[mythtv-users] Autoexpire logging

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue May 2 03:06:16 UTC 2006


On 05/01/2006 08:28 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:

> Does anything get logged by mythtv when stuff gets deleted by autoexpire?
>
> I have Myth up and running on a test box, so I set it to record a show 
> today, as a first try.  About an hour later I checked -- the recording 
> shows up in "previously recorded", but the media library is empty.  
> The directory where the files should be is completely empty, except 
> for an "nfslockfile.lock", and the timestamp on the directory is 30 
> minutes after the recording should've stopped.  I have not watched 
> live tv in the meantime.


http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Q:_Why_aren.27t_my_new_recordings_showing_up_in_Watch_Recordings.3F

> mythtv's log file shows that it recorded the program, started the 
> commercial skip detection, which took about 30 minutes to run through, 
> without any errors, and that's it.
>
> My guess is that the show got autoexpired, because I have only 2gb 
> free disk space on this test box, but that should be enough for a 30 
> minute recording, and I don't see anything in mythtv's log file that 
> indicates that the show was expired.


It should only be expired if Myth needs additional space (or if you tell 
Myth to always leave X GB of space available--where here, X would be 2).

Mike


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