[mythtv-users] Question about recording history

[Brian Walter]

Greetings,

I've been trying to figure out if this is possible, and so far, no luck.

After using several DirecTivos for several years, the wife was asking 
about 'Delete' and 'Delete and allow re-record' and how these relate to 
Tivo's 28 day rule.

We notice that if we do a 'Delete and allow...' if the same episode is 
on on a different channel the next day, it will be picked up.  We are 
wondering if it is possible to basically say 'Don't record if the 
episode was recorded in the past X days'.

Also, does the oldrecorded table *ever* get cleared out, or is there a 
purge utility?  There was mention in the wiki that mythfront end had a 
utility to make the schedulerer forget it saw the episode - is this the 
'delete and allow re-record' option?  Or is there something else?

TIA
Brian