was actually 'important,' then I would probably run RAID 5.

[@tonyvalenti6614]

@@TechnoDad You bet! Understood and agree. Again, non critical data is fine for JBOD. Worst thing is your time and effort to recover from a crash. But since it’s static data and you have a backup at least you don’t have to re-rip your DVD’s. 👍🏻

[@andrebradley1924]

I only want to store my download movies so which 2 bay nas with 4k transcoding that I can upgrade

[@tonyvalenti6614]

@@andrebradley1924 Understood, and definitely not as valuable as your photos or documents, but unless you have a backup digital copy of all your media, restoring drives and copying files over will take a lot of time. If you don’t have copies and have to re-rip your media, your really in for a lot of work and down time. Might have been better to have a 4 bay NAS or larger drives with RAID 1 or less media. But, again the risk is yours to take. It’s just a beat practice option. Personally, I’d get a four bay, pit two mirrored drives in it and expand as you media needs grow using SHR.

[@babu981]

If you're on a budget, JBOD is ok I guess? But SHR is the minimum for if you have money to buy several HDD. I've been running a 40TB SHR array for 7 years and I'm happy I did this because 2 times I had HDD that crashed. I didn't had any loss because of SHR.

[@TechnoDad]

Nice!

[@danielwander605]

Yea, SHR seemed like the way to go when I set up mine. I had no experience with this type of thing but setting it up without redundancy didn’t seem to make much sense.

[@tiagoj8020]

Haven't you ever heard of SHR? It was the first option under RAID type. It would have solved all your problems!

[@KrikkeBeest]

Indeed, have a setup as well with SHR, very flexible option, you could add different sizes of disk and looks a bit as a raid 5 setup, but better!

[@sonuvabitch]

What I was thinking too. And if not, go with Basic and have multiple volumes instead. JBOD is basically the worst option as if one goes down, you lose everything on every drive (if using spanned volumes)

[@andrebradley1924]

I only want to download my movies and store them which 2 bay nas with 4k transcoding that I can upgrade

[@xellaz]

Disable the default admin and guest accounts and create custom ones using a different login name instead of "admin" or "guest" .... Add custom firewall rules to better protect yourself from getting hacked too. Personally I have mine set up where only specific IP addresses or domain names can access my NAS from the Internet. If you are just accessing the NAS locally, then you don't need to worry about this as much. I have 2 Synology NAS'es. I run Raid 1 for my critical important data (with multiple other encrypted backups).... and Raid 5 for multimedia (vids, pics, etc.) data. I don't want to rip DVDs/CDs again if I loose my multimedia data and having 1 drive redundancy (Raid 5) is a good balance between space/availability for this type of data. Having a 10Gbit connection to my NAS is also a game changer in how fast you can transfer huge amount of data. I would only use JBOD as secondary/tertiary backups instead of my main one though. My minimum is Raid 5.

[@jadan2000]

i would seriously recommend people using raid configs instead of Jbod. If any of those drives die, you lose whatever files are on that drive, with a raid config, yes you may lose some space, but when i drive dies, you don't lose everything on that disk. and you can hot swap with a spare drive.

[@David25522]

I have backup cold drive for all my data.

[@RobHoffman83]

You don't realize how great a solution RAID (SHR provides this) is until you loose a drive and it just keeps running while you order and replace that drive. For the cost of one drive - it's a cheap insurance policy.

[@JaketheMovieGeek]

Thanks for this! I’m working on getting my first Synology NAS

[@TechnoDad]

Nice! Remember to make sure you have a backup strategy if you are using this JBOD configuration.

[@sjsphotog]

Great summary TechoDad. But JBOD is way too risky for me. I don't have as much ripped to my 2x 10TB drives in my NAS but still. I do backup my blurays anf music offline to another drive and that gets up to the cloud as well but RAID5 is much faster. Your time is valuable if you ever have a failed drive which WILL happen not if but when.

[@ebarbie5016]

You can built a NAS free using an old PC. I never felt the need to use a NAS. I have my 20TB external drive connected directly to my Asus router. You can also connect it to a Zidoo or Sheild TV streamer and share it on the network.

[@aferalva69]

I was thinking the same surely I can use an old pc add some hard drives and connect to the network Unless I a missing something I dont see the need of spending more than 1000

[@garryhammond3117]

Wow! - That was the easiest NAS video to follow! - Thanks! I have a really old Netgear NAS with 4 x 3TB in a raid 5 config. - I wonder how hard it would be to go from Netgear NAS to Synology NAS? I do need more space - the option of mixing and matching drives is lucrative. - Cheers!

[@Kenny_Edmonton]

Ok I have a computer setup and hooked to my Samsung oled for gaming, it’s a beast. I run media from the computer to the tv as well. Now I want to rip 4k, do I need a NAS or can I add an external drive to my computer. I don’t care about accessing it from anywhere, I wasn’t I access it only on my main tv

[@superhero88888]

Are you turning this on 24 hours a day ? So you can access them anytime ? What's the energy consumption if it's turned on all the time ?

[@joentell]

Intro was 🔥🔥🔥

[@TechnoDad]

Woot woot!!! Thanks, man!

[@TamilTop5]

Great video… Only a movie producer/director have this kind of backup for movies 😂😂😂😂

[@tariqalbedwawi8613]

Excuse my question but, NAS itself is also a computer or do I need a computer to configure or link it with?

[@ROBERT-ml7ml]

FYI, ANYONE looking into nas/synology, WAIT till October. Synology will announce the new models for early 2024. MUCH NEEDED upgrades- CPU. They weren't able to put better cpu's in the last models and refresh because of covi--d restraints.

[@TechnoDad]

Oh nice!

[@rodrigosepulvedaschulz]

I actually have a 8 slot OWC Thunderbay 8 (with 18TB disks) hooked up to my main Mac, running RAID5 with Softraid 7.5 and 2 volumes of 4 disks each. And Indeed with an APC UPS 850.

[@TechnoDad]

Nice!

[@terranceroberts6259]

Hi. I know this is one year ago. So dont expect replys. When you rip the DVDs, do you retain the ATMOS etc ? If so, any recomendations on what you use to do so.

[@daeejon3100]

I have the same nas but only 3 hard drives and raid 5. Work just fine. You don't need all 5 bay full with raid 5

[@vinylmonster4907]

I been using the Asustor AS4004t with 4 x 12tb Ironwolf drives in raid 5. The Asustor has a 10gbe connection which is connected to a 10gbe pcie card through a 10gbe switch to stream to all my devices from a PLEX server.

[@gregrichard9192]

Great video as usual Hey techno Dad, I got my Klipsch RP 8000f gen two today, super excited, how do I connect the speaker wires to them as I'm seeing four terminals, excluding the two for atmos

[@ddent22]

I know this is old, but do you have issues with zidoo not finding the synology drive?

[@asafblasbergvideographer]

Excellent video @Techno Dad! How long does the UPC last?

[@sjsphotog]

Usually only 1-3 yrs but you ban buy replacement batteries to drop in.

[@DaBud9263]

Excellent video! Did you have any issues bypassing the recommended 18tb and using the 20tb? I don't understand why Synology would do that. 20 and 22tb would be so much better. what do they have to lose?

[@TechnoDad]

I’ve had no issues with the 20TB drives, it sure why they would cap the storage space.

[@DaBud9263]

@@TechnoDad Hey, thanks for sharing. 20tb is better than 18tb all day any day!

[@Thepinkwaffle300]

Do I need to connect my Wi-Fi router and network switch to a UPS too in order for the NAS to continue working in a power outage?

[@rajmohanpm8189]

Hello Techno Dad, I followed your steps and bought a NAS and few HDDs. First i Bought 2 HDDs, and did JBOD . But now I have a new HDD to add, but unable to add to that volume. It is showing or reading as second volume. Is there is any way we can add this new HDD to the old JBOD? Thank you

[@TheCynysterMind]

I just got a 1522+ and thankfully I already had all my movies backed up on smaller drives. I had a ds220j prior runing JBOD mode.... and I tried PLEX server.... I hated it and it worked like crap for streaming to my TV's and not just performance-wise.... the TV's could not index all the movies (and no I do not have that many) not to mention if you decide to take PLEX off your NAS is leaves a folder there that you cannot remove (unless you HACK or reset your NAS entirely) I am going to stick with the built in VIDEOSTATION Also I am setting this up to be a VPN server into my home network and an FTP server so I can send and sync files when I am outside the house

[@andrebradley1924]

Gm hope all is well I am just starting out I download movies from the internet and want to be able to store them on a reliable drive. Never used a Nas before. I'm about to purchase a new zidoo product. I've already pre-orderd a nakamichi dragon, need your help choosing the right Nas I only want a 2 bay that does raid 1 or better with 4k transcoding. I just purchased a synology 22j that can't do 4k transcoding. Also it can't be upgraded

[@psyphonyxaudio]

Love the music vibe !! =)

[@TechnoDad]

Thanks man!

[@Gene_Splicer]

I purchased a 920+ playing back with my Zidoo... now at 4x 20TB Seagate in RAID 5 config - like you, I filled up my 16TB so decided to go all out on storage lol. I did add extra 8GB ram but still see very slight "pausing" in playback 🤷 maybe it's the Z9X Zidoo

[@Gene_Splicer]

However - if you pull out the 16TB, it WILL NOT go back in with your 3x 20TB - even though it says you need 16TB or more. I ended up having to get that 4th 20TB. Maybe I did something wrong, but could never get the 16TB back into the NAS with the 3 20TB drives...

[@LoganDec01]

I have 923+. Zidoo Z2000. 4X 20 TB. All my 4k iso files movies were stuttering with no sounds. How do you fix yours?

[@stacksmasher]

Can you stream UHD content from the NAS to the Zidoo?

[@danielanderson9052]

What programs do you use to rip DVDs having multiple TV episodes on them?

[@marcgallant5270]

About time!! 😀

[@TechnoDad]

I've been lagging!

[@leo11877]

Do you know if this or other NAS enclosures allow hooking up an external 4K drive via USB so as to use MakeMKV to rip directly to the NAS? I know that Unraid and FreeNAS etc. software have MakeMKV plugins to allow ripping.

[@nobaccos]

I just ordered the - zidoo z1000 pro - but I have no idea how to use it, like what dvd ripper drive to use, what software. I'm on a blank page. Can some one please direct me on where to start with this thing. 😢

[@RJ-dp5pc]

Hi, I at the moment I have 127 4k movies. What is the smallest tb hard do I need.

[@gwtemer]

whenever someone says JBOD, I pucker up. Synology has SHR, if you have anything of importance use RAID, and still do a backup, Synology has NAS to NAS backup.

[@Darthbishop]

Technodad I don’t understand one thing. How are you backing up your movies to a single 20 TB drive? Don’t you have over 20 TB in films already?

[@TechnoDad]

So I had two 16TB drives, one of which was full. So I had a little over 18TB when I made this video. I have more now, so I’ll get another cheaper drive as cold storage when I feel like I need another one.

[@stuarthutchinson2477]

Does ZAPPITI still require a Docker container on DSM 7.2 in order for them to see each other or has Synology fixed this now?

[@TechnoDad]

I have no idea what that means. It's just working.

[@cheekster777]

Useful guide. Thanks Channa.

[@TechnoDad]

Thank you!

[@paulmardis1512]

Great Job TD, very thought out. I did the exact same thing with my setup 2 years ago when my original WD NAS power supply failed and I lost most of my DVD rips from my Plex server. I bought another WD NAS and had to re-rip most of my movies. This time I setup raid-5 redundancy with 4-12TB drives, bought a QNAP NAS and have that setup to TV Shows and music backup. I also bought a ZIDOO Z10-PRO and a 16TB drive for all 4k movie rips. I eventually replaced the Zidoo Z10-Pro with a Zappiti NEO and moved that drive over to it without issues. Once all of this was done I bought a 20TB Ext drive to use as backup cold storage for all of my movie rips. That way if a drive dies I will always have my movies. So all of my movie disk are stored away in several large totes. I should invest in a UPS for my NAS but since my computer and NAS drives are sitting in my dedicated Theater room the UPS noise would interrupt movie watching. Love the content as a lot could learn from your experience. Thanks PM

[@TechnoDad]

Hi Paul! Thank you for sharing your experience as well. It's always great to hear how others store and backup their movies.

[@JaketheMovieGeek]

Do I need to buy all of my drives before setting up the NAS or can I buy them one at a time (buy another drive once I’m running out of space on my first drive)?

[@TechnoDad]

That's what you can do when you run a JBOD setup, which is why I like this over RAID 5. Just remember you will need a backup plan, otherwise, you could lose all your data.

[@marcotavares5230]

What cable should you use to connect nas to zidoo?for lossless smooth playing

[@LoganDec01]

We’re you able to figure it out yet? I used Ethernet network to link my Synology NAS to my Zidoo, but I couldn’t play my files smoothly. Nothing but stuttering pictures with no sounds.

[@keepingupwiththejones2933]

That music belongs in the setting for a Middle Eastern spy thriller❤❤🔥🔥

[@TechnoDad]

Right?? I have been loving making stuff with all these new sounds.

[@JaketheMovieGeek]

Should I get Seagate over WD or does it matter? My friend is telling me WD is better

[@TechnoDad]

Either one should be fine. Seagate was kind enough to send me those two drives a couple of years ago so I just stuck with the brand. I have plenty of WD external drives and have had no issues with them.

[@bdub4899]

Hi I wanted to know do you know of a site that has Dolby atmos trailers? It seems they dont have them anymore on the digital theater site. And saw in one of your earlier videos involving the Zappiti demos

[@TechnoDad]

Hi! No clue to where to find them now.

[@dveastridge]

I would of built an UNRAID server. I have 3 total. One with 80TB plus two disks for redundancy. This is for my movie, TV show rips. The second is a plex server and the last is for a backup. I play all movies and shows off of Zapitti reference, plex is for remote watching.

[@TechnoDad]

That's an interesting way to do it!

[@dveastridge]

@@TechnoDad Off the shelf NAS’s are great if you are going to use the software that is included. However they are stuck with the configurations that you bought them with. Some of them you can upgrade the RAM and add an NVME for caching. However I find those options to be too constrained. Building an UnRAID server gives you a lot of flexibility and the ability to use different size drives and still add drives later for redundancy and not have to wipe and reconfigure the setup. Adding a 10gb fiber card to the server and one to the computer you rip on to transfer your media onto will greatly increase transfer speeds. It takes less than 30 seconds to transfer 80gb’s

[@robertrichards3433]

Great video! Went down this road 10 years ago, and eventually ended up with two Drobo's (5N & 5N2 ). Drobo now in bankruptcy may eventually put me in a Synology. However, my Drobo's ( 5 bay each) work flawlessly and can handle 20TB drives. I'm using ( 3x4TB, and 2x12TB ) and (3x18TB and 2x 12TB ). The 5N2 with the 18's is 84% full with Raid 5. UHD's are space killers. I also have a Zapitti Neo and a Zidoo Pro 1000Z, and still use Plex. Having a NAS is almost essential, but it is way easier getting one before your data get's too large. Luckily for me I started when I was around 2TB drives, it wasn't cheap but not like dealing with 18-20TB drives. Thanks!

[@TechnoDad]

Hi Robert! 10 years! That sure is a long time...maybe it is time for an upgrade?

[@kmdkmd-jz8pv]

I’m just wondering how loud the drives are in the media player. I keep hearing the 3.5 make lots of sounds and can get annoying. I’m thinking of getting the Zidoo with two 16tb but worry about the sound. I have the udp-800 right now and was thinking of running a NAS in the other room instead of the Zidoo. So far the magnetar is playing iso rips perfectly. Thanks for the video.

[@TechnoDad]

Kinda loud...in quiet movie scenes, they are noticeable. The Magnetar is awesome at reading ISO rips. I used it with the NAS in a different room without issues.

[@kmdkmd-jz8pv]

@@TechnoDadThanks for the info. At this point I think I’m just going to leave my setup as is. I have my shield setup as my NAS. Both plex on the shield and my magnetar can access and play my files. I’ve tried 3 UHD ISO and they played PERFECT. Not a single frame drop or audio issue. Plex is decent with UHD remux but I will see frame drops here and there. I’ll use shield for steaming/shows with plex and the 800 for serious watching.

[@TechnoDad]

@@kmdkmd-jz8pv Look, if it works, then no need to spend money unnecessarily on something new.

[@kmdkmd-jz8pv]

@@TechnoDad hey sorry I just have one more question for you. In your experience what plays ios and bdmv files with menus the best. From my researched so far it’s the dune and oppo clones. My magnetar has played everything so far but the noisy drive really bothers me. I’m trying to decide if I should try a replacement or just return and get something like a dune and a ub9000. Any info you could give me would be great! Thanks

[@LoganDec01]

Love the video. I’m asking your helps. I set up my NAS and zidoo UH 2000 player. Zidoo is connected through WiFi. When I add source, then click scan SMB. SMB didn’t find my NAS. On my NAS control panel. Enable SMB box was checked. Can you help please?

[@TechnoDad]

Maybe change the version of SMB?

[@LoganDec01]

@@TechnoDad Thanks for responding. I was able to fix it, and link my Synology 923+. Up loaded all my large 4k ISO ripped files. Then there is an issues. All the playbacks of the movies, stutter with no sound from NAS. So, I used my 20TB hard copy HDD and inserted to Zidoo main HDD drive. Played directly from there. Zero issues. Beautiful 4k, DV, atmos sound. What did I do wrong with my NAS set up? I did use JBOD. I used SHR instead.

[@nmfrankl]

@@LoganDec01 Did you ever figure out what the issue was...?

[@LoganDec01]

@@nmfranklyes. My home theatre is upstair. I used an WiFi extender and connected my media player through Ethernet. This leads to stuttering in both sound and picture. I abandoned the whole thing, and just linked my media player through WiFi with same network as my Synology. It now works perfectly.

[@jbrunken]

For Zappiti, did you install Zapitti Server on your Synology NAS? I'm trying to help my dad get his Zapitti 4K Reference player to work with his Synology 920 NAS. It works with every thing but Blu-Ray. He keeps getting "Cannot Play Disc" when he tries to play BVMD's. Oddly enough, we did get it to work for 1 night, and then it hasn't worked since. Very frustrating.

[@TechnoDad]

Hi! No, I did not install Zappiti Server on the NAS. I just point the Zappiti to the NAS, use a login, and it's off to the races. Standard Blu-Rays should be ripped as ISO files to work properly. BDMV's just don't work for standard Blu-Ray discs. I don't know why.

[@jbrunken]

@@TechnoDad ok, thanks for the info. Does that apply to 4K Blu-ray as well?

[@robertmckissick9347]

Hi...great video. I appreciate all of the suggestions and ideas. I have been ripping my movies to MKV files and storing them on small wd passport drives (4-5tb each)...and using a spitter to connect to a roku box. It works...but space and having to toggle between drives is a pain. So...a NAS is coming. I was thinking originally about the zidoo uhd3000 with the two internal hard drives, but now the NAS has be won over. I will probably just go with the zidoo z9x in my case. Is it best to hard wire the connection from the NAS to the media streamer device or does the wireless work ok. I obviousely now have a wireless router for internet connection and although I have a roku box connected to my denon receiver then to the OLED tv....I do stream directly from a couple of services on my tv rather than thru the roku box. I assume that the NAS might stream just as well with the wireless setup? I am very new at this...but will giving this a shot in the next couple of weeks. Thanks again...great video.

[@TechnoDad]

Hi! It would be best if both devices are hard wired to your network. I literally have a 50 foot, flat, white Ethernet cable going from upstairs to downstairs for the NAS to be hardwired.

[@robertmckissick9347]

@@TechnoDad Thanks...will do. I have back tracked just a little bit for now...just received today one of these Dune HD Max 4k units. I have two WD Red Plus 14TB drives coming in a day or two. This should do me for a little while. I can put both of these directly into the Dune unit...which will feed my main tv directly. I will upgrade to the NAS later this year..so I can watch these from different locations however...) Thanks again.

[@MrSunDevil23]

JBOD is cool but SHR is better as (like JBOD) you can have and add different size drives as you grow and SHR has redundancy.

[@TechnoDad]

Copy that, but that’s a Synology specific setup, yes? This video is not just for Synology users, but anyone in the home theater space wanting to get a NAS but unsure of what options are available.

[@jedik206]

great vid, you should consider giving your backup drive to Joe so its offsite.

[@TechnoDad]

Right?!

[@jedik206]

@@TechnoDad give you a backup should something catastrophic happen.

[@mikegoddard7354]

UPS does not work for cable internet. when the power goes out outside stations get messed up too. I have my entire network on one UPS and it does nothing.

[@TechnoDad]

Ahhhh, that’s a great point!

[@chrisblasi5877]

Great Video

[@TechnoDad]

Thanks!

[@craigosterberg5045]

Thanks for sharing

[@TechnoDad]

Thanks for watching, Craig!

[@nmfrankl]

Anyone use a similar NAS to stream UHD movies (ISO file format) wirelessly? I am interested in this setup, but one of my Zidoos connects wirelessly to my network. I would hate to purchase a NAS setup only to find out that playback of such UHD movies is less-than-ideal.

[@TechnoDad]

I have done that plenty, but I would recommend using a hardwired connection. I had a Zidoo in a bedroom and that was connecting wirelessly. It was always struggling with 4K HDR content. Once I connected it to the network via ethernet cable, it was much better!

[@AWOL_ODST]

No redundancy? You brave… you brave. Good luck

[@TechnoDad]

Thanks! I have a backup process, which I outlined in the video - 11:05

[@JeremyMeeler]

Please, please, please! Implement RAID or SHR(Synology's RAID). Backups and RAID/SHR protection are two different things and just because you have backups doesn't mean you should forfeit RAID protection. 40TB+ of data is A LOT to restore and you are completely relying on a used/renewed drive. Brave indeed! What's the value of the time spent ripping/creating that data? Is it not worth purchasing one additional drive? And as you add more drives that risk becomes higher and higher.

[@TechnoDad]

@@JeremyMeeler I guess it's just not mission critical for me. If this was for a business that depended on data, then I would have built in redudndency. This is mostly a movie server for our home. If a drive fails, will there be down time. Yes. But, it will take about a week for me to get a drive due to where I live. So there will be down time no matter which I would choose to do.

[@Edog1337]

Cool, i just built a PC instead, installed Unraid and good to go. Can probably fit 14-16 hdds if i want. Probably about $800 build without drives, so saves money vs these NAS buys. Can also transcode 4k becuz of 13th gen intel cpu. No brainer for anyone who can build a pc.

[@HTadd1ct]

This is the way! I have a 16 bay server rack mounted case with the parts for a similar price to a 8 bay synology nas

[@Backjack31]

Can you remove a disk from a JBOD setup

[@TechnoDad]

No.

[@Backjack31]

@@TechnoDad what about a basic setup?

[@josemelendez2910]

Can somebody tell me why Netflix show those lousy movies in dolby atmos when there's nothing to hear in dolby atmos. Isn't dolby atmos is to hear sound up your head. Those movies doesn't have to do with DA but it said DA. I don't get it.

[@djobitwan7]

Dolby Atmos is object based. It adds depth to movies and shows even. When done correctly, Atmos or DTS:X improves things immensely.

[@Aualan]

my question: my bluray rips are 1:1 full rips mkv (50-80 gb per file) now, will a synology nas play a 4k hdr mkv without any issues? i am planning to make this for my relatives who can watch my movies from their homes.

[@Gkbmoney]

I couldn't sleep well with 18TB of movies with parity in a RAID. Might cheaper but dangerous. Rather be able to replace a drive to repair RAID

[@TechnoDad]

Copy that!

[@paulbritton1436]

SHR would be the best option

[@TechnoDad]

Thanks!

[@carlos.a.b]

Has anyone RIPed a 4k disk from another region (Germany) with AURO and was able to view the rip thru ZIDDO?

[@TechnoDad]

I have tipped those blu-rays to ISO and they work in my Zappiti and Zidoo without issues.

[@michaellaw2147]

@@TechnoDad I have a Zappiti NAS and a Zidoo UHD3000 mediaplayer and a Zappiti Pro 4K HDR mediaplayer as well. The Zappiti mediaplayer works perfectly well, but the Zidoo player has a big stuttering issue in playing the large ISO and MKV files from the Zappiti NAS. It just doesn't play the files flawlessly and it often doesn't get the files started as well. This problem doesn't occur when I play the same files from my Synology NAS. Now I can use my Synology to play the files from, but that is not what I am intended to do, for all the movie files are stored on the Zappiti NAS. I tried the wifi and wired connection as well, but just can't solve the problem. I contacted Zidoo, Zappiti and the online shop where I purchased the device and also looked on the internet for solutions, but no one is able to solve the problem. Maybe you can provide me with some assistance? Thank you in advance.

[@rajmohanpm8189]

thnk u

[@michaelwyckoff7593]

Hey Channa D.

[@TechnoDad]

Hello Mike!

[@AaronGoodTimes]

Gotta love hotswap drives

[@Mattyboy88979]

who would really watch game of thrones again or even the first time lol?

[@BRCC1000]

Disable the Admin account asap... That's what hacker use to get in.

[@TechnoDad]

Copy that!

[@marcosdellavalle2309]

Great video! Games of Thrones 4K Can I borrow it and I let you borrow some my movies? 😂

[@TechnoDad]

LOL!

[@pfitz4881]

I see no point in spending money on a NAS to only run all the drives as JBOD. As you have learned you really should be using a UPS with all the equipment and storage you have.

[@TechnoDad]

Right on! Yeah, that UPS is huge!

[@I_am_not_a_bot-s6i]

200$ NVIDIA shield with kodi installed and real debrid account for $20 watch all mkv files with nothing missing

[@nathancooper1001]

shout to lil nas

[@TechnoDad]

LOL!

[@victorpulos823]

Cool

[@level80888]

not a best choice. This NAS is outdated and misses the key technology - 10gbe.

[@dan_hitchman007]

You can add it with an expansion card.

[@josemelendez2910]

What a scam

[@akasinned52]

this does not work with external drives, correct? all my drives are external (20TB each)

[@akyhne]

Internal and external harddrives are the same. They come in either the 2,5" SSD format, or the traditional 3,5" HDD format. You can just take apart the external enclosures (they will probably break), and unmount the harddrives. If the internal HDD is in SSD size, you can buy bays to put an SSD into a 3,5" format. Only downside to these drives in external enclosures, is that they are usually very slow, and has little to no ram cache. The latter really doesn't matter, if you're only Storing large files. They are usually also not that durable, so DON'T go for the JBOD solution. It's a horrible solution!

[@TechnoDad]

You can “shuck” the drives out of the enclosure and put them into a NAS, but the data will be erased.

[@thorbampougias311]

money for something that you don't need If you have hdd in your machine and backup you are ok 3 hdd 1000 minimum 1500 total... nope