[mythtv-users] Lots of weird unexpected files in an unexpected place

[Jay Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Raymond Wagner" <raymond at wagnerrp.com>

> > Largely because of 2,5GB of semi-random stuff in:
> >
> >    /var/lib/mythtv/.mythtv/tmp/hls
> >
> > 1) Why are they there at all?
> 
> Someone used the HTTP Live Streaming interface to watch a recording.

Aha!  (It's a Spenser thing...)

> > 2) Why are they still there from last Nov 27?
> 
> Not sure. They should expire on their own.

Interesting.

> > 3) Why are they on *my root filesystem*?
> 
> They're in the backend's home/config directory. MythTV has always used
> that location for assorted scratch space. Having several hundred MB of
> pre-scaled images in the themecache is not uncommon.

I'll need to figure out why that's the default place then, so I can
move it.

> > 4) Can I whack them safely?
> 
> They are referenced in the database. I don't know off hand if the HLS
> server will clean up after itself if the transcoded segments go
> missing.

Well, it already hasn't, so...

> > 5) What about Naomi?
> 
> She broke the chair.

And Ray wins the Internet for February.  :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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