[mythtv-users] Live TV expires too quickly.

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Thu Aug 21 02:40:36 UTC 2008


On Aug 20, 2008, at 7:30 PM, Richard Shaw wrote:

> I have a 500GB HD dedicated to recordings. It pretty much stays full  
> and old recordings are expired to make room for new recordings. I  
> have not changed any of the settings related to how long recordings  
> are kept.
>
> The problem I have is that since Live TV is always expired before  
> scheduled recordings, I basically never have anything in the Live TV  
> group. If I go into the recordings menu immediately after exiting  
> Live TV and change the group filter I see a Live TV group. Less than  
> 5 minutes later it's gone.
>
> How do I keep Live TV from expiring so quickly?

Record it instead of watching it live.
No, really.. if you want to keep something, press R(ecord) while  
watching it. It will be magically transformed into a regular recording.



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