[mythtv-users] Am I able to stop auto-recording?
Martin Ereth
martin.ereth at arcor.de
Sun Mar 26 12:55:05 UTC 2006
Michael T. Dean schrieb:
> On 03/23/2006 11:02 AM, William wrote:
>
>>> I wasn't able to tell mythtv that it should not record any
>>> channels I watch. Am I able to do that? How?
>>>
>>>
>> I too would really like to turn off the auto-recording of live tv.
>>
> ...
>
>> In answer to your question, I was told by the developers that its tough luck
>> on not recording live tv. Get out your C compiler book and start hacking the
>> code.
>>
>
> OK. Due to popular demand--and the fact that people are ignoring
> everyone's brief description of how to do what they're asking--I've
> included more exact instructions here. (And, note that no C (or C++)
> compiling is required.) Copy /usr/local/share/mythtv/tvmenu.xml to
> ~/.mythtv/tvmenu.xml and add:
>
> <button>
> <type>TV_PLAYBACK</type>
> <text>Watch TV as If I Never Even Installed Myth Because I Don't
> Want Myth to Record LiveTV</text>
> <text lang="ES">TV directo</text>
> <action>EXECTV xawtv -f -device %s -dspdev %s -vbidev %s</action>
> </button>
>
> I've included button text I felt is appropriate (and an example of how
> to do translations), but feel free to modify it if desired.
Hello!
Instead of calling xawtv it would be much better to include a switch in myth to turn
auto-recording on or off. ( maybe the page where you can set the other values for
recording, eg space)
That would solve many problems.
For your solution you need xawtv installed. I just want to use mythtv.
Martin
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