Re: [mythtv-users] Adding extra recorder disk space for Christmas

2004-12-17 Thread jedi
> > --===2088436314== > Content-Type: text/plain > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 16:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I've yet to encounter any filesystem that does not have this problem. > > This just seems to be a general issue with LVM. This issue

Re: [mythtv-users] DTIVO v. MythTV (Pvr-350) Quality

2004-12-17 Thread jedi
> > If I switch over from a DirecTiVo to MythTV will I notice a decline in > recording quality? I will output from a pvr-350 card (still using the PVR recording quality is all about the quality of your source feed. The cleaner the signal is, the better your output will be regardless of

Re: [mythtv-users] Adding extra recorder disk space for Christmas

2004-12-17 Thread jedi
> > One thing to remember with XFS, particularly for short-term storage, is > that XFS partitions cannot be shrank, only enlarged. I'm running into > this problem right now on my myth box, I want to re-allocate some space > to another partition. > William wrote: I've yet to encounter a

Re: [mythtv-users] Hard Drives that Actually Work?

2004-12-14 Thread jedi
Quoting John Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > funny you should type that i have the exact same drive dead on my > table. A friend asked if i could recover it, but its pretty much DOA. > > I have had alot of luck with seagates, they run cool and extremly > quiet. I have about 7 seagates in my home net

Re: [mythtv-users] Hard Drives that Actually Work?

2004-12-14 Thread jedi
Quoting "Jay R. Ashworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 10:17:19AM -0500, cythraul wrote: > > My Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 (120 GB) has been running efficiently for > > more then a year now. Tho, it's now as quiet as my two 40 GB Seagate > > Barracuda IV that used to be in my backe

Re: [mythtv-users] Lightweight window manager recommendation

2004-12-07 Thread jedi
> On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:58:34 -0500, Travis Osterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ... I was looking for a > > recommendation on a lightweight wm that would offer a slight increase > > in performance from KDE. Why are you concerned about window managers? Myth doesn't need one. > > > > I

Re: [mythtv-users] DVD Ripping ?

2004-12-07 Thread jedi
[ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ] > > (It was me who made the original request...) > > One file, or a VIDEO_TS folder would be fine. Either way, the ability to > seamlessly copy DVDs to the hard drive, and be able to later call them up > for viewing, is what I want. If

Re: [mythtv-users] DVD Ripping ?

2004-12-07 Thread jedi
[ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ] > The op said he wanted it in one file... Would it work to just do dd He can slice it and dice it anyway he wants once it's decrypted and on his filesystem. > if=/dev/dvd of=outfile.iso? I have done this many times with CDs and