[mythtv-users] Autoexpire settings gone?

Chris Pinkham cpinkham at bc2va.org
Thu Mar 16 21:15:22 UTC 2006


* On Thu Mar 16, 2006 at 11:25:58AM -0800, Dean wrote:
> I upgraded to 0.19 last week and am now looking for the auto expire settings. 
> Where is this in the GUI.  Or better yet, what value should I look for in the 
> settings table?
> 
> mysql> select * from settings where value like "%expire%";
> +-------------------------+------+----------+
> | value                   | data | hostname |
> +-------------------------+------+----------+
> | AutoExpireDiskThreshold | 1    | NULL     |
> | AutoExpireFrequency     | 10   | NULL     |
> | AutoExpireMethod        | 1    | NULL     |
> | AutoExpireDefault       | 1    | NULL     |
> | RerecordAutoExpired     | 0    | NULL     |
> | AutoExpireLiveTVMaxAge  | 1    | NULL     |
> | AutoExpireExtraSpace    | 0    | NULL     |
> +-------------------------+------+----------+
> 7 rows in set (0.01 sec)
> 
> It looks like AutoExpireFrequency is not honored.  Note Required Free Space line 
> here after a backend restart.

The AutoExpire process can no longer be turned off because it is used to expire
LiveTV 'recordings'.  The check frequency is now determined automaticaly based
on the number of recorders and their maximum recording bitrate, so the
AutoExpireFrequency setting is deprecated also.

--
Chris


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