[mythtv-users] holding tv shows episode info in database

[Neulinger, Nathan]

You can also put symlinks to the videos in your mythvideo dir - this
works fine. I use it to spread out my videos over several machines via
NFS using storage where it is available and convenient.

-- Nathan
 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Brad 
> DerManouelian
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 12:29 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] holding tv shows episode info in database
> 
> On Oct 12, 2006, at 9:57 PM, Bilge Tutak wrote:
> 
> > Brad,
> > There are several reasons:
> > 1 - Recordings are generally around 2GB per/hour if you leave them  
> > as recordings. And generally 0.5GB when you transcode them (to  
> > dvd).Because I have zillion recordings, I can not afford that much  
> > space.
> > 2 - I bought the drive much later then my myth setup. I am using  
> > LVM and it is pretty easy to add this, but I do not want to bother.
> > 3 - Finally, my bigger disk is external (actually in an enclosure)  
> > and I want to be able to move it across several places, even to  
> > different country :).
> >
> > So I have to go with this for now. Actually, I can maybe 
> modify the  
> > video database in mythtv, and add the required columns. And I can  
> > probably modify the nuvexport to copy the episode info to the new  
> > columns. But I do not want to mess with myth database, because I  
> > will probably break it :).
> >
> > Any way maybe I should leave like this :)..
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Bilge
> 
> You can transcode recordings down as much as you like without 
> putting  
> them in MythVideo. You might also want to take a look at MythArchive  
> which will allow you to select a bunch of recordings and move them  
> off to either DVD's or to some other storage location. When you want  
> to watch them, you can reimport them (with MythArchive) and all  
> should be well including the metadata. Seems like an easier way to  
> overcome your extremely limited storage options.
> 
> -Brad
> 
> 
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