[mythtv-users] Mythlink.pl & Recordings Directory

[Justin Alcorn]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 8:24 AM, jim <jim_32766 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> My recordings are not stored in /var/lib/mythtv/recordings. The actual
> recorded files are stored in /home/mythtv/recordings with only symbolic
> links in /var/lib/mythtv/recordings. That allows my MythTV config to remain
> unmodified (this may provide some protection from breakage of my setup due
> to updates/upgrades) and keeps all the user data in /home.
> I wish to still be able to run mythlink.pl with a couple of
> modifications, one of which is to have it link to the real files, not the
> links.
>


wait.   You have symbolic links in /var/lib/mythtv/recordings?  Are you
doing that outside of MythTV?  Don't.

Mythlink.pl looks up the file name in the database and links to it.  It can
handle multiple recording groups. There's no need to specify a source
directory...unless you are moving files around. Don't do that.  Use bind
mounts if you have diskspace problems, or even better, use a recording
group to put the recordings in /home/mythtv/recordings.


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Justin B. Alcorn
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