Hi Graeme,
Many thanks for your reply....but it is a bit cruel
I have only just learned a few terms from my new Martian language phrase book, and you come along talking in Venusian
Seriously though, considering your TV and Camcorder are the same as mine, and you capture footage using the same format (50p) then your storage and and editing software combination seem to be the missing link! I looked on the net, and the prices are a bit daunting, but if they work, it must be the way to go. My only concern is whether my son in law can cope (or will want me hassling him again) with yet another branch/type of technology, when all this is just a self taught hobby for him in reality. Is there step by step set-up instructions and support for idiots....if I have to try this myself?
I see the Synology DiskStation you use is actually an empty box with it's own software (in my language
) which requires you to choose and buy two internal hard drives to fit into it....or buy one with them ready fitted. I looked at a few of their models, and a mid priced one on Amazon was the DS212J 2TB, which comes with 2x1TB drives already fitted at £280 ish...does that sound about right, choice and price wise? (just pricing, not buying yet!!!) If I understand you right, I would then need a router to connect it all up to the TV...then providing it is all set up right, (another Everest to climb
) transferring my camcorder footage onto that, then viewing that on the TV should be a doddle?
I currently have Virgin media for my broadband, TV and phone...would the router supplied by Virgin that this set-up uses be able to this job as well? If not, I have another router somewhere that I used with my previous broad band set-up before the Virgin era...would that do? Then again, can you have two different routers running at the same time, without one interfering with the other? (I know I SHOULD know all that...but I don't
)...And...I assume you can operate the synology unit as a media player like the Iomega, with a remote, to play my footage...and don't need a PC in the loop all the time? Also, if one of the two incorporated 1TB drives is enough to hold all my video...can I use the other drive in the box to copy it to, so both have the same data on them, in case one dies?
Finally....what exactly is the /50p tag (I know the p is progressive) on the end of the format that our camcorders use, as in 1920 x 1080/50p ? What is that extra '/50' on the end? I have been told that my problem probably stems from the fact that my Iomega doesn't support that exact format. Although it claims on the box to support full HD up to 1080p, when I go into 'Iomega support' on the web, it mentions AVCHD (amongst a lot of others of course), then mentions that through HDMI it supports 480p, 576p, 720p 50 Hz, 720p 60 Hz, 1080i 50 Hz, 1080i 60 Hz, 1080p50 Hz, 1080p60 Hz.
So...that exact 1080/50p bit is not there, and no doubt 1080p50Hz is something entirely different?...is that the problem?
Sincere apologies for this mass of questions, but...I am desperately trying to get my head round where exactly it's all going wrong, why it seems so close, but doesn't QUITE work perfectly
Cheers, Dave.