Re: [vdr] Configuring vdr to use multiple drives/partitions for storage

2007-06-10 Thread Andrew Herron
Udo - thanks for that. Much appreciated. On 6/10/07, Udo Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Andrew Herron wrote: > If I have some existing vdr recordings on another partition is there a > way to include these so that they are visible inside vdr's recording's > menu? You can symlink the partiti

Re: [vdr] Configuring vdr to use multiple drives/partitions for storage

2007-06-10 Thread Udo Richter
Andrew Herron wrote: > If I have some existing vdr recordings on another partition is there a > way to include these so that they are visible inside vdr's recording's > menu? You can symlink the partition into the first partition as directory. Not very clean, but should work for playback. (bu

Re: [vdr] Configuring vdr to use multiple drives/partitions for storage

2007-06-09 Thread Andrew Herron
On 6/9/07, Udo Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The details about handling multiple video directories are explained in VDR's INSTALL file. Basically, if you specify -v /var/lib/video.00 on command line, VDR will automatically search for .01 and so on, and will use them all for recording. Di

Re: [vdr] Configuring vdr to use multiple drives/partitions for storage

2007-06-09 Thread Udo Richter
Andrew Herron wrote: > I will look at evms & lvm. Thanks. > > But I'd still like to understand how vdr's own managment of multiple > video.xx directories works... > > Can anyone explain what my options are for using multiple video.xx > directories? The details about handling multiple video dir

Re: [vdr] Configuring vdr to use multiple drives/partitions for storage

2007-06-09 Thread Andrew Herron
I will look at evms & lvm. Thanks. But I'd still like to understand how vdr's own managment of multiple video.xx directories works... Can anyone explain what my options are for using multiple video.xxdirectories? On 6/9/07, JJussi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Saturday, 9. Juneta 2007 13:09,

Re: [vdr] Configuring vdr to use multiple drives/partitions for storage

2007-06-09 Thread JJussi
On Saturday, 9. Juneta 2007 13:09, Andrew Herron wrote: > I am trying to find out the best way to add additional storage to VDR > 1.4.6-1 over time. Could someone on the list give some advise on how best > to config vdr so that I can add additional storage over time as my needs > increase? Magic w

[vdr] Configuring vdr to use multiple drives/partitions for storage

2007-06-09 Thread Andrew Herron
I am trying to find out the best way to add additional storage to VDR 1.4.6-1 over time. Could someone on the list give some advise on how best to config vdr so that I can add additional storage over time as my needs increase? My current config is as follws /etc/default/vdr is as below; # /etc/d