[mythtv] backend deleted new recording "for no reason"

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Fri Mar 10 04:09:42 UTC 2006


On 3/9/06, Robert Tsai <rtsai1111 at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 06:07:42PM -0500, Steven Adeff wrote:
> > > If you scheduled this, you need to use it as an excuse to get a
> > > bigger hard drive.  If your g/f scheduled it, you can still use it
> > > as an excuse to get a bigger hard drive or you could teach her how
> > > to adjust recording priorities on her shows.  I'd go for the
> > > bigger hard drive or pretty soon your "American Chopper" will get
> > > expired because the hard drive is filling up with "America's Next
> > > Top Model". :)
> >
> > ah, i had it at a low priority so it would use my firewire card
> > (since its "broken" but works well enough) instead of my DVB card
> > (Which was being used for something "more important").  My drive is
> > big enough, 600GB, I've got recordings from the beginning of
> > February still, many of which, while at a higher priority, should
> > have been deleted first except for I have the setting wrong!
> >
> > So I'm in the TV Playback settings now and changed it to Oldest Show
> > First.
>
> You can reorder your existing shows (if they are series) simply
> adjusting their respective recording priorites; both the recording
> schedule and any existing recordings belonging to the schedule will
> have their recpriority updated.
>
> You can also always do:
>
>         mythbackend --printexpire
>
> Any recordings that are not associated with a current schedule can be
> manipulated in the database directly ('recpriority' column in
> 'recorded' table).
>
> --Rob
>

I've got enough space that just setting it to delete by age will be
enough, like I said, I've got shows from the beginning of February
still...

thanks for the info though,

--
Steve


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