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by Biffo
Sat May 20, 2023 11:13 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: How to set custom, very large block size?
Replies: 7
Views: 746

Re: How to set custom, very large block size?

I was asking ChatGPT what software would do what I want, and it directed me to PrimoCache, even though the previous responses I got in this thread indicated it doesn't do what's needed. ChatGPT doesn't have knowledge beyond 2021, so it was referring to PrimoCache 3.x. It told me: In PrimoCache, the ...
by Biffo
Mon Mar 13, 2023 4:27 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: How to set custom, very large block size?
Replies: 7
Views: 746

Re: How to set custom, very large block size?

I'm not following at all. PrimoCache is exactly what I need, except the block size is too small. Why would i need to pre-cache the file? Caching is PrimoCache's job. VLC will demand the file blocks off the hard drive, and PrimoCache will load the 10mb blocks on demand into RAM (caching them). Once a...
by Biffo
Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:02 pm
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: How to set custom, very large block size?
Replies: 7
Views: 746

How to set custom, very large block size?

I want to set a block size of 10MB. how would I do this? The max I see is 512KB. I'm trying to solve a very specific problem by adding PrimoCache to the equation. I have an external USB dock with 18TB hard drive that contains lots of media files. Typical file is maybe 500mb. I can copy this file to ...