Out of space on default recording drive. Other recording drive shows 1tb free. Why?

[briantho]

So my default recording drive shows 0 bytes left, while there is still over 1tb left on my secondary recording drive. I thought v4 had a feature that looked for the drive with the most space, and recorded to that drive. Here is a link to the setting i'm talking about under v4. So far, I can't seem to find this setting under v5. Is it hidden, not yet implemented, or do i need to edit the config.xml file. Again I'm completely out of space, and I don't understand why nextpvr didn't use my second hdd with over a terabyte left of space. Here is my log, and here is the recording part of my config.xml file. Please let me know if there is a way to fix this behavior. 
Thanks


  <Recording>
    <ManualRecordingDays>10</ManualRecordingDays>
    <AllowInProcessRecording>true</AllowInProcessRecording>
    <ForceRecordingServiceUse>true</ForceRecordingServiceUse>
    <DefaultRecurringToOnlyNew>false</DefaultRecurringToOnlyNew>
    <ClientMode>false</ClientMode>
    <ServerName>192.168.1.8</ServerName>
    <ServerMAC>b8:ae:ed:ea:f1:01</ServerMAC>
    <ServerSendWOL>true</ServerSendWOL>
    <ServerPort>7969</ServerPort>
    <DatabaseShare>\\192.168.1.8\NPVR</DatabaseShare>
    <AutoCreateFolders>true</AutoCreateFolders>
    <PrimeDigitalTuners>false</PrimeDigitalTuners>
    <NewStyle>true</NewStyle>
    <WhatsNewDays>7</WhatsNewDays>
    <DefaultView>What's New</DefaultView>
    <UseHigherPriority>false</UseHigherPriority>
    <HigherPriorityLevel>AboveNormal</HigherPriorityLevel>
    <UseRecordingService>false</UseRecordingService>
    <PrePadding>1</PrePadding>
    <PostPadding>2</PostPadding>
    <RecordingDirectory>R:\</RecordingDirectory>
    <ExtraRecordingDirectories>Recorded TV 5~W:\~</ExtraRecordingDirectories>
    <RecordingDirectoryTranslation>d:\temp~\\someserver\someshare</RecordingDirectoryTranslation>
    <LiveTVBufferDirectory>C:\Users\Public\Videos\</LiveTVBufferDirectory>
    <TimeshiftMode>Time Based</TimeshiftMode>
    <AutoRemoveMissingRecordings>true</AutoRemoveMissingRecordings>
    <CheckForRenamedRecordings>true</CheckForRenamedRecordings>
    <NoRemoveWhenTreeMissing>false</NoRemoveWhenTreeMissing>
    <TimeSlotMinutes>90</TimeSlotMinutes>
    <ConfirmOnDelete>true</ConfirmOnDelete>
    <StoreSeparateMetadataXml>true</StoreSeparateMetadataXml>
    <RecurringMatch>Exact</RecurringMatch>
    <OutOfProcessDigital>false</OutOfProcessDigital>
    <OutOfProcessAnalog>false</OutOfProcessAnalog>
    <DeletionHistoryDays>90</DeletionHistoryDays>
    <EnableIPTVDevice>false</EnableIPTVDevice>
    <AllowDuplicates>false</AllowDuplicates>
    <BlockShutdownWhileRecording>true</BlockShutdownWhileRecording>
    <DefaultDirectoryChoice>first</DefaultDirectoryChoice>
    <UseSeasonEpisodeNamingIfPossible>true</UseSeasonEpisodeNamingIfPossible>
    <UseMovieYearNamingIfPossible>true</UseMovieYearNamingIfPossible>
    <UsePlexStyleNaming>false</UsePlexStyleNaming>
    <FileNameReplaceSpaceWithPeriod>true</FileNameReplaceSpaceWithPeriod>
    <FileNameCreateSeasonDirectories>true</FileNameCreateSeasonDirectories>
    <LookForConflictAlternatives>true</LookForConflictAlternatives>
    <AutoExtendSportsEvents>false</AutoExtendSportsEvents>
    <StoreEnsembleMetadataXml>false</StoreEnsembleMetadataXml>
    <AutoTranscode>none</AutoTranscode>

[mvallevand]

Which drive R, W or C since unfortunately the web temp folder in C user data can't be set without using symlinks

Martin

[briantho]

my R drive is default and that is the one that's out of space. The W Drive still has roughly 1tb left.

[sub]

Again I'm completely out of space, and I don't understand why nextpvr didn't use my second hdd with over a terabyte left of space.

It's currently configured to you use the first recording drive unless told otherwise:

Code:

<DefaultDirectoryChoice>first</DefaultDirectoryChoice>

If you change it to 'spread', then it'll start recording on the drive with the most avalable space.

Code:

<DefaultDirectoryChoice>spread</DefaultDirectoryChoice>

[briantho]

Ah ok, I thought the <DefaultDirectoryChoice> sounded right, I just wasn't sure what to change the value to. Out of curiosity are there any additional values besides first and spread? also why is this not in the web page settings? I just changed the value and restarted nextpvr. lets hope it works now. Thanks

[briantho]

Hmm, I am now having another problem, this time with the web interface. I only have 2 channels under guide, but under settings>channels i have 24. I just changed the value and ran the updater, but now i only have 2 channels. What caused this????

[sub]

Ah ok, I thought the <DefaultDirectoryChoice> sounded right, I just wasn't sure what to change the value to. Out of curiosity are there any additional values besides first and spread?

first and spread are they only options at this stage.

also why is this not in the web page settings? I just changed the value and restarted nextpvr. lets hope it works now. Thanks

Because there is like a zillion settings in config.xml. If I put them all in the web ui, it'd probably be overwhelming for most users, so I've opted to instead keep the application simplier and easier to understand.

[sub]

Hmm, I am now having another problem, this time with the web interface. I only have 2 channels under guide, but under settings>channels i have 24. I just changed the value and ran the updater, but now i only have 2 channels. What caused this????

I'm guessing you've got some group other than 'all channels' selected on Settings->General page.

[briantho]

Hmm, I am now having another problem, this time with the web interface. I only have 2 channels under guide, but under settings>channels i have 24. I just changed the value and ran the updater, but now i only have 2 channels. What caused this????

I'm guessing you've got some group other than 'all channels' selected on Settings->General page.

Thanks, that was it. I don't even remember changing it but somehow it was set to digital channels. Thanks again

[sub]

Thanks, that was it. I don't even remember changing it but somehow it was set to digital channels. Thanks again

You can also set it bottom left of the TV Guide, so you might have done it there.