[mythtv-users] Myth autoexpiring brand new shows
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Aug 26 23:21:55 UTC 2008
On 08/26/2008 07:06 PM, Yeechang Lee wrote:
> Brad DerManouelian says:
>
>> However... I still like the fact that myth chooses to record to local
>> drives before resorting to network attached drives. It makes sense to
>> me to keep the files local if possible and then start flooding my
>> network bandwidth if necessary.
>>
>
> I completely agree that local drives should have priority over remote
> drives. But *not if that means expiring local recordings even if
> there's free space on a remote drive*. Not by default, at least. It
> defeats the whole stated raison d'etre behind storage groups.
>
>
>> I also like the fact that you can simply mv
>> /localdrive/recording.mpg / remotedrive/recording.mpg to manually
>> balance out the recordings and the storage groups functionality will
>> magically find wherever the recording ended up.
>>
>
> Agreed. I don't want directories hard set into the database records
> for each recordings.
>
>
>> Of course, now all my drives are full (with my assigned 25GB each
>> set aside for other stuff like transcoding/ripping DVDs/adding
>> music) and it effectively balances everything out quite nicely.
>>
>
> But it doesn't! That's the whole point of the thread.
>
> Let's say that you have 25GB free each on a local drive and a remote
> drive; i.e., both drives are full from the MythTV perspective. You
> know that in the next day three recordings totaling 40GB will
> occur. The AutoExpire list says that 30GB of recordings are in the
> Deleted group, and another 30GB are prioritized as being deleted first
> which you're fine with. Everything's OK, right?
>
> Not if, as is entirely possible, all 60GB are on the remote drive. By
> default, MythTV will delete 40GB worth of recordings on the local
> drive, disregarding the "deletable" recordings on the remote drive. To
> quote that well known Linux-usability expert Seth Cohen of Newport
> Beach CA, that's ridonkulous.
Speaking of feature requests, did you actually read
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/297293#297293
Mike
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