[mythtv-users] can't record a full movie...

Chad Vogelsong cvogelsong at intellimation.cc
Mon Sep 15 11:01:38 EDT 2003


Also, using certain file systems in linux, there is a maximum file size
in linux of 2 GB.  I know it's there with ext2 and you have to patch
things to user ext3.  Try switchin your filesystem.

I had this problem on a backup server making tar.gz files that were
around 70 GB in size.  They would crap out after the temp compression
reached 2 GB.  After I switched to using the XFS file system, I have no
problem with files reaching 100+ GB in size.  I also use XFS because
it's faster and scales very well.  It's also great when used with LVM.

Chad


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Hack [mailto:christianh at pdd.edmi.com.au] 
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 2:49 AM
> To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] can't record a full movie...
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of and
> > Sent: Monday, 15 September 2003 4:35 PM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] can't record a full movie...
> > 
> > 
> > I think someone else have had this problem, but couldn't find
> > anything 
> > in the archive so please excuse me if it's a tedious repeat.
> > 
> > I seem to be having a problem recording programs longer than
> > ~1:30..... 
> > the recording just ends and there are no messages in 
> > mythbackend.log or 
> > messages.
> > Everything seems to be running (front/back/ivtv). However the file 
> > stops growing even if the front end is telling me a recording is in 
> > progress....
> > 
> > The recorded file was around 2.2GB and my ringbuffer was set to 5gb
> > will 50% fill, so my guess is that it might  have something 
> > to do with 
> > this. Does the buffer have to be larger than the program?
> > 
> > I'm using epia m10k, pvr250-rev1, rh9, 2.4.20-8 with via drivers.
> > 
> 
> The ringbuffer and the recorded file are completely 
> unrelated. The ringbuffer is only used when watching TV. The 
> recorded file is only used when recording. When watching a 
> recording you are watching from the recorded file, when 
> watching live TV, you are watching from the ringbuffer. 
> Therefore the size of the ringbuffer has nothing to do with 
> the recordings.
> 
> What FS are you using? When you say 2.2GB is that 2.2 x 10^9 
> bytes? 2,147,483,648 bytes (2 gigabytes) is the limit of some 
> file systems - particularly Windows FAT. 2GB also seems to be 
> the limit of Samba mounted file systems even if the FS at the 
> other end is capable of larger files.
> 
> CH
> 
> 



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