[mythtv-users] LiveTV auto recording? Harddrive filling up.

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Mar 8, 2006, at 4:41 PM, Dag Nygren wrote:

>>  And with 250GB SATA drives going
>> for less than $90 at times, all it takes is a few less cups of  
>> Starbucks
>> for many people to afford ample additional space :)
>
> It is not always that easy. My tiny Shuttle only has room for one
> drive and I am already at 300G. Upgrading that starts being
> a bit expensive....
>
> Dag

Getting more hard drive space is not even the point. If you set it to  
leave free space, it should honor that request and never lock up. Set  
it to leave even 1GB free and check for auto-expire every 10 minutes.  
That way it will expire programs you've told it to expire when it  
needs more room. I don't understand why this isn't the appropriate  
action to take.

If you set none of your programs to auto-expire and then watch a TV  
program for 4 hours with no disk space left, you deserve a black screen.

If you do have programs set to auto-expire and you are checking  
frequently enough and you still lock up, this is a bug and should be  
reported. Otherwise, nothing to see here.