[mythtv-users] storage groups

[Raymond Wagner]

On 10/19/2012 19:09, Dave Lawton wrote:
> sudo mount -t xfs /dev/sdb1 /Recordings/Recordings01
> sudo mount -t xfs /dev/sdc1 /Recordings/Recordings02
>
> Restart the backend, and go into setup.
> go into Storage Directories>Storage Groups>Default
> Using (Add New Directory) add
> /Recordings/Recordings01
> /Recordings/Recordings02

Actually, you don't want to do that. You should not record to the root 
of a partition. The directory always exists, regardless of whether the 
partition has been mounted or not. If you tell MythTV to record to the 
root, and the partition has not been mounted, MythTV will instead be 
recording to the underlying filesystem, and you're in a potentially 
dangerous situation with regards to capacity and throughput.

> If you wish, you can delete the mythtv default created
> folder, after transferring any existing recordings.

Technically, a stock MythTV installation has no default path defined in 
mythtv-setup. That is something added by the Mythbuntu installer in an 
attempt to make it easier for a user to start out with a functional 
system with minimal forethought and configuration.