[mythtv-users] Consolidation of folders in storage groups

[Christopher Kerr]

On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 10:33 PM, Dan Christensen <jdc at uwo.ca> wrote:
> Christopher Kerr <mythtv at theseekerr.com> writes:
>
>> On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 12:06 PM,  <f-myth-users at media.mit.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm assuming the idea is that the master directory would contain
>>> nothing but symlinks to the other directories somewhere else.
>>> Then you point myth at only the master.
>>
>> Doesn't that bring me back to the same problem of opening MythVideo and seeing:
>>
>> Storage Groups
>>      > Master Directory
>>            > Movies                      (On disk1)
>>                        > A.mkv
>>                        > B.mkv
>>            > Movies                      (On disk2)
>>                        > C.mkv
>>                        > D.mkv
>
> Not if you symlink the *files*, not the directories.
>
> Dan

Noted, but that would require a maintenance script for files that are
moved, removed etc. I'm doing a rebuild of my backend next week, I'll
try out mhddfs then and see how it works out.

- Chris