[mythtv-users] Storage group for holding recordings but not recording them

[Michael T. Dean]

On 09/20/2016 02:09 PM, Peter Bennett wrote:
> On 09/20/2016 01:43 PM, Ian Evans wrote:
>> Think I'm not seeing this clearly as I'm away from home dealing with 
>> a sick relative but need to do some housekeeping on my mythbox.
>>
>> I want to move a handful of recordings to an external USB drive I 
>> have attached to my system. I know I need to add the directory to my 
>> storage groups, but how do I make the directory available to Watch 
>> Recordings but not available to new recordings?
>>
>> Thanks.
> Create a new storage group and give it any name. Add your USB drive to 
> that. It will look on that drive for recordings to play but will not 
> select it for new recordings unless you specify the storage group in 
> the recording rule, which you will not do.

Exactly.

See, also: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/535888#535888

Mike