[mythtv-users] auto stop record

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/22/2006 08:52 AM, CyberSource wrote:

>Michael T. Dean wrote:
>  
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>>>I have the auto stop record set to 300mb but twice now I have had 
>>>people that I have setup screw up their Linux systems because the 
>>>recordings went over and filled up the entire hard drive. I was able to 
>>>fix after but this is not cool. Can anyone tell me what I might be 
>>>missing that the auto stop record function does not work?
>>>
>>Truthfully, you're missing autoexpire.
>>
>  Thanks for the reply. I don't like the sound of either option, I 
>wouldn't want someone to loose a good recording they have because it 
>timed out 
>

You specify autoexpire on a per-recording basis, so if you have a 
recording you want to keep, you can disable autoexpire on it.  Then, 
other recordings that you don't care if you lose (i.e. the ones that 
re-air in reruns all the time) can be set to autoexpire...

>and the other option just fills up the drive anyway, or at 
>least that's how I'm reading your reply.
>  
>

Yep.  Unless, as Chris said, you make sure your "New Recording Free Disk 
Space Threshold" is larger than the maximum possible recording size...  
And, with multiple capture cards in a backend, it's possible that 
concurrent recordings could still cause the disk to fill up, but using a 
very large value for your threshold will minimize the likelihood of 
filling the disk space.

Mike