Picon StorageInternal flash memory:
This is the fastest location to use. This is suitable for most picon packs from the server as the package size is relatively small.
You will lose the picons when you flash the receiver with another image. This is because the internal flash memory is overwritten.
To avoid confusion, I said “flash”, not “update”.
- When you perform an online update, the picons on internal flash memory will not be lost.
- If you flash/install an image using a USB stick or ImageManager/Ofgwrite, the picons on internal flash memory will be lost.
Some people are concerned about unnecessary read/write operations to flash memory. If you are concerned about this, don’t use the internal flash memory.
USB flash drive:
Just to repeat, when installing picons from plugin menu, you will only be offered this location if your device uses a Linux file system. If you initialised (formatted) the USB drive using the receiver, it will be in a Linux file system. You can transfer picons to a USB flash drive, irrespective of the filesystem it uses.
Picons on a USB flash drive will survive an image install. This is the second fastest location.
Note: If you only have one storage device connected, it will be mounted as /media/hdd.
When people say not to use a HDD for picons, they are referring to a mechanical Hard Disk Drive. They are not referring to USB flash drives, thumb sticks or whatever name you want to use for them.
Mechanical HDD:
Most people have these installed for recordings and also use for EPG data. Picons will survive an image install. However, the HDD has to spin up to access the picons so there is a usage issue there.
If you have set timeshift to start automatically, your mechanical HDD is constantly spinning, so the spin up issue does not apply to you.