[mythtv-users] External storage spin up time - mythfrontend sometimes times out

Simon Hobson linux at thehobsons.co.uk
Mon Apr 25 20:04:02 UTC 2016


Dave Day <david.scott.day at gmail.com> wrote:

> My question is this:  Do modern USB drives spin up quickly enough
> so I won't have to worry about it, or do I need to tell these drives
> not to spin down (if that is possible)?

I'd be surprised if interface type had much effect - it's the speed of the drive itself that's going to restrict spin-up times. Can the timeouts be adjusted, that would probably be a better way round the problem.



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