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List:       mythtv-users
Subject:    Re: [mythtv-users] mytharchive
From:       John Pilkington <J.Pilk () tesco ! net>
Date:       2007-05-31 20:45:40
Message-ID: 465F33F4.40608 () tesco ! net
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norman wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 18:28 +0100, John Pilkington wrote:
>> norman wrote:
>>> < big snip >
>>>
>>>> Finish.   After much disk activity you may have an ISO image, playable 
>>>> and perhaps burnable through the 'Archive Utilities' - although I use 
>>>> K3b to burn.
>>>>
>>> That is brilliant, thank you. I did try DeVeDe but it is painfully slow.
>>> Where do I expect to find the .iso file please?  
>>>
>> Frontend > Utilities/Setup > Setup > Media Settings >
>>     Archive File Settings > Myth Archive Temp Directory
> 
> I had done this already. I run Ubuntu and I was advised that the 'var'
> folder was a good place for large temp files. So, I set the path
> as /var/temp/mytharchive. The .iso file was not there. I have tried to
> search the whole of my HDD and I cannot find it. 
>> Then it's in work/mythburn.iso
>>
>> You need several GB of work space; best to put this on the recordings 
>> disk, not in your home directory.
> 
> I had read that this was the case.
>> Go right through the menu sequence; don't drop out part way through.
> 
> I know what you mean and I do try to work things through to the end. 
> 
You said you saw nothing in the log window.  Mine starts immediately, 
but the iso file appears (with some luck) perhaps an hour later.  Do 
you, as user mythtv, have permission to write to your var directory?  I 
don't.

HTH

John P
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