Opened 16 years ago
Closed 16 years ago
Last modified 16 years ago
#5467 closed defect (invalid)
MythTV writes TV video to harddisk when watching a normal TV (not recording task).
| Reported by: | Owned by: | Isaac Richards | |
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| Priority: | blocker | Milestone: | unknown |
| Component: | mythtv | Version: | 0.21 |
| Severity: | high | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Ticket locked: | no |
Description
Large disk space consumption in limited space.
Laptop disk always spinning.
Please use memory instead of file for TV viewing only (or at least give option for this).
Change History (5)
comment:1 Changed 16 years ago by
| Resolution: | → invalid |
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| Status: | new → closed |
comment:2 follow-up: 3 Changed 16 years ago by
daryll, you did the following things wrong:
1) reported as a fault one of the key features of mythtv (all TV is recorded by design). 2) requested a feature without using the right method or reading the documentation (using memory as a disk). 3) didn't properly research mythtv's capabilities.
If you REALLY want this feature/s, the only way it will get implemented is if you (or someone like you ) writes the code for it, and encourages the developers to include it.
Buzz.
comment:3 Changed 16 years ago by
Replying to davidbuzz@gmail.com:
daryll, you did the following things wrong:
1) reported as a fault one of the key features of mythtv (all TV is recorded by design). 2) requested a feature without using the right method or reading the documentation (using memory as a disk). 3) didn't properly research mythtv's capabilities.
If you REALLY want this feature/s, the only way it will get implemented is if you (or someone like you ) writes the code for it, and encourages the developers to include it.
Buzz.
I found out later on about using tmpfs. But I searched the bug database and there was no mention of continuous writing to harddisk even when watching tv. Thanks for your explanation. I am now enjoying and loving using mythtv :) I did try to help a little by telling and advertising mythtv to my colleagues :)
comment:4 Changed 16 years ago by
And there is me thinking this was the whole point of Mythtv as a PVR with emphasis on the R! If you just want to watch DTV then surely just fire up Kaffeine instead? No expert and a new to Linux user who normally hates smart-alec replies that the hardcore give!
comment:5 Changed 16 years ago by
After the ramdisk filled up, my system page out heavily. After a few restart of mythtv, the system hanged!. Yehey!
To fix it, created a new bash script to empty /var/cable every 5 min. Just have to switch to different channel once in a while to empty /var/cable.
Please read: http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/wiki/TicketHowTo