[mythtv-users] BBC One HD to start in test at least on 3rd November.

[Robert Longbottom]

On 20 Oct 2010, at 12:11 PM, Paul Gray <lists at laser-point.co.uk> wrote:

>>> 
>> 
>> If you record loads of stuff a couple of modern disks as well as your system disk (logs and database especially) should be fine.
>> Recording any HD with only one disk is a bit risky and of course the only decent shows in proper HD on ITV seem to always be at the same time as the only decent shows on BBC HD!
>> 
>> Again the wiki has loads on disk optimisation and system layout.
> 
> I guessed adding a couple of discs would do it. Just wondering if
> that's really necessary, and what the experiences are of people
> who have tried with just the one disc.
> 
> Cheers,
>   Paul.
> ______________________________

I'll shout out from the 1 disk camp. I run a combined be / fe system on a single 1tb disk. Thats os, database, and recordings all going to the same disk ( but different partitions ). I can easily record BBC hd and itv hd from freesat at the same time and watch one of them as well. 

At the weekend I was doing some testing with a new tuner card and actually had BBC hd and itv hd recording outside of myth (just cat > somefile.mpg) and the two copies of vlc running playing back those files at the same time all on the same system. 

Recording multiple sd channels 4+ with multirec and watching one works fine as well. 

It's always seemed odd to me how much fuss people make about needing multiple disks. Sure it will be better, but I don't see it as necessary, not from my experience anyway. I do an auto lossless transcode on all my recordings, but I don't do comflagging so maybe that makes a difference. 

This is as couple of year old quad core with 4gb ram which also runs a web server, mail server, squeezebox server and a windows vm with some lightweight duties. I get the odd wait, but noting that interrupts my viewing or recording. The disk is just an off the shelf western digital green sata drive from memory. 

I'd say try it with one disk, you can always add more later....

Robert.