[mythtv-users] Migrating recordings to a NAS

[William]

Christopher Kerr wrote:
> OK, I'm starting to get an idea about how I can get this to work, 
> which I'll detail here if I ever do get it together.
>
> A quick query about Auto-expire: My understanding is that the 
> auto-expire thread runs every couple of minutes, at least every 3 
> minutes and at most every 15. So if I have my auto-expire set to 
> preserve, say, 5GB of free space, and I copy something to the drive 
> myself which pushes the stored data past that threshold, recordings 
> should get deleted in accordance with auto-expire after 15 minutes, 
> regardless of whether I've scheduled anything to record there. Is that 
> correct?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris Kerr

Not quite true. It will only delete files to make more room if its 
actually recording something. If not, you will run out of room. The 
thread only runs when something is recording. This is a sucky feature of 
myth. I have to keep 50 gigs free to allow me to transfer large files to 
the NAS without running out of room.