[mythtv-users] Myth autoexpiring brand new shows

Yeechang Lee ylee at pobox.com
Tue Aug 26 21:11:23 UTC 2008


Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> says:
> False advertising by random wikis/posts/blogs on the 'net are not
> our fault.  He needs to read the official advertising.
> http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-9.html#storagegroups
> 
> Oh, and yes, people should read /and/ understand it (versus skimming
> it and picking random quotes to use to back up their false
> understanding while ignoring those points that contradict their
> understanding).

[...]

> Like I said, read the documentation.

Read Mike's words above. Then consider that

> Free space is not considered when choosing a drive/directory to use for 
> the recording /unless/ there's a tie in the weighted determination stage.

the key words "a tie" *only* appear in
<URL:http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Storage_Groups_Weighting> (a
quote from a Chris Pinkham message to mythtv-users), and not anywhere
in
<URL:http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-9.html#storagegroups>).

"Ignoring those points that contradict their understanding," indeed.

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