[mythtv] Re: FileSystem to use for Myth (was Re:Channel chang e sp eed)

[Ben Bucksch]

Note that what I reported is not a problem for mythtv. It may only trash 
files which are in the process of writing while (or were in the last 
seconds before) the system crash / poweroff. Even in that case, the huge 
files are probably not lost completely, but only the last 30 seconds or 
so. Even if the files are lost, I don't think it's a huge problem - if 
you have a lockup in the middle of a recording, the recording is 
probably only half-finished and useless to you anyways, even if the 
filessystem didn't lose anyways. I wouldn't want to watch only the first 
half of a movie.

In short, I don't see a problem with using XFS for MythTV's recording, 
in fact it seems to be ideal.

(Maybe even more so, if the realtime capability is implemented, but I 
don't know, how useful that would be for MythTV.)

Ben

Boyd II, Willy wrote:

>Which is exactly what I'm planning on trying now...
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tobias Blomberg [mailto:blomman at ludd.luth.se]
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>Or maybe just a small FS for the ring buffer and ext for the rest. Then it doesn't really matter if it crashes and you get fast ring buffer handling. That was the initial problem as I have understood it.
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