Since updating to 6.20 I keep finding messages that my disk is too slow
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Assuming you're looking to buy a new drive, our System Requirements Calculator will advise you on the best drive capacity/type to use for your system.
45 GB/day is a little excessive in terms of data rate, you could likely reduce this significantly without noticeable quality degradation. Typically this will require logging on to the camera and adjusting its video encoding settings:
- In SecuritySpy go to Settings > Cameras > Device and click the "Open In Browser" button.
- Log on to the camera and locate its video encoding settings.
- If H.265 is available set that, otherwise H.264.
- Set a frame rate of around 10fps, key frame interval 30, bit rate type VBR, quality medium. turn off any nonstandard encoding options like "smart stream" or "plus" variants or "variable frame rate" as these can interfere with SecuritySpy's video processing.
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I already have a new SSD in place, same model as the dead one. Gonna be exceedingly painful if I have to buy a new one this side of the AI bubble. Running 24h with no disk problem alerts yet. Maybe just because nicely defragmented.
I vaguely recall that my OS (High Sierra) couldn't handle H.265.
Changing the frame rate doesn't affect image quality, just video playback smoothness, right?
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Good to hear you have an alternative already. Yes, SSD prices are high these days! Though there are still some reasonable-value options from Crucial and Sandisk in particular.
High Sierra can handle H.265 just fine, but if you are running this system it indicates your Mac is old, and this is the bigger issue: only Macs from around 2017 support hardware-accelerated H.265 video processing. On older Macs without this, processing H.265 uses a lot of CPU and is very slow, so on these older Macs you should exclusively use H.264 instead.
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Mac just wouldn't play H.265 at all before.... maybe improved between Sierra and High Sierra (it's all a blur.) I've started wondering if there could be some benefit to moving up to a 2018 Mini, but I'll have to do a test run with Mojave first. I still use my EyeTV Hybrids daily for FM radio listening, and that's become my main barrier to going 64 bit since I purchased EyeTV 6.
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If you're looking to buy a replacement Mac mini, rather than a 2018 machine, for not much more money you can get a 2020 M1 model, which is significantly more powerful.
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Right, I explained why I am not wiling to go 64 bit but maybe the whole message wasn't visible to you. If I was going to make he jump to silicon I'd go right to the M6.
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Ah I understand what you are saying here now, that makes sense. If you can find a 2018 Mac mini for a good price, that could certainly be a good option for you then.
