[mythtv-users] Mythtv filling up disk space?

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Jun 6 12:26:05 UTC 2007


On 06/06/2007 03:19 AM, Stefan van der Eijk wrote:
> I'm also seeing that my disk is filling up, but it's not due to the
> mysql database. I think it's due to recorded programs that have been
> deleted, but the mythbackend process is still holding onto them:
>
> # lsof | grep myth | grep deleted
> mythbacke 23174     mythtv   18r      REG                8,3
> 2894512128   28181291
> /var/lib/mythtv/recordings/1028_20070604212500.mpg (deleted)
>
> Restarting the mythbackend process releases the diskspace.

So disable slow deletes.

Delete files slowly
Some filesystems use a lot of resources when deleting large recording
files.  This option makes Myth delete the file slowly on this backend to
lessen the impact.

in mythtv-setup (on each backend).

Mike


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