[mythtv-users] Playback drops with news crawl

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On 2/15/2025 10:08 AM, Barry Martin wrote:
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> Anyway, below are the test results.  I'm thinking your comments would 
> be a great way for me and the rest of the readers to learn. I'm also 
> thinking it might be a good idea for me to create a script to look at 
> the smartctl results to monitor the hard drives in the various 
> computers around here and so catch any problems early.  So the 
> sub-question is which items should I be monitoring?
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You don't need to write your own script to monitor your drive(s) health. 
smartmontools includes smartd (SMART Disk Monitoring Daemon) as well as 
smartctl. When you installed smartmontools, it should have done what's 
needed to enable the smartd service. The tricky bit is making sure you 
get the notifications the way you want them. smartd should automatically 
send email to the administrator of the machine where it's running, which 
is the user you created when installing your distro. It takes a little 
more research and effort to forward that email where you'll notice it.