[mythtv-users] unable to record to local ext4 partition

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Tim Draper <veehexx at gmail.com> wrote:
> i've done some changes with how my mythtv is configured, which includes a
> change in storage directory location onto another HDD.
> however, every time i try to record, mythtv will start the recording but it
> will not actually write to a file... i suspect it is a permissions issue.
>
> fstab of the Storage Group drive:
>
> /dev/sdb1       /data   ext4
> noatime,data=writeback,barrier=0,nobh,errors=remount-ro     0       1
>
> 'Default' and 'livetv' SG's are pointing to (currently these are the only
> two that have been set):
>>
>> /data/mythtv/Recordings
>> /data/mythtv/LiveTV
>
> mythbackend log shows the following when i attempt to record:
>
> 2011-10-30 20:27:57.852 Reschedule requested for id 42.
> 2011-10-30 20:27:58.039 Scheduled 44 items in 0.2 = 0.00 match + 0.18 place
> 2011-10-30 20:27:58.041 TVRec(1): ASK_RECORDING 1 0 0 0
> 2011-10-30 20:27:58.055 TVRec(1): Changing from None to RecordingOnly
> 2011-10-30 20:27:58.055 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 1->1
> 2011-10-30 20:27:58.078 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space:
> 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
> 2011-10-30 20:27:58.079 Started recording: "The X Factor Results": channel
> 13140 on cardid 1, sourceid 3
> 2011-10-30 20:27:58.139 MainServer::ANN Monitor
> 2011-10-30 20:27:58.139 adding: server as a client (events: 2)
> 2011-10-30 20:27:58.143 MainServer::ANN Monitor
> 2011-10-30 20:27:58.143 adding: server as a client (events: 2)
> 2011-10-30 20:27:58.396 ProgramInfo(13140_20111030202800.mpg), Error:
> GetPlaybackURL: '13140_20111030202800.mpg' should be local, but it can not
> be found.
> 2011-10-30 20:27:58.621 TVRec(2): ASK_RECORDING 2 0 0 0
>
> permissions of the folders at the new location. i have compared them to the
> default ones at /var/lib/mythtv/, and they match based off 'ls -l'
>
>> /data/mythtv/$ ls -l
>>
>> total 48
>> drwxrwsr-x 2 mythtv mythtv  4096 2011-10-30 11:38 Banners
>> drwxrwsr-x 2 mythtv mythtv  4096 2011-10-30 11:38 Coverart
>> drwxrwsr-x 2 mythtv mythtv  4096 2011-10-30 11:38 DB_Backups
>> drwxrwsr-x 2 mythtv mythtv  4096 2011-10-30 11:38 Default
>> drwxrwsr-x 2 mythtv mythtv  4096 2011-10-30 11:38 Fanart
>> drwxrwsr-x 2 mythtv mythtv  4096 2011-10-30 20:27 LiveTV
>> drwxrwsr-x 2 mythtv mythtv 12288 2011-10-30 20:27 Recordings
>> drwxrwsr-x 2 mythtv mythtv  4096 2011-10-30 11:38 Screenshots
>> drwxrwsr-x 2 mythtv mythtv  4096 2011-10-30 11:38 Trailers
>> drwxrwsr-x 2 mythtv mythtv  4096 2011-10-30 11:38 Videos
>
> I hope someone can help!
> at the moment i'm guessing it's permissions, but cant work out what is going
> wrong.
>

It is myth's built in X factor rejector.

But really it os probably the permissions of some directory further up
the path -

ls -l /data
ls -l /data/mythtv