used a bash script and a cron job for a long time, now the whole topic is one of the projects i regularly rewrite whenever I want to get my hands dirty with a new programming language or framework.

you can define a retention time for sources (=channels) so you can somewhat limit storage usage.

in a docker compose file you can set the option “restart: unless-stopped”

https://docs.docker.com/reference/compose-file/services/#restart

I have in fact never used MakeMKV in that way, I’ve always used the backup option. That makes it a lot easier, thanks so much for pointing me into the right direction!

That’s a good hint, although I wouldn’t mind too mich. personally. My server is located in the basement.

I don’t keep track actively. I noticed problems when reading a file and looked at the drive with smartctl for that reason. Does anybody know how to keep track actively?

that wouldn’t be a problem for me, as my server is located in the basement. But good to know!

my currently failing drive is a WD as well… 🥴 I bought it a year ago, I think…

I was thinking actual hard drives, not SSDs…

Yes, I suspected that. But I’ve also tried to change that already, to no avail… :-(