Changing the directory for MythTV recordings

[purps]

Hello all. I am in a spot of bother and was hoping somebody could help me out please.

I have two hard disks in my core; an 80GB and a 1TB disk. By default, MythTV stores the recordings on the 80GB, and I would like them to be stored on the large disk.

I have tried changing the recording directory in the MythTV backend setup, but it reverts back to the default path upon the core being reset.  I have then tried creating a symbolic link to my preferred recording location (as suggested by jeangot in the threads http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=5626.0 and http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=5412.0).

Unfortunately, whilst it all seems to work at first, the symbolic link deletes itself when I reset the core (and is replaced by the "normal" 'tv_shows_1' folder, along with 'tv_shows_31' and 'tv_shows_43' for some reason). I have tried checking the "follow symbolic links when deleting files" option in the MythTV backend setup as well, but it doesn't make any difference.

I created the symbolic link by navigating in the terminal to the default recording location (having already deleted 'tv_shows_1') and doing...

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ln -s /mnt/device/28/public/data/videos/tv_shows_1 tv_shows_1

Am I missing something? Any help would be very much appreciated.

[purps]

I should also have mentioned that I tried that symlink command with "sudo", and also that I deleted the tv_shows_1 folder via the standard file browser (I tried to do it through Web Admin, but the folder did not delete).

Cheers.

[donpaul]

Search the forums, you'll find a lot of discussion regarding the mythtv directories. You cannot change them.

[jeangot]

Hi guys,
I'm pretty sure I had this working with symbolic links, as it was pointing to a network share which was terribly slow and HD became unwatchable. I then setup the exact same scenario as you are talking about, one small drive for linux, and a big one just for Myth recordings but it seems that I am using mount and munting the drive directly at the tv_shows1 directory.

My mount shows this:
/dev/sdb1 on /home/public/data/videos/tv_shows_1 type ext3 (rw,data=ordered)
And my fstab has this line in it:
/dev/sdb1 /home/public/data/videos/tv_shows_1   ext3

This is working perfectly for over 6 months and being used daily with mutiple concurrent recordings in HD.

Sorry I can't help more with the symlinks, but because I don't have it setup like that anymore, I can't compare what's different in what I was doing. I am not 100% sure if I tested the symlink solution accross reboot, since I only had that running for a few days, going to a network share, then I got the second drive and set it up by mounting it as explained above.

I hope this helps.

Jean

[tschak909]

I love it when people disregard huge warnings the _DEVELOPERS_ say when they mention to _NOT_ do hard mounts or symlinks, as the system tends to break....

...but...whatever, you obviously know better.

-Thom

[purps]

I love it when people disregard huge warnings the _DEVELOPERS_ say when they mention to _NOT_ do hard mounts or symlinks, as the system tends to break....

...but...whatever, you obviously know better.

-Thom

I knew about the hard mounts being a bad idea, but I wasn't aware that it was the same story for symlinks.

In that case, could you possibly suggest an alternative method for getting the MythTV recording directory onto a 2nd hard disk please? I am out of ideas.

[tschak909]

This issue has been completely solved under 0810. Jondecker just committed code that creates mythTV storage groups dynamically for each disk in the house.

-Thom

[purps]

So in 810, would you just change the recording directory under MythTV backend setup, and it would stick? Or is there something else you have to do to keep the recording directory on a second hard disk?

Is there a quick fix for this issue in 710 at all? I would be interested to know why my symlinks keep disappearing. I know that you don't recommend this Thom, but it seems that jeangot has had some success in this area.

[Steve]

This issue has been completely solved under 0810. Jondecker just committed code that creates mythTV storage groups dynamically for each disk in the house.

-Thom

Does it give you the option to save them where you want them to be saved?

[tschak909]

No, we currently pick the disk with the most space.

-Thom

[purps]

No fix for 710 then? May I ask why the option to change the recording directory in MythTV backend setup doesn't stick after a reboot?

[donpaul]

Did you search the wiki? I put together a workaround for 7.10 that will allow you to put/move the recording anywhere. You should follow my wiki and put the in tv_shows_0 first. Then after the .id3 is created and DB updated, you can move the media from tv_shows_0 to anywhere you like.

http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/MythTv:_Don%27t_scan_live_tv

[donpaul]

I love it when people disregard huge warnings the _DEVELOPERS_ say when they mention to _NOT_ do hard mounts or symlinks, as the system tends to break....

...but...whatever, you obviously know better.

-Thom

Hey, I am an IT consultant and have been working with developers of all flavors for longer than I like. And I have to say that developers tend to be wrong more than they are right ;-)

{{no offense, lol}}

[purps]

Did you search the wiki? I put together a workaround for 7.10 that will allow you to put/move the recording anywhere. You should follow my wiki and put the in tv_shows_0 first. Then after the .id3 is created and DB updated, you can move the media from tv_shows_0 to anywhere you like.

http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/MythTv:_Don%27t_scan_live_tv

Thanks for the reply. I did have a look on the wiki, but I didn't see this! I'll have a proper look over the weekend.

You said "You should follow my wiki and put the in tv_shows_0 first" - put the what in where?

Am I right in saying that instead of "mkdir /home/public/data/videos/tv_shows_0" (referring to the wiki), I just put the recording directory of my choice, and reflect this in SaveMythRecording.sh?

[donpaul]

You should put shows in tv_shows_0. Then after the .id3 and DB are updated with the meta information, you can move the show and the .id3. I have tried using something other than tv_shows_0, but the .id3 is never created. But you can give it a try if you like, let me know how it goes.