[mythtv-users] Recordings Paths

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Forum,

Tuesday, February 18, 2014, 8:11:45 PM, you wrote:

> Am 17.02.2014 07:59, schrieb Mark Perkins:
>>
>>> On 17 Feb 2014, at 5:08 pm, "Forum" <forum-da at padaba.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> after setting up a new HTPC, my backend preferences for recordings "storage path" is:
>>> /var/lib/mythtv/recordings/
>>> AND
>>> /home/MyName/mythtv/recordings/
>>>
>>> Problem:
>>> Recordings are stored in /var/lib/mythtv/recordings/ and this primary partition is limited to 60 GB. This size is O.K. for Linux, but not for videos and recordings.
>>>
>>> How can I set that recordings should be made in
>>> /home/MyName/mythtv/recordings/
>>> instead of
>>> /var/lib/mythtv/recordings/  ??
>>>
>>> D.
>>> _______________________________________________
>> If you don't want recordings in a particular folder, delete it from your storage groups as previously recommended. Run mythtv-setup and select storage groups. More info on storage groups here - http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Storage_Groups.
>>
>>
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> Today, I've removed "/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/ " from STANDARD and 
> RECORDINGS in "Storage Preferences". But now, I'm not able to view TV 
> and also not able to record something.
> I suppose, I have to change user rights for 
> "/home/MyName/mythtv/recordings/". I think, MythTV needs user rights to
> access to this path. But how can I allow MythTV this rights. I think, a
> simple command should be the best, but I don't know the command for 
> doing this (Linux). Can you help me?

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chown -R <your_name>[.<your_group>] /home/MyName/mythtv/recordings/
changes ownership of the directory and all its siblings. The group can
be omitted.

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