[mythtv-users] Recordings filling disk, not showing up in list
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Thu Jan 12 04:00:19 UTC 2006
Daniel Rischar wrote:
> For some reason, my recordings directory seems to to fill up my disk.
> I emptied the folder but a few minutes late, it started to fill
> again. None of the files show up under recordings, and I have not
> been recording anything so the folder should be empty. I cannot
> figure out where the files are coming from, or why they are not being
> deleted automatically by mythtv. Might somebody be able to shed some
> light on this?
>
> The directory looks like the following (this is after I cleared it out
> once, the files had reach >2 gb each in size sometimes):
>
> mythtv at mythtv /media/recordings $ ls -alh
> total 2.5G
> drwxrwxrwx 2 mythtv users 4.0K Jan 11 22:08 .
> drwxr-xr-x 9 mythtv users 120 Jan 11 19:27 ..
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 75M Jan 11 21:00 1004_20060111205759.mpg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35K Jan 11 21:00 1004_20060111205759.mpg.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 701M Jan 11 21:18 1005_20060111210004.mpg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22K Jan 11 21:18 1005_20060111210004.mpg.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 284M Jan 11 21:29 1005_20060111212140.mpg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27K Jan 11 21:29 1005_20060111212140.mpg.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 200M Jan 11 21:39 1005_20060111213349.mpg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23K Jan 11 21:39 1005_20060111213349.mpg.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 632M Jan 11 22:00 1005_20060111214301.mpg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23K Jan 11 22:00 1005_20060111214301.mpg.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 221M Jan 11 22:05 1005_20060111220001.mpg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23K Jan 11 22:05 1005_20060111220001.mpg.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 90M Jan 11 21:21 1007_20060111211914.mpg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31K Jan 11 21:21 1007_20060111211914.mpg.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 168M Jan 11 21:33 1007_20060111212919.mpg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28K Jan 11 21:33 1007_20060111212919.mpg.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 127M Jan 11 21:42 1007_20060111213911.mpg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28K Jan 11 21:42
> 1007_20060111213911.mpg.png
>
> It adds a new one everytime I change the channel, and the longer I
> leave it there the larger the file gets. It is as if mythtv is always
> recording, but never adds anything to the database. This is becoming
> a major problem as it is filling my disk every couple days or so.
If you're using SVN it is *your* responsibility to keep up with the dev
list...
SVN records LiveTV as regular recordings. People got all bent out of
shape over seeing the LiveTV recordings in the "All Recordings" list, so
an option to hide LiveTV recordings from "All Recordings" was made. You
have the option set to hide LiveTV recordings.
Also, it doesn't matter if your disk fills up. That's what autoexpire
is for. Ah, ah, ah. Don't say, "But I turned off autoexpire," because
autoexpire is no longer an option--it's always turned on.
Now, please go read the last 4 months of posts on the dev list (
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/ )--especially before
you post why you need the option to turn off autoexpire.
(Many of the "you's" in this message are not necessarily directed at the
OP.)
Mike
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