[mythtv-users] How to transcode to SD within mythtv - system too slow to play HD

[A. F. Cano]

On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 09:25:59PM -0600, Zig wrote:
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>    On 12/10/2013 7:42 PM, my original posting
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>    That message about the deletion just "deleting the listing and not
>    removing the file" sounds like you deleted from the "Previous Recordings"

Correct.

>    screen and not the "watch recordings" screen.  Deleting from the "watch
>    recordings" screen will delete the actual file.

Mmm...  I can't figure out how to do this.  I'm using both the front end
and back end on a laptop without a remote so all my input is either
mouse of keypad/keyboard.  The arrows and <ENTER> seem to be sufficient
to do most everything, but in the "watch recordings" screen there is no
apparent button or way to do do anything but selecting a recorded show
(with the arrow keys) or watch it (with <ENTER>.  I've tried the <DEL>
and <BS> keys but they don't do anything.

>    Deleting from the "Previous Recordings" screen just deletes the entry in
>    the "previous recordings" data base so that MythTV will no longer think
>    that that show was ever previously recorded.  So if Myth is asked to
>    record that show again it will think that it was never previously recorded
>    and will thus record it again.  Hence the message about just "removing the
>    entry and not the actual file".

Aah... Thanks.  I keep learning...

The auto expire (I haven't touched the defaults) is not touching the
video files and the oldest one has been sitting there for 2 weeks now.
The disk is not full, so maybe that's the determining factor.

Augustine