[mythtv-users] Storing recordings on a second hard drive Ubuntu

Mike's JdJ stepsisters at comcast.net
Wed Oct 12 03:45:43 UTC 2011


I want to store my TV recordings on a second hard drive.

Here's what I have done.


Created the directory VideoRecordings on my second hard drive 
named BigDisc using Nautilus


Modified owner and permissions of the VideoRecordings folder:

napier at Colossus:~$ sudo chown mythtv /media/BigDisc/VideoRecordings
napier at Colossus:~$
napier at Colossus:~$ sudo chgrp mythtv /media/BigDisc/VideoRecordings
napier at Colossus:~$
napier at Colossus:~$ sudo chmod 777 /media/BigDisc/VideoRecordings
napier at Colossus:~$
napier at Colossus:~$ sudo ls -l /media/BigDisc/
total 24
drwx------ 2 root   root   16384 2011-10-04 23:27 lost+found
drwxrwxrwx 3 napier napier  4096 2011-10-09 17:31 var
drwxrwxrwx 2 mythtv mythtv  4096 2011-10-11 20:43 VideoRecordings
napier at Colossus:~$


Went into MythTV BackEnd Storage Groups and changed the Videos 
group to point to /media/BigDisc/VideoRecordings/

I changed the LiveTV group to also point to my new drive when 
the above didn't work

Recordings still go to the Default Group, 
/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/


Some of the reflectors and forums I've searched over the past 
two weeks say to also go to the Video Library and do a Scan For 
Changes.  I've gone through the FrontEnd and BackEnd screens, 
but I can't find it.


Here is my configuration and logs:

Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit desktop  Kernel Linux 2.6.38-11-generic

MythTV  2:0.24.0+fixes 20110416.9ba3ece0 ubuntu1 (mythtv)


BackEnd log:

2011-10-11 22:14:56.944 MainServer::ANN Monitor
2011-10-11 22:14:56.985 adding: Colossus as a client (events: 1)
2011-10-11 22:15:24.330 Reschedule requested for id 56.
2011-10-11 22:15:24.670 Scheduled 109 items in 0.3 = 0.08 match 
+ 0.25 place
2011-10-11 22:15:24.963 TVRec(1): Changing from None to 
RecordingOnly
2011-10-11 22:15:25.042 TVRec(2): ASK_RECORDING 2 0 0 0
2011-10-11 22:15:25.072 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 1->1
2011-10-11 22:15:25.504 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required 
Free Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
2011-10-11 22:15:25.572 Started recording: "The Big Bang 
Theory": channel 2501 on cardid 1, sourceid 2
2011-10-11 22:15:26.628 Reschedule requested for id -1.
2011-10-11 22:15:26.869 Updating status for "The Big Bang 
Theory" on cardid 1 (Tuning => Recording)
2011-10-11 22:15:26.925 Reschedule interrupted, will retry
2011-10-11 22:15:26.967 Reschedule requested for id 0.
2011-10-11 22:15:27.157 New DB connection, total: 4
2011-10-11 22:15:27.336 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at 
host: 127.0.0.1
2011-10-11 22:15:27.375 Scheduled 109 items in 0.4 = 0.04 match 
+ 0.36 place
2011-10-11 22:15:27.404 TVRec(1): rec->GetPathname(): 
'/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/2501_20111011221500.mpg'
2011-10-11 22:16:02.046 JobQueue: Commercial Detection Starting 
for "The Big Bang Theory" recorded from channel 2501 at 
2011-10-11T22:15:00
2011-10-11 22:16:02.216 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2011-10-11 22:16:02.473 Using configuration directory = 
/home/mythtv/.mythtv
2011-10-11 22:16:02.582 Using localhost value of Colossus
2011-10-11 22:16:02.694 New DB connection, total: 1
2011-10-11 22:16:02.768 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at 
host: 127.0.0.1
2011-10-11 22:16:02.810 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2011-10-11 22:16:02.850 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at 
host: 127.0.0.1
2011-10-11 22:16:02.892 Current locale en_US
2011-10-11 22:16:02.933 Reading locale defaults from 
/usr/share/mythtv//locales/en_us.xml
2011-10-11 22:16:02.980 Loading en_us translation for module 
mythfrontend
2011-10-11 22:16:03.187 MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend 
server: 127.0.1.1:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2011-10-11 22:16:03.226 Using protocol version 63
2011-10-11 22:16:03.236 MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend 
server: 127.0.1.1:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2011-10-11 22:16:03.268 MainServer::ANN Playback
2011-10-11 22:16:03.310 adding: Colossus as a client (events: 0)
2011-10-11 22:16:03.310 Using protocol version 63
2011-10-11 22:16:03.352 MainServer::ANN Monitor
2011-10-11 22:16:03.435 adding: Colossus as a client (events: 1)
2011-10-11 22:16:03.394 MainServer::ANN Monitor
2011-10-11 22:16:03.527 adding: Colossus as a client (events: 0)
2011-10-11 22:16:03.682 [mpeg2video @ 
0x7fc86741d580]mpeg_decode_postinit() failure
2011-10-11 22:16:03.778 [mpeg2video @ 
0x7fc86741d580]mpeg_decode_postinit() failure
2011-10-11 22:16:03.820 [mpeg2video @ 
0x7fc86741d580]mpeg_decode_postinit() failure
2011-10-11 22:16:03.862 [mpeg2video @ 
0x7fc86741d580]mpeg_decode_postinit() failure
2011-10-11 22:16:03.904 [mpeg2video @ 
0x7fc86741d580]mpeg_decode_postinit() failure
2011-10-11 22:16:03.946 [mpeg2video @ 
0x7fc86741d580]mpeg_decode_postinit() failure


FrontEnd Log:


Starting mythfrontend.real..
2011-10-11 22:14:53.352 mythfrontend version: fixes/0.24 
[v0.24-243-g9ba3ece] www.mythtv.org
2011-10-11 22:14:53.352 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2011-10-11 22:14:53.352 Using configuration directory = 
/home/napier/.mythtv
2011-10-11 22:14:53.365 ThreadPool:HTTP: Initial 1, Max 25, 
Timeout 60000
2011-10-11 22:14:54.058 Using localhost value of Colossus
2011-10-11 22:14:54.062 New DB connection, total: 1
2011-10-11 22:14:54.065 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at 
host: 127.0.0.1
2011-10-11 22:14:54.069 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2011-10-11 22:14:54.070 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at 
host: 127.0.0.1
2011-10-11 22:14:54.072 Current locale en_US
2011-10-11 22:14:54.072 Reading locale defaults from 
/usr/share/mythtv//locales/en_us.xml
2011-10-11 22:14:54.277 ScreenSaverX11Private: Gnome screen 
saver support enabled
2011-10-11 22:14:54.279 DPMS is active.
2011-10-11 22:14:54.305 Desktop video mode: 1280x1024 60.020 Hz
2011-10-11 22:14:54.571 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2011-10-11 22:14:54.590 Loading en_us translation for module 
mythfrontend
2011-10-11 22:14:54.609 MythUIHelper, Warning: No theme dir: 
'/usr/share/mythtv/themes/Mythbuntu'
2011-10-11 22:14:54.630 Could not find theme: Mythbuntu - 
Switching to Terra
2011-10-11 22:14:54.681 LIRC, Error: Failed to connect to Unix 
socket '/dev/lircd'
			eno: No such file or directory (2)
2011-10-11 22:14:54.681 JoystickMenuThread: Joystick disabled - 
Failed to read /home/napier/.mythtv/joystickmenurc
2011-10-11 22:14:54.759 Using Frameless Window
2011-10-11 22:14:54.759 Using Full Screen Window
2011-10-11 22:14:54.773 Using the Qt painter
2011-10-11 22:14:55.366 Current MythTV Schema Version 
(DBSchemaVer): 1264
2011-10-11 22:14:56.188 ThemeInfo, Warning: Unable to open 
themeinfo.xml for 
/usr/share/mythtv/themes/BlackCurves-OSD/themeinfo.xml
2011-10-11 22:14:56.188 ThemeInfo, Error: The theme 
(/usr/share/mythtv/themes/BlackCurves-OSD) is missing a 
themeinfo.xml file.
2011-10-11 22:14:56.214 ThemeInfo, Warning: Unable to open 
themeinfo.xml for /usr/share/mythtv/themes/Gray-OSD/themeinfo.xml
2011-10-11 22:14:56.214 ThemeInfo, Error: The theme 
(/usr/share/mythtv/themes/Gray-OSD) is missing a themeinfo.xml file.
2011-10-11 22:14:56.419 Registering Internal as a media playback 
plugin.
2011-10-11 22:14:56.438 No plugins directory /usr/lib/mythtv/plugins
2011-10-11 22:14:56.443 MediaMonitorUnix::AddDevice() - empty 
device path.
2011-10-11 22:14:56.443 MediaMonitorUnix::AddDevice() - empty 
device path.
2011-10-11 22:14:56.444 MediaMonitorUnix::AddDevice() - empty 
device path.
2011-10-11 22:14:56.553 Found mainmenu.xml for theme 'Terra'
2011-10-11 22:14:56.729 MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend 
server: 127.0.1.1:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2011-10-11 22:14:56.763 Using protocol version 63
2011-10-11 22:31:19.171 Deleting UPnP client...


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