Largest iTunes library - Page 6

lightwavejunkie · Apr 13, 2011, 04:28 PM

Currently 628.66 Gb

That includes movies, podcasts, music and TV shows.

I am a daily user of my

TV box and stream lots of stuff to my HDTV inc podcasts and music swell as movies.

Stored on a 1TB drive that may soon need upgrading.

Everything backed up on a 4TB Drobo to ensure I don't lose my stuff

DmbShn41 · May 1, 2011, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrfrosty

9.9 when clean shaven, 9.6 when not.

I thought clean shaven added an inch?

Azadre · May 1, 2011, 08:10 PM

You're all a bunch of hoarders.

ChiSportsGuy · May 1, 2011, 09:20 PM

That is an absurd amount of music.

peeaanuut · May 2, 2011, 10:02 PM

Finally did the big merge. Still working to Rip the DVDs and some more CDs.

kkashyyyk · May 2, 2011, 10:21 PM

Here's my current count for video content, music is only about 13,000.

Movies - 1845 - All converted with custom AppleTV setting using Handbrake 0.9.5, Meta-tagged using Vidalin and most recently Subler (Great App!). I currently use RipIt to copy disc and then que up Handbrake on my MacPro. (I get great encode speeds this way, average 135+ fps)
TV Shows - 834 Episodes of 61 different shows.
(BTW - All content came from my personal DVD library + another 200 from family members)

I have my iTunes library spread across (2) 2TB drives internally and backed up to (2) 2TB GTech drives. I am currently streaming to 5 AppleTVs on my home network (the max that Apple allows on the same Home Sharing setup)

phyzics101 · 02:25 AM

I win.
796GB in movies
300GB TV shows
150GB Music
I have another 586GB of TV Shows I don't have in my iTunes still.

1884GB Total

TheMacBookPro · May 7, 2011, 03:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phyzics101

I win.
796GB in movies
300GB TV shows
150GB Music
I have another 586GB of TV Shows I don't have in my iTunes still.

1884GB Total

Apologies, but if you go through the previous pages you'll find people with more music than everything you have combined

dragon13 · May 7, 2011, 04:04 AM

Haven't added any of my movies or tv shows to itunes yet...

drewthescot · May 10, 2011, 03:55 PM

I have almost 80,000 songs.I do not have any videos.

Drew

Delexo · May 14, 2011, 09:31 AM

Music - 18.08GB
TV Programmes - 8.68GB
Total - 26.76GB

A small but evergrowing collection! All the TV programmes have been purchased from the iTunes Store as I've never really been able to have much success with handbrake.

L I G H T I N G · May 14, 2011, 09:45 PM

Music - 3.42 GB
Movies- 0 GB
TV Shows - 0 GB

kurzz · May 14, 2011, 10:47 PM

I'm guessing those of you with huge collections would never ever consider subscription music, right? Like having access to 10 million songs? no?

Steelers7510 · May 16, 2011, 09:39 AM

Wow I thought I had a pretty good size library. I'm not even close to some of you guys.

AWallen90 · May 16, 2011, 10:20 AM

I may have one of the biggest average song size, 1000 songs totaling 10GB. Not too much is actual music mostly radio dramas. So with all these people who have a million songs, how many are legit?

AdrianK · May 16, 2011, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AWallen90

I may have one of the biggest average song size, 1000 songs totaling 10GB

I have 1064/10GB according to iTunes (not sure if thats GB or GiB)

MrMister111 · May 16, 2011, 05:09 PM

Can I ask you all what you stream to? An Apple TV?

It's just I'm busy getting it all organised at moment and have an iMac, Apple TV 1. The problem/question I'm asking is regarding streaming the iTunes library to the Apple TV.

So do you all leave your external disks/NAS constantly on with an iMac etc? My problem is not letting my iMac sleep otherwise my Apple TV won't wake it.

I've considered buying an Airport Extreme router to see if this works. I dont really want to leave the iMac running all day without sleep.

Would be grateful for your solutions, what you all do currently
Cheers

mrwonkers · May 17, 2011, 02:47 AM

All music no videos... Quality ranges from 192Kbps to Lossless. This is one of two libraries I run there are no duplicates between both libraries - All up around 220,000 tracks been collecting solidly for 2 decades - digitising the library was a bitch, all done now with original scanned artwork.

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phyzics101 · May 18, 2011, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMacBookPro

Apologies, but if you go through the previous pages you'll find people with more music than everything you have combined

If you're looking at size yes. But movie and TV show count. No! I have close to 1800 movies all around 500mb.

nlrela · May 19, 2011, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phyzics101

I win.
796GB in movies
300GB TV shows
150GB Music
I have another 586GB of TV Shows I don't have in my iTunes still.

1884GB Total

Yeah right ....

Got 1TB music and 2TB Video (DVD)

Is just a matter of compression (got lossless audio and 1:1 ripz of DVD's)

phyzics101 · May 19, 2011, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nlrela

Yeah right ....

Got 1TB music and 2TB Video (DVD)

Is just a matter of compression (got lossless audio and 1:1 ripz of DVD's)

Ok. Ok. Well at least I win against my friends and family. I can live with that.

mwhq · May 19, 2011, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Les Kern

I am most proud of my CS5

I bet you are, that's a great Photoshop illusion

I take it you compression is lossless?

Bloody impressive nonetheless, is that the ultimate win?

Flake · May 19, 2011, 04:15 PM

wow, how does iTunes keep up with such a massive libraries

janstett · May 20, 2011, 09:59 AM

If I were to include all my music (which I don't do because it's broken into sub-categories I don't want in my main library, such as hi-res, holiday music, classical & jazz, comedy, sound effects, etc.):

Music:
2.46 TB
93,987 songs

Photos:
70.4 GB
51,515 photos

As for videos it's hard to say because I'm ripping my DVDs and Blu-Rays and then I have to merge with my existing video collection, but let's just say I am putting together a 15TB 5 disk array and it will be close.

Bevz · May 20, 2011, 11:31 AM

1.3TB

50GB of music, the rest is movies and TV Shows.

I've attached a 2TB drive to my ATV1 so i've got the whole lot at the press of a button with no streaming.
Also acts as a backup of sorts, although i have a 3TB TM drive for backups.

Apr 13, 2011, 04:28 PM	#126
lightwavejunkie macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2008	Still A WIP but....... Currently 628.66 Gb That includes movies, podcasts, music and TV shows. I am a daily user of my TV box and stream lots of stuff to my HDTV inc podcasts and music swell as movies. Stored on a 1TB drive that may soon need upgrading. Everything backed up on a 4TB Drobo to ensure I don't lose my stuff Attached Images
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May 4, 2011, 02:06 AM	#132
phyzics101 macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2009	I win. 796GB in movies 300GB TV shows 150GB Music I have another 586GB of TV Shows I don't have in my iTunes still. 1884GB Total Attached Thumbnails Attached Images __________________ MacBook Air 13" i7, iPhone 4 S⃣ , The New iPad, TV Last edited by phyzics101; May 4, 2011 at 02:25 AM.
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May 7, 2011, 04:04 AM	#134
dragon13 macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Michigan	Haven't added any of my movies or tv shows to itunes yet... Attached Images
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May 10, 2011, 03:55 PM	#135
drewthescot macrumors newbie Join Date: May 2011 Location: Lynnwood,Wa USA	iTunes Library I have almost 80,000 songs.I do not have any videos. Drew
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May 14, 2011, 09:31 AM	#136
Delexo macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: United Kingdom	Music - 18.08GB TV Programmes - 8.68GB Total - 26.76GB A small but evergrowing collection! All the TV programmes have been purchased from the iTunes Store as I've never really been able to have much success with handbrake. __________________ 2G iPod Touch 8GB \| 6G iPod Classic 160GB iTunes 10.2.2.12 \| 21.76GB
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May 1, 2011, 08:10 PM	#128
Azadre macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: USA	You're all a bunch of hoarders.
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May 1, 2011, 09:20 PM	#129
ChiSportsGuy Banned Join Date: Apr 2011	That is an absurd amount of music.
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May 2, 2011, 10:02 PM	#130
peeaanuut Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southern California	Finally did the big merge. Still working to Rip the DVDs and some more CDs.
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May 2, 2011, 10:21 PM	#131
kkashyyyk macrumors newbie Join Date: May 2011	Here's my current count for video content, music is only about 13,000. Movies - 1845 - All converted with custom AppleTV setting using Handbrake 0.9.5, Meta-tagged using Vidalin and most recently Subler (Great App!). I currently use RipIt to copy disc and then que up Handbrake on my MacPro. (I get great encode speeds this way, average 135+ fps) TV Shows - 834 Episodes of 61 different shows. (BTW - All content came from my personal DVD library + another 200 from family members) I have my iTunes library spread across (2) 2TB drives internally and backed up to (2) 2TB GTech drives. I am currently streaming to 5 AppleTVs on my home network (the max that Apple allows on the same Home Sharing setup)
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May 14, 2011, 09:45 PM	#137
L I G H T I N G Banned Join Date: Feb 2011	Music - 3.42 GB Movies- 0 GB TV Shows - 0 GB
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May 14, 2011, 10:47 PM	#138
kurzz macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canada	I'm guessing those of you with huge collections would never ever consider subscription music, right? Like having access to 10 million songs? no? __________________ The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi
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May 16, 2011, 09:39 AM	#139
Steelers7510 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: The Internet	Wow I thought I had a pretty good size library. I'm not even close to some of you guys. __________________ 21.5" 3.06GHz iMac (late 2009), 13" 1.8GHz i5 Macbook Air (Mid 2012), iPhone 5 (32GB) VZW, iPad (3rd Generation) Black 32GB WiFi
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May 16, 2011, 10:20 AM	#140
AWallen90 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2009	I may have one of the biggest average song size, 1000 songs totaling 10GB. Not too much is actual music mostly radio dramas. So with all these people who have a million songs, how many are legit?
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May 16, 2011, 05:09 PM	#142
MrMister111 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2009	Can I ask you all what you stream to? An Apple TV? It's just I'm busy getting it all organised at moment and have an iMac, Apple TV 1. The problem/question I'm asking is regarding streaming the iTunes library to the Apple TV. So do you all leave your external disks/NAS constantly on with an iMac etc? My problem is not letting my iMac sleep otherwise my Apple TV won't wake it. I've considered buying an Airport Extreme router to see if this works. I dont really want to leave the iMac running all day without sleep. Would be grateful for your solutions, what you all do currently Cheers
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May 17, 2011, 02:47 AM	#143
mrwonkers macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Purgatory	All music no videos... Quality ranges from 192Kbps to Lossless. This is one of two libraries I run there are no duplicates between both libraries - All up around 220,000 tracks been collecting solidly for 2 decades - digitising the library was a bitch, all done now with original scanned artwork. __________________ 2 x 11" MacBook Air 2011 MacMini Server 2011
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May 19, 2011, 04:15 PM	#148
Flake macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2010	wow, how does iTunes keep up with such a massive libraries __________________ I have no Apple products.
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May 20, 2011, 09:59 AM	#149
janstett macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chester, NJ	If I were to include all my music (which I don't do because it's broken into sub-categories I don't want in my main library, such as hi-res, holiday music, classical & jazz, comedy, sound effects, etc.): Music: 2.46 TB 93,987 songs Photos: 70.4 GB 51,515 photos As for videos it's hard to say because I'm ripping my DVDs and Blu-Rays and then I have to merge with my existing video collection, but let's just say I am putting together a 15TB 5 disk array and it will be close. __________________ Way too much stuff, 15" rMBP, iPhone 5, iPad 3
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May 20, 2011, 11:31 AM	#150
Bevz macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: UK	1.3TB 50GB of music, the rest is movies and TV Shows. I've attached a 2TB drive to my ATV1 so i've got the whole lot at the press of a button with no streaming. Also acts as a backup of sorts, although i have a 3TB TM drive for backups. __________________ 27" iMac (2010) \| 13" MacBook Pro \| TV2 \| iPhone 4 32gb \| iPad3 If you work in the NHS in the UK, you may want to check out my app: NHS Reference
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