How to set or change the default folder for TV recordings?

Doonks · Post by **Doonks** » Sun Nov 15, 2020 12:39

It seems the default setting for TV recordings is hdd/media /movies. I have created a new folder called hdd/media/tv_recordings.

How/where do I change the setting to make the tv_recordings folder the default destination for all TV recordings?

TIA

Grumpy_Geoff · Post by **Grumpy_Geoff** » Sun Nov 15, 2020 12:49

Setup>>TV>>Recording settings

prl · Post by **prl** » Sun Nov 15, 2020 12:50

MENU>Setup>TV>Recording settings>Default movie location.

prl · Post by **prl** » Sun Nov 15, 2020 13:00

Note that changing the Default movie location to that directory will change the location of the trashcan to /media/hdd, and so the trashcan will not appear in /hdd/media/tv_recordings (the leading '/' in the directory name is significant).

Changing the name of the Default movie location has some odd side-effects.

It's not clear exactly what you want to achieve, so it's a bit hard to make specific recommendations.

If you want to have a separate directory where recordings go, it may be better to leave the Default movie location as /media/hdd/movie, and change the Timer recording location and Instant recording location to something like /media/hdd/movie/TV Recordings (i.e. a subdirectory of /media/hdd/movie).

Also, if you use SeriesToFolder, it may not work well if you change where the recordings go.

MrQuade · Post by **MrQuade** » Sun Nov 15, 2020 15:14

Just leave it as "movie".

It's honestly not worth losing sleep over.
Just create directories under movie and file your various media types that way.