Social Feed
I know bookworm370 mentioned that DISH Hopper 3 partitions everything into 500MB sized partitions but earlier today, I took different models of WD 2TB 2.5" external drives which are self-powered but connected to a USB 3.0 Powered hub that were used on the Hopper 3 and then connected them to different Windows 10/11 machines and this is what it shows:
It shows the total drive as 2TB when it uses 1000KB per MB or 1.862GB I guess if it uses the 1024KB per MB but my question is when you look at the partition sizes and add them up, they are almost 3TB instead of 2TB?
It shows the total drive as 2TB when it uses 1000KB per MB or 1.862GB I guess if it uses the 1024KB per MB but my question is when you look at the partition sizes and add them up, they are almost 3TB instead of 2TB?
8 Replies
·
2231 views
bookworm370 - I have 7 drives in total even though only 3 are connected and they all have the same results. 6 of them are Western Digital 2.5" 2TB My Passport Ultra which were bought in 2016 or before but the same model. Each one was formatted in a different year(s) 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 as each was formatted after the previous drive was full of recordings. The 7th one was formatted yesterday which is also a Western Digital 2.5" 2TB current model as I just got it directly from Western Digital a week ago. All 7 showed the exact same partition table except the total capacity is slightly different between the first 6 and the last one because it probably uses a different internal drive model. What I also noticed is you know with the Hopper 3 when the drive is connected already at bootup or even when I plug it in when the Hopper 3 is already fully restarted, the behavior is different between the way the model from the first 6 behaves compared to the 7th one. What happens is you can see the HDD activity led blink for maybe 5 minutes which is either one drive or three drives before you will see the message of each drive detected which will never be at the same time but if there are more than one drive, it will detect the first one then maybe detect the next one a minute later with detect meaning the message that calls it External Drive x so all drives not detected yet would all had the HDD Led blink until they get detected. This also takes the same amount of time even on 3.5" 2TB Western Digital and Samsung drives. However, the 7th drive mentioned above takes 1-2 seconds to show the detection after I plugged it in while the Hopper 3 is up and running. The other thing interesting is when looking at the transfer progress, it takes a shorter amount of time before the bar shows more green. All 7 of them have USB 3.2 cables which Western Digital on the box calls Superspeed USB-A 5.0 Gbps cables. I compared the boxes and it appears the first 6 mentions Windows 8 but no mention of hardware encryption anywhere while the 7th one mentions Windows 10+ and 256bit AES hardware encryption. The 7th drive is where the screenshot came which I actually formatted twice before doing the screenshot with the same results. The first time, I forgot to disconnect one of the existing 3 drives on the Radio Shack USB 3.x hub (I need to look for the box to find what x is but it was Radio Shack a few years before they gone under) because I unplugged a powered off USB 3.0 to SerialATA/Parallel HDD cable connected 3.5" drive instead and it asked to format which I selected on the main screen when prompted but on the next screen, nothing happens when I click on format until I disconnected one of the three other drives except the format finished in 1 minute and when the drive was selected, it did show 0% used and also the capacity was correct when I selected recordings to transfer but not proceed with the transfer which was why I connected the drive to Windows originally to format it but all I could do was delete the partitions and then add a single simple partition in NTFS with the defaults using 100% of the capacity and assigned the drive letter as D: but while it did partition, the format failed and never started even though it was assigned a drive letter as it kept saying the drive was offline and said to assign a drive letter so I did which shows up correctly but manual format would still not proceed with the exact same message of being offline and to assign a drive letter and manually format so I did the safety hardware eject and plugged it back into the Hopper 3 which did the two layer format prompt again and after sometime, didn't time it but it was more than 5 minutes, the format progress screen disappeared but the drive never got detected even 7-8 hours later so I connected it back to the computer to do the screenshot and when I plugged it in, it took 1-2 seconds to show the device was detected as External Device 1. During that 6-7 hours, I also connected the other 6 drives and they all had the same partition table as the screenshot where there were 4 partitions, the first one being 1GB, then two 500GB partitions followed by the 1GB partition.
I don't have a real Linux machine here anymore as I only have Windows Subsystem for Linux running with Ubuntu. I haven't done partitioning in such a long time in Windows that the last time I did it was in the 2000s in Windows XP prior to this so when I deleted and partition the drives, I had to actually google the various types of partitions that can be created which included I believe simple, spanned, striped and I think the last one was mirrored but I chose Simple and just took the defaults as the size was the entire drive so basically to get the drive to format the second time on the Hopper 3, I deleted the existing partitions and created a new simple partition using the defaults and 100% of the space but couldn't get the format part working which probably didn't matter as the Hopper 3 probably only need to see it was some other type of FS and not what it wants before it will partition and format even though they call it formatting.
I just tried gparted on Ubuntu under WSL but it seems to only see the virtual hdd's and not the physical hdd's. Not sure if Windows based partition managers will show the actual layout out or not.
Update, I was originally going to use the free one from Minitool but then decided on AOMIE instead and this is not the 7th drive but the 1st of the 6 drives that was not plugged in to the USB 3.x hub on the Hopper 3 that was formatted in 2016 and this is what it shows, I blurred out Disk 0 which is my computer's internal 1TB SSD so only the information for the drive in question formatted by the Hopper 3 shows:
And this is one where the formatted date was sometime after November 7, 2012 but prior to February 7, 2016 on a Hopper 1 aka Hopper 2000 on a 3.5" 2TB Samsung which is connected to a ThermalTake BlackX docking station which worked with the Hopper 1 but not the Hopper 3 unless I connected the same HDD using a USB 3.0 to SATA/PATA cable instead as it will keep responding will only show a partial recordings list and when one tries to watch, it will say waiting for device to spin up or something to that effect:
I don't have a real Linux machine here anymore as I only have Windows Subsystem for Linux running with Ubuntu. I haven't done partitioning in such a long time in Windows that the last time I did it was in the 2000s in Windows XP prior to this so when I deleted and partition the drives, I had to actually google the various types of partitions that can be created which included I believe simple, spanned, striped and I think the last one was mirrored but I chose Simple and just took the defaults as the size was the entire drive so basically to get the drive to format the second time on the Hopper 3, I deleted the existing partitions and created a new simple partition using the defaults and 100% of the space but couldn't get the format part working which probably didn't matter as the Hopper 3 probably only need to see it was some other type of FS and not what it wants before it will partition and format even though they call it formatting.
I just tried gparted on Ubuntu under WSL but it seems to only see the virtual hdd's and not the physical hdd's. Not sure if Windows based partition managers will show the actual layout out or not.
Update, I was originally going to use the free one from Minitool but then decided on AOMIE instead and this is not the 7th drive but the 1st of the 6 drives that was not plugged in to the USB 3.x hub on the Hopper 3 that was formatted in 2016 and this is what it shows, I blurred out Disk 0 which is my computer's internal 1TB SSD so only the information for the drive in question formatted by the Hopper 3 shows:
And this is one where the formatted date was sometime after November 7, 2012 but prior to February 7, 2016 on a Hopper 1 aka Hopper 2000 on a 3.5" 2TB Samsung which is connected to a ThermalTake BlackX docking station which worked with the Hopper 1 but not the Hopper 3 unless I connected the same HDD using a USB 3.0 to SATA/PATA cable instead as it will keep responding will only show a partial recordings list and when one tries to watch, it will say waiting for device to spin up or something to that effect:
Looks like even the older model has encryption but it just doesn't specify what type of hardware encryption and if it's turned on by default or not:
"Secure your files
WD Security™ allows you to set password protection and hardware encryption for your drive to help protect your files from unauthorized use or access."
So it could even be 256 bit AES hardware encryption as well according to this...
www.theregister.com
even though this seems to indicate the encryption is automatic with the controller board so you can't use the same drive with another controller as it won't work...
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/yfvfzl/how_to_use_hardware_encryption_on_wd_my_passport/
"Secure your files
WD Security™ allows you to set password protection and hardware encryption for your drive to help protect your files from unauthorized use or access."
So it could even be 256 bit AES hardware encryption as well according to this...
Western Digital's hard drive encryption is useless. Totally useless
: Rookie errors make it child's play to decrypt data
even though this seems to indicate the encryption is automatic with the controller board so you can't use the same drive with another controller as it won't work...
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/yfvfzl/how_to_use_hardware_encryption_on_wd_my_passport/
Looks like even the older model has encryption but it just doesn't specify what type of hardware encryption and if it's turned on by default or not:
"Secure your files
WD Security™ allows you to set password protection and hardware encryption for your drive to help protect your files from unauthorized use or access."
So it could even be 256 bit AES hardware encryption as well according to this...
Western Digital's hard drive encryption is useless. Totally useless
: Rookie errors make it child's play to decrypt data
even though this seems to indicate the encryption is automatic with the controller board so you can't use the same drive with another controller as it won't work...
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/yfvfzl/how_to_use_hardware_encryption_on_wd_my_passport/
I could be wrong, but I don't think Dish uses any on-HD encryption (based on what was hinted at in some previous conversations).
Rather, I think they encrypt the data by daisy-chaining the AES HW encryption engine, in the Broadcom SOC, to HD controller engine in the Broadcom SOC, as the data as it's DMA'ed out to the HD. This allows Dish to use slightly less expensive HDs.
Looks like DTV made a deal. I'm now getting it on ch 650. The tv promise slate is gone.
4 Replies
·
58 views
Pub Member / Supporter
Lifetime Supporter
I'm surprised Walmart hasn't banned this guy from all of their stores. He has been on their CASE the past few months.
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f3zr37ekgKM?feature=share
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f3zr37ekgKM?feature=share
60 Replies
·
602 views
It goes on sale all the time here. Like NOW! I'm gonna go stock up today. This is at Albertsons.
BTW I don't buy Ice cream for it's nutritional value. But I understand that some people need to keep an eye on that sort of thing for personal health reasons.
Supporting Founder
Lifetime Supporter
I was reading this article
thehill.com
That said this-
Last summer, for the first time, streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime claimed the largest share of the television viewing audience, surpassing both cable and broadcast TV. Streaming captured 34.8 percent of July viewers, according to Nielsen data, compared to 34.4 percent for cable and 21.6 percent for broadcast.
And then, sometime in the second half of 2022, cord-cutters became the majority. The share of cable and satellite television subscribers dipped to 48 percent, according to a report from Samba TV, a television technology company.
Now I do not consider those with YTTV and the likes, Cord Cutters, but they still do not have Traditional Cable/Satellite delivered Live TV, so I decided to do the math.
There are, now, 129 Million Households in the United States.
In 2015, there were 100 Million Cable/Sat Subscribers , no streaming Live TV Service.
Today, there are 66 Million Live TV subscribers, including Cable, Satellite and Streaming.
Roughly, Streaming Live TV has 14 Million subs including all of them.
So that means, Cable/Satellite now has, roughly, 51 Million Households
So in just 8 years, lost 49% of their subscribers and by the end of this year, expected sub count to be, roughly, 45 million households.
That means a total loss of 55% since 2015 at the end of 2023.
But out of 129 Million households, 45 million will mean only 35% will get Cable/Satellite Delivered Live TV by the end of 2023.
Imagine what 2024 will be like.
Cable TV ‘cord-cutters’ became the majority in 2022
The steady decline of cable and broadcast television, and the rise of streaming services, reached a sort of inflection point over the past year. Last summer, for the first time, streaming ser…
thehill.com
That said this-
Last summer, for the first time, streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime claimed the largest share of the television viewing audience, surpassing both cable and broadcast TV. Streaming captured 34.8 percent of July viewers, according to Nielsen data, compared to 34.4 percent for cable and 21.6 percent for broadcast.
And then, sometime in the second half of 2022, cord-cutters became the majority. The share of cable and satellite television subscribers dipped to 48 percent, according to a report from Samba TV, a television technology company.
Now I do not consider those with YTTV and the likes, Cord Cutters, but they still do not have Traditional Cable/Satellite delivered Live TV, so I decided to do the math.
There are, now, 129 Million Households in the United States.
In 2015, there were 100 Million Cable/Sat Subscribers , no streaming Live TV Service.
Today, there are 66 Million Live TV subscribers, including Cable, Satellite and Streaming.
Roughly, Streaming Live TV has 14 Million subs including all of them.
So that means, Cable/Satellite now has, roughly, 51 Million Households
So in just 8 years, lost 49% of their subscribers and by the end of this year, expected sub count to be, roughly, 45 million households.
That means a total loss of 55% since 2015 at the end of 2023.
But out of 129 Million households, 45 million will mean only 35% will get Cable/Satellite Delivered Live TV by the end of 2023.
Imagine what 2024 will be like.
895 Replies
·
71741 views
And again, 15 months in a row, streaming wins-
Cable and Broadcast added together-36.4%
Streaming with a massive 49.6%, 13.2% higher than Broadcast/Streaming.
Cable and Broadcast added together-36.4%
Streaming with a massive 49.6%, 13.2% higher than Broadcast/Streaming.
TWiT Tech Podcast Network
Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PAhrLR-6dec
Direct YouTube Link - Xbox Rumored Game Pass Overhaul
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PAhrLR-6dec
Direct YouTube Link - Xbox Rumored Game Pass Overhaul
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed
0 Replies
·
4 views
Pub Member / Supporter
I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.
1 Replies
·
13 views
Staff member
HERE TO HELP YOU!
Cutting Edge
Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
68593 Replies
·
2677117 views
Linus Tech Tips
Time for another AWESOME video from Linus Tech Tips!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN953UW8iJ8
Direct YouTube Link - dbrand Forced me to do This Review
Linus on Facebook
The LTT Store
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN953UW8iJ8
Direct YouTube Link - dbrand Forced me to do This Review
Linus on Facebook
The LTT Store
0 Replies
·
7 views
IS Amiko MIRA 3 any good ???
Can you recommend the best to cover all bases. NO BEEPS on certain channels 101w (NEWSMAX ,NEWS NATION), a clock that keeps working STEADY for timed recording ,solid unit with good lifespan. My Amiko died AND my Linkbox has NO Favorites Button and BEEPS on many channels. Picking up 105 west with a NEW SHED IN THE Way with 6 foot Cband ..95 percent quality ...unbelievable.
Can you recommend the best to cover all bases. NO BEEPS on certain channels 101w (NEWSMAX ,NEWS NATION), a clock that keeps working STEADY for timed recording ,solid unit with good lifespan. My Amiko died AND my Linkbox has NO Favorites Button and BEEPS on many channels. Picking up 105 west with a NEW SHED IN THE Way with 6 foot Cband ..95 percent quality ...unbelievable.
1 Replies
·
34 views
TWiT Tech Podcast Network
Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nrzwDeQ-WV0
Direct YouTube Link - Updates on Artemis III?
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nrzwDeQ-WV0
Direct YouTube Link - Updates on Artemis III?
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed
0 Replies
·
6 views
Season 2 order already in hand:
'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1
I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.
'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1
I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.
85 Replies
·
3531 views
I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home thoughI don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though