[mythtv-users] Backend recording liveTV I don't watch

mat at lessermatters.co.uk mat at lessermatters.co.uk
Fri Oct 17 11:10:11 UTC 2008


>> I just had a look at my log and did a grep on Recording Finished and got
>> loads of stuff for today.
>>
>> So, I then logged onto my mythweb and check the live recordings and it
>> was
>> full of stuff. There's nobody home, so why is the system recording
>> 'live'
>
> You don't need to be at home for mythtv to record stuff.
>
> Presumably you or someone else left the system in 'Live TV' mode.
> MythTV works by recording everything.  Previous Live TV recordings are
> expired before anything else so you shouldn't lose any deliberate
> recordings.
>
How would anybody have left it in Live TV mode? I mean, I watched Live TV
for about 20 minutes last night, then switched off. Obviously the backend
was still running. How would I switch off Live Tv mode?

mat






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