[mythtv-users] Remove a Storage Group

[Robert Dege]

@Michael:
Thank you for the suggestion.  I will apply the updates as you indicated in
your last post.

I have a follow up question with moving the recorded shows to the Video
Library.  I use the HDHR Prime for my recordings (CableCard req).  Would I
run into any viewing issues if I moved the shows into the Video Library?
In the past, I tried (without success) to watch shows using vlc on my
windows computer pointing directly to the files in /myth/shows2 (via
samba).  I successfully did this with OTA recordings, as well as with
analog recordings from TWC.  When I was unable to do it with FiOS, I
figured it had something to do with the CableCard encryption.  I'm just
wondering if I'll run into a similar problem if I move certain shows into
the Video Library.


@John:
For me, my biggest problem is the lack of free time to properly investigate
the problem.  It could be a multitude of things.  Here's what I do know:

*) Both of the hard drives are old (2006).  They are both SATA2, and are
7200RPM.  hdparm tested them around 40-50MB/s
*) The problem occurs randomly, when shows are recorded on the OS disk.
LiveTV, and shows recorded on the 2nd hard drive are fine
*) When recording 3 shows at once, only the shows on the OS disk experience
this pausing issue.  However, the show itself is not recorded with it.  So
if I watch the show after it has finished recording, there are no pausing
problem.
*) I googled about the problem, and also reached out to the forums, which
is where I talked with other people who experienced a similar problem.
While I would like to use iotop to confirm their findings, I just haven't
had time to do so.

-Robert


On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 7:31 PM, John Morris <jmorris at beau.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 2012-12-27 at 15:57 -0500, Robert Dege wrote:
>
> > When watching certain shows that are actively recording, I experience
> > a 1 sec pause, every 5-7 seconds.  It was determined that this was
> > caused by using the OS disk for recording shows (something about the
> > amount of IO generated by Mysql).  I do not experience this pausing
> > problem when watching livetv, since livetv is stored on the other
> > disk.
>
> I'd want to figure out exactly what is causing things to pause like
> that.  Shouldn't be happening.  I have everything on a single machine
> with a single drive and can be recording HD from all three tuners from
> my HDHR Prime and watching one of the recordings in progress or a
> different recording.  When it is that busy I'll get an occasional audio
> glitch more often than I would on a quiet system but nothing bad.
> Especially when one of the recordings ends and commercial flagging
> starts I usually hear one quick glitch and the receiver's multi-channel
> audio light blinks like Suddenlink was inserting a local commercial.
>
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