[mythtv-users] storage groups and the video directory
Kevin Kuphal
kuphal at dls.net
Fri Dec 1 19:48:09 UTC 2006
Allan Wilson wrote:
> I downloaded and setup the latest svn last night with storage groups
> and so far it is working great. My plans where to get rid of my LVM.
> The only thing I have run in to is that without using LVM the best I
> can do is put my video storage for my movies on one of my large
> partitions and share it with the storage groups. I thought it would be
> really nice to be able to use a storage group for movies letting you
> distribute the movies across multiple directories if needed including
> storage another system. I have to admit that I think this is a really
> great feature especially when you need lots of storage. Does any of
> the other DVR's have anything that comes close to this feature? Thanks
> again and talk about a good time to rebuild you box.
>
Nothing about MythVideo requires the use of a single directory because
it can traverse/search subdirectories. Just mount each drive/partition
as a subdirectory of your main MythVideo folder and you can have your
videos strewn about, even on remote storage.
Kevin
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