[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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