[mythtv-users] record shows to different location than cache

[Joseph A. Caputo]

Top-posting rearranged.

On Tuesday 28 October 2003 03:21, ray cielencki wrote:
> At 16:50 10/27/2003, you wrote:
> > > The LiveTV buffer and the recordings directory are 2 different
> > > settings. I have my LiveTV pointed at /opt/mythtv and my
> > > recordings saving on an nfs-mounted directory on
> > > /usr2/video/mythtv/recordings
> >
> >Ah, so it can be done.  This is exactly what I want to do as well.
> >
> > > I don't remember what setup screen they are on, but know they are
> > > different.
> >
> >Okay, I'll have to look when I get home.  I didn't recall seeing any
> >different options, but obviously I must have overlooked it.
> >
> > > You can even point multiple backends at the same recordings
> > > directory, there
> > > are several developers and users doing that.  I have /usr2/video
> > > on my fileserver with lots of space and mount that directory on
> > > all my backends and frontends.  If a frontend has access to the
> > > file directly (ie, via an nfs-mounted directory), then the
> > > frontend will read the file itself rather than asking the backend
> > > to read the file and stream it to the frontend.
> >
> >I figured there must be some way to do it since you can have
> > multiple backends.  Thanks for the advice, although I may be
> > getting a hold of you again if I can't figure out where it's set.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >~Matt
>
> in the database, these settings are stored in the settings table.
> look at value='LiveBufferDir' and value='RecordFilePrefix'.


I believe the setting for the both the LiveTV ringbuffer location and 
size and the stored recordings location is in the backend setup program 
under "General" (2nd page).

-JAC