[mythtv] FIX "do not autoexpire" Flag made persistent

Henri henri at qais.com
Thu Oct 7 14:09:35 UTC 2004


On 06 Oct 2004, henri <henri at qais.com> wrote: 

> On 7 Oct 2004, "Chris Pinkham" <cpinkham at bc2va.org> wrote: 
> 
> > How does the above idea concerning a 3-way setting vs On/Off set
> > with people?  Would this be clear enough to users?  You'd have only
> > 2 settings, "MaxEpisodes" and "Preserve Recordings".
> 
> i think it about covers it. looks like that would have the
> maximum flexibility.
> 
> i still think that changing a show that was recorded as part
> of a "MaxEpisodes" to DEL_PROTECTED or DEL_MANUAL should
> move it to a new recordid leaving the number of available
> "MaxEpisodes" the same as it was before, but that may be
> because i'm used to the way the replay does it.
> 
> I guess it just comes down to how important it is not to
> have to tinker with the number of MaxEpisodes anytime you
> "Preserve" a recording.

now that i think about it this should totally be a config
option. some people will want it to work the way it does now
and others will want the replay-ish functionality

henri


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