[mythtv-users] USB Drive question

[Kevin Kuphal]

PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote:
>>>> kuphal at dls.net 02/02/06 9:16 AM >>>
>>>>         
>> PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote:
>>     
>>> No way am I using LVM ever again.  I'm trying to save up 
>>> some cash for a hardware raid5 solution.  I lost about 
>>> 3 years worth of recordings, some I don't care about, some 
>>> that are not easily replaced.  I guess I'll just use these 
>>> for backup, which is a decent idea for those hard to 
>>> replace recordings.
>>>
>>> I just thought these were such a good deal I could 
>>> use them temporarily, but I guess I'll wait for 
>>> another few months to put in my huge array.
>>>   
>>>       
>> One of the things on my list of things to do after 0.19 is add the
>> idea of storage groups to Myth to give at least a minimum level 
>> of flexibility for recording on different partitions without using 
>> LVM.  When it works, it works great, but the idea of my old 80GB 
>> drive taking down my two new 160GB drives when it fails is 
>> enough for me to want to add that feature.
>>     
>
> Excellent idea.  Or, give nuvexport (or whatever it is going to 
> be called) the ability to strip commercials out so the file 
> can be saved in a non-Recordings area.
>
> Like I said, there were things I recorded that are not replacable.
> I should have burned them to DVD - like my daughter being 
> interviewed on TV - that I'm not quite sure how I'm going to 
> replace.  If I could have, after this was recorded, I would 
> have moved it to the permanent storage area, I just could 
> never get nuvexport to give me just the 5 minute clip of 
> her being interviewed, even with commflagging and all that.
>
>   
Well, 0.19 mythtranscode includes lossless cutting of MPEG-2 recordings 
as I understand it so that should be possible.

Kevin