[mythtv] 'Special' storage groups and free space calculations

Alexander Fisher alex at alexfisher.me.uk
Sat Dec 8 18:15:52 UTC 2012


On 8 December 2012 17:30, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
> On 12/8/2012 08:45, Alexander Fisher wrote:
>>
>> That would still leave the livetv filesystem.
>> Why is the livetv filesystem free space being included in the free
>> space statistics?  It is already listed as a special group (and I've
>> verified you can't schedule a recording to go to this group).  Does
>> this make it a special special group?:)
>
>
> The only groups that get included in freespace calculations are ones that
> get recorded to. That means 'Default', 'LiveTV', and any other non-special
> groups you define on your own. If no livetv paths are defined, livetv gets
> stored in the default paths. If no default paths are defined, it drops back
> to a compiled in '/mnt/store/'.

I didn't define the 'Streaming' storage group myself.  It was part of
the mythbuntu 12.04 install.



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