[mythtv-users] mytharchive

John Pilkington J.Pilk at tesco.net
Fri Jun 1 09:54:07 UTC 2007


norman wrote:
>> You said you saw nothing in the log window.  Mine starts immediately, 
>> but the iso file appears (with some luck) perhaps an hour later.  Do 
>> you, as user mythtv, have permission to write to your var directory?  I 
>> don't.
> 
> Thank you for your patience and help. You were right about access to the
> var directory. I put a folder on the desktop, put in the path and now
> everything seems to work as it should. Even the vertical indicator. It
> is a pity that computers can't speak and tell us what is wrong or, even
> better, put it right themselves. (Perhaps they do tell me but I cannot
> understand).
> 
> One last question, I hope. I believe it is possible to use the computer
> while the DVD recording and .iso formation go on in the background. Does
> this mean that mythtv may be exited to provide a clear monitor?
> 
I run my frontend in a window, so can just collapse it.  But you should 
be able to exit from the FE while the BE does the work, if you want to.

Cheers,

John P


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