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Can I use really, really big drives (larger than 137GB) in an ReplayTV?

April 26, 2017big drives larger replaytv

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Can I use really, really big drives (larger than 137GB) in an ReplayTV?

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Yes, for the RTV4xxx and RTV5xxx series, the version 4.1.1 and higher software update has added really, really big drive (RRBD) support, so if your unit has received this software update, then you can use RRBD’s in your RTV4xxx or RTV5xxx unit. RTVPatch version 2.4 (both the Windows and Linux versions) supports large drives. However, RTV20xx, RTV30xx, and all ShowStopper units will only work with drives smaller than 137GB. If you use a larger drive in one of those units, then the unit will only use the first 137GB of the drive and the rest of the space will be wasted. • Can I resize the photo partition on my RTV4xxx or RTV5xxx? Yes, the W2K GUI version of the RTVPatch program has a configuration setting to select the size of the photo partition. Sizes offered are 1MB, 2MB, 5MB, 10MB, 20MB, 50MB, 100MB, 200MB, 500MB, 1GB, 2GB, 3GB, 4GB, 5GB, 10GB and 20GB. It is possible to make the photo partition smaller without losing any of the recorded shows in the MPEG partition. You can also incr