[mythtv-users] MythTV 0.26 records live TV without being told to do so

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/11/2013 03:15 PM, Ronald Frazier wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Michael T. Dean
>> I think you're confusing 2 very different concepts when you say, "group."
>
> Nope, I'm not. I know the difference quite well. It's just that, when
> I start analyzing space I'm looking at lots of stuff on the file
> system. My drives are used for a lot more than recordings: archived
> recordings, downloaded videos, ripped dvd/bluray collection, photo
> archive, home movies, system backups, etc. I do like to know how much
> each thing is using,. as well as look into what (if anything) can be
> cleaned up in each group. I fully admit, I'm far from the typical user
> in that respect. If I had lots more money, I'd just throw drives at
> the problem and never worry about it, but since I don't, I like to
> know that sort of stuff to manage it.
>
>
>> There is no benefit to moving a recording file out of a directory in the
>> Live TV Storage Group (and, presumably, into a directory in the Default
>> Storage Group or another you've defined).  Doing so would have no impact on
>> MythTV--it would only allow you to use things like file system tools to
>> figure out how much stuff is where.
> Which is exactly what I like to do, and why I ask.
>
>
>> A better approach is to have tools in MythTV to tell you what's where
> Not better for me, since I'd prefer CLI for that, and because I look
> at so much more than myth could even know about.

If you really have to use command-line tools and don't think it's worth 
helping put support for reporting information about and managing files 
in MythTV, then you can use mythlink.pl to create links with the 
recording group specified in the name, then use file system globbing to 
find the appropriate links, then move the files wherever you like.

Mike