[mythtv-users] When the disk is full... what happens?

[Brad Templeton]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 06:33:26PM -0500, Chris Pinkham wrote:
> The default is 0, why by the definition in the help means that
> AutoExpire is Disabled.  It seems to make sense to me.  You're telling

I can see how there's no easy win.   If you enable autoexpire, then
old shows will vanish when the disk fills.  If you leave it off,
one new show will get truncated mid-way (oddly this can be more 
frustrating than not recording at all depending on where it cuts out)
and no new shows will be recorded until you notice.

Neither outcome is great.   All the other PVRs I have seen default
to expiring old recordings, are there others that don't?   It is my
taste but it need not be everybody's.

A possible outcome is to make it clear.  For example, if a person
sets up a recording and sets it to "allow auto expire" (which is, I
think, the default) they perhaps should get a warning indicating
that this option will not do anything unless they enable global
auto expire.   Or perhaps change "Allow Auto Expire" to
"Allow Auto Expire (currently disabled)" or somesuch.

This is a place where help screens could also avoid surprises.