On 04/20/09 10:56, Peter Dittmann wrote: > vdr-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx schrieb am 15.04.2009 08:41:02: > >>> vdr is not deleting files it does not know. Its only deleting empty >>> directories in its video directories. >> From the VDR/INSTALL file: >> >> Note that you should not copy any non-VDR files into the /videoX >> directories, >> since this might cause a lot of unnecessary disk access when VDR >> cleans up those >> directories and there is a large number of files and/or subdirectories > in >> there. >> >> The video directory is VDR's own space, there shall be nothing else >> in there. If the user puts anything non-VDR related into it (even by >> mistake), it's their fault. >> >> Klaus > > A pretty much simplified approach ;-) > > A simple use case: > * standalone settop box with VDR and DVD recording capability > * OS gets a seperate small partition > * /videoX get the big rest > > Now install the usual suspects: > vdr-burn or vdrconvert > > They need a lot of temporary space. > So there are two options: > * blocking ++20GB just for temporary files for burning and greating a > seperate partition > * put the temp files for burning in /videoX ;-) > > The second approach is the most usefull assuming a typical 100..200GB HD. > Hence the INSTALL file is a lame excuse. > We should find a good aproach to solve this even when a single disc space > is used. > Don't forget, the majority of users will never use RAID, LVM and similar > advanced concepts. > Better focus on KISS. Believe me, dedicating the video directory to VDR and VDR alone *is* KISS ;-) Why not put the video directory one level down? Like /vdr/videoX and put the other stuff into /vdr, or, even better, into /vdr/other-stuff? Klaus _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
