[mythtv-users] FW: Help understand the interface of Myth Media & Video Gallery

[John Pilkington]

On 03/02/11 14:31, Richard Morton wrote:
> 2 things
>
> The recommendation is to have at least 2 physical drives. One for os
> temp and database and media on a separate drive. This is for performance
> as the db is worked fairly hard at times and could otherwise cause
> stutters of playback.
>
> Some people are spreading it out further than the above.
>
> /var/lib/mythtv is the default location, and ensure that recordings are
> going into sub directories (that dont exist when the mount fails -
> mounting hides the underlying files that exist in that mount point /
> directory before the mount.
>
> This  ensures that if the mount fails the os partition isnt just filled
> up to the brim and causes all sorts of other issues.
>
> r

This looks to me to be true but potentially confusing.  His /Store/ 
folder is already on a different spindle, and Storage Groups make the 
default location irrelevant.

John P