[vdr] Re: Default video dir

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Rainer Zocholl wrote:
> Currently default dir is "/video"
>
> If one needs more space
> he has to move his old /video to /video0
> to be able to mount further discs on /video1 ../video9
> and have to change "runvdr" to tell VDR to use /video0
> as start dir.
>
>
> Wouldn't it be easier in everyway (software, documentation, user interface)
> if the default dir is always "/video0" 
> or (more complicate but compatible) if "/video1" exists, 
> "/video" is interpreted as "/video0"
> ?
>
>
> If compatibility with old setups is requierd, vdr needs to check
> for "/video" and use it if no "/video0" exists.
> The change is so minor (user has to make a link from /video 
> to /video0 if one does not like to change fstab).
> vdr should complain about that old dir and suggest to rename it.
>
> Rainer
I don't want to implement such "magic" schemes.
And I never should have agreed to implement that /video0 crap in
the first place!

I guess if I actually make any changes in this area, it might
be to completely remove all that crap and handle only _one_
/video directory - no links, no fuss, no magic. If you want a big disk,
use a big disk.

Klaus