[mythtv-users] Mythlink.pl & Recordings Directory

[jim]

I thought I was doing something smart but it sounds like I might not be 
using best practices. If I can use the recording group entries in the 
backend to point to /home/mythtv/recordings . . . and some future 
update/upgrade won't change it back to "factory default", thus breaking 
my setup . . .  that would solve my problem nicely. I am fairly new to 
Linux and MythTV and really like both. I appreciate all the help from 
those of you with more knowledge/experience. Thanks.

On 11/20/2014 01:56 PM, Justin Alcorn wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 8:24 AM, jim <jim_32766 at hotmail.com 
> <mailto: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 <http://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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