[mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

[Dag Nygren]

> Dag,
> 
> The best way to get *around* this issue is to have a dedicated
> partition for the myth recordings. That way, the old livetv files will
> be deleted much faster. You can keep your programs, archives, dvds,
> movies, downloads, torrents, etc on a separate partition(s). AFAIK,
> you can set the directory paths in the myth setup. Its little pain in
> the behind to setup separate partition, but atleast you will not boil
> your blood everytime you see gigabytes of livetv buffer sitting around
> on your precious disk space.

Thanks for the tip,
but this just doesn't work.
The main disk space is needed by two things: MythTV and ie. a downloaded
stream from my Digital video camera.
The problem is that MythTV should be given as much as possible 
when it is not needed by the digicam, but when I need the space
I need it. 
Putting these on different partitions will not share the space available.

> Also, this is more like a developer's project. The developer(s)
> dictate which features are needed and how it should be implemented.
> Always keep that in mind, it helps to lower your blood pressure. I've
> found many work arounds in mythtv to keep my cool :-)
> 
> In the end, if you dont like the way mythtv works, you are most
> welcome to try other alternatives, such as Freevo, VDR (very light
> weight), etc etc. I've just started looking at the VDR, its very light
> weight and does only thing :-)

I do like most of the way that MythTV do things. That is why I am
sticking with it. What I don't like is the attitude on this list from
certain people.

Your response is a good example of a creative respons and IMHO 
the way a list should work so thanks for that.

Dag