[mythtv-users] Can I limit the disk space recordings use?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/27/2009 06:15 AM, Mike Perkins wrote:
> Using 'df' to find out how much disk space is available on a myth 
> partition is a waste of time, as you will never know from moment to 
> moment what's been recorded, and what's been deleted. If you set the 
> system up as it should be used, it will only delete off stuff that's 
> (i) the oldest and has been watched and is allowed to expire or (ii) 
> has been specifically deleted. It will manage it's own partition space 
> as it requires with no help from you.

Note, also, that trunk's (and, soon, 0.22's) backend status page shows 
the amount of space used by Deleted recordings, by LiveTV recordings, 
and by recordings that are allowed to auto-expire.  Unfortunately, it's 
not per-filesystem (as doing that would be /extremely/ slow with current 
MythTV), but it makes it easier to see how much "usable" space you have.

Mike