[Info-vax] [OT] Home media files and backup, was: Re: SBB's

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <kc3vs2$vi2$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
<clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 

> Ha, we have totally different usage patterns. :-)

Indeed; I like graphics monitors (as well as terminals) and real LK 
keyboards on VMS.  :-)

> 
> Also, given the size of SD cards, I never bother trying to work out which
> is the best of a series of images by looking them on the camera screen
> itself at the time of shooting; I only use the camera screen as a quick
> check I got at least one good picture.

I don't do this at the time of shooting, but before taking them to the 
shop.  It is quicker to load all files on the card, so I like to do that 
but don't want to waste time saying which ones not to print (though I 
can still remove some at this stage as well).

> If I am in a awkward posture or otherwise unsure of what I am shooting,
> I just shoot multiple copies and choose the best one(s) later as it's a lot
> easier to do that on a large desktop screen than a tiny camera LCD screen.

Right.  I remove the obvious goofs on the camera, and the less obvious 
ones on a bigger screen.

> I actually buy CDs as well as I prefer having the physical media around.
> It's just that the first (and only) thing I do with it is to rip it before
> storing it away. The encoding bitrate I choose depends on what's on the CD.

That's why I'm thinking of the JB7.  If it had a TB disk in it, I would 
have already got one, since I could then put my CDs on it uncompressed.
With 500 GB, I have to convert them to MP3s.  Probably I wouldn't hear a 
difference, even on good equipment, at least at a high bit rate (the JB7 
offers several), but I would want to try it out first.  I don't see why 
it doesn't support lossless compression.  Apparently one can connect a 
USB disk to it for backup, and even play stuff from such a disk, but it 
is unclear to me if I could use this to get more capacity out of it with 
all the features of the built-in disk.