[mythtv-users] Myth doesn't record onto my NAS

Michael Watson michael at thewatsonfamily.id.au
Fri Nov 8 13:54:18 UTC 2013


On 8/11/2013 5:28 PM, Jerry Rubinow wrote:
> A few days ago I realized myth was not using the second directory in 
> my Default storage group for storing recordings.  I'm not sure it ever 
> was.  It can play recordings from there without issue.  I can move a 
> recording from the first to the second and it will still play back. 
>  But it only seems to ever create new recordings in the first 
> directory.  I came to know this because the drive containing the first 
> directory filled up, even though myth was reporting lots of free space 
> available.
>
> The first directory is on a drive internal to the backend.  The second 
> is on a network-connected NAS, cifs mounted on the backend.  The 
> directory has a+rwx permissions.  Any suggestions what to look at next?
>
> -J

Ensure that the user running the MythTV Backend has write access to the 
mounted file system.



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