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hey at checkthisshitout

Aug 30, 2007, 1:52 PM

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Question about the LiveTV buffer location

I'm having a problem trying to find and change the location of where
the livetv buffer is in mythtv. I've done some searching and can't
seem to find anything relevant. I did see a reference to /var/cache/
mythtv/ but when watching livetv I am not seeing any files in this
directory.

My concern is that this now shares the same location as the
recordings directory. Which for me, is on a remote file server. I
would much rather have the livetv caching done locally per mythtv box.

I remember there used to be an entry for it in the setup menu, but I
no longer see this. Is there a settings menu I'm missing or command
line switch I can use to control where the livetv buffer is? Does
anyone have any ideas?

-Mike
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myth at dermanouelian

Aug 30, 2007, 1:55 PM

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Re: Question about the LiveTV buffer location [In reply to]

On Aug 30, 2007, at 1:52 PM, Michael Sutherland wrote:

> I'm having a problem trying to find and change the location of where
> the livetv buffer is in mythtv. I've done some searching and can't
> seem to find anything relevant. I did see a reference to /var/cache/
> mythtv/ but when watching livetv I am not seeing any files in this
> directory.
>
> My concern is that this now shares the same location as the
> recordings directory. Which for me, is on a remote file server. I
> would much rather have the livetv caching done locally per mythtv box.
>
> I remember there used to be an entry for it in the setup menu, but I
> no longer see this. Is there a settings menu I'm missing or command
> line switch I can use to control where the livetv buffer is? Does
> anyone have any ideas?
>
> -Mike

If you're running a recent version (within the last few months) there
is an option in mythtv-setup to choose different storage locations.
One of the storage groups is LiveTV. Put it wherever you like.
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hey at checkthisshitout

Aug 30, 2007, 2:10 PM

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Re: Question about the LiveTV buffer location [In reply to]

Can you expand on that at all? I am running the latest version of
mythtv, 20.2. But in the mythtv-setup menu I am only seeing
"Directory to hold recordings", which is under the General menu.
I am not seeing "storage groups" listed under any other of mythtv-
setup menu's.

The only place I see LiveTV specific options is in Mythtv >
Utilities/Setup > Setup > TV Settings > Recording Profiles > MPEG-2
Encoders > Live TV. But still no options for storage groups or
locations.

-Mike

On 30-Aug-07, at 5:55 PM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:

> On Aug 30, 2007, at 1:52 PM, Michael Sutherland wrote:
>
>> I'm having a problem trying to find and change the location of where
>> the livetv buffer is in mythtv. I've done some searching and can't
>> seem to find anything relevant. I did see a reference to /var/cache/
>> mythtv/ but when watching livetv I am not seeing any files in this
>> directory.
>>
>> My concern is that this now shares the same location as the
>> recordings directory. Which for me, is on a remote file server. I
>> would much rather have the livetv caching done locally per mythtv
>> box.
>>
>> I remember there used to be an entry for it in the setup menu, but I
>> no longer see this. Is there a settings menu I'm missing or command
>> line switch I can use to control where the livetv buffer is? Does
>> anyone have any ideas?
>>
>> -Mike
>
> If you're running a recent version (within the last few months) there
> is an option in mythtv-setup to choose different storage locations.
> One of the storage groups is LiveTV. Put it wherever you like.
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myth at dermanouelian

Aug 30, 2007, 2:15 PM

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Re: Question about the LiveTV buffer location [In reply to]

On Aug 30, 2007, at 2:10 PM, Michael Sutherland wrote:

> Can you expand on that at all? I am running the latest version of
> mythtv, 20.2. But in the mythtv-setup menu I am only seeing
> "Directory to hold recordings", which is under the General menu.
> I am not seeing "storage groups" listed under any other of mythtv-
> setup menu's.
>
> The only place I see LiveTV specific options is in Mythtv >
> Utilities/Setup > Setup > TV Settings > Recording Profiles > MPEG-2
> Encoders > Live TV. But still no options for storage groups or
> locations.
>
> -Mike

Sorry, I guess I need to specify "recent". I meant from svn-trunk.
20.2 does not have the storage groups patch in it as far as I know.
Before storage groups, there was no way to differentiate between
where Live TV recordings and other recordings were kept. Your only
option is to upgrade to a version that includes storage groups.
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hey at checkthisshitout

Aug 30, 2007, 2:26 PM

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Re: Question about the LiveTV buffer location [In reply to]

Ah, that will save me pulling out my hair looking for the "storage
groups" menu. Looks like that will be a project for another day. My
main concern was getting things switched over to schedulesdirect.

Thanks,
-Mike

On 30-Aug-07, at 6:15 PM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:

> On Aug 30, 2007, at 2:10 PM, Michael Sutherland wrote:
>
>> Can you expand on that at all? I am running the latest version of
>> mythtv, 20.2. But in the mythtv-setup menu I am only seeing
>> "Directory to hold recordings", which is under the General menu.
>> I am not seeing "storage groups" listed under any other of mythtv-
>> setup menu's.
>>
>> The only place I see LiveTV specific options is in Mythtv >
>> Utilities/Setup > Setup > TV Settings > Recording Profiles > MPEG-2
>> Encoders > Live TV. But still no options for storage groups or
>> locations.
>>
>> -Mike
>
> Sorry, I guess I need to specify "recent". I meant from svn-trunk.
> 20.2 does not have the storage groups patch in it as far as I know.
> Before storage groups, there was no way to differentiate between
> where Live TV recordings and other recordings were kept. Your only
> option is to upgrade to a version that includes storage groups.
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> mythtv-users [at] mythtv
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eric-mythtv at skoozdag

Aug 30, 2007, 7:34 PM

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Re: Question about the LiveTV buffer location [In reply to]

Speaking of the Storage Groups... Since I had to upgrade anyway, for SD
support, I went ahead and decided to take the plunge and try to install
the latest 'trunk'(?) from SVN. It worked! I even got SD all setup and
going without any hassles whatsoever.

However!

I really wanted to check out Storage Groups. But, when I go into setup
and try to setup the LiveTV storage group, it immediately takes me back
out one menu level and doesnt save the changes I attempted to make.

How can I figure out why its doing that, and how to go about fixing it?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
--Eric

Michael Sutherland wrote:
>> If you're running a recent version (within the last few months) there
>> is an option in mythtv-setup to choose different storage locations.
>> One of the storage groups is LiveTV. Put it wherever you like.

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