[mythtv-users] LiveTV auto recording? Harddrive filling up.

[Brian Wood]

On Mar 6, 2006, at 9:49 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> On 03/06/2006 09:56 AM, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
>> What the OP doesn't like is the *idea* of a
>> recording sitting on his hard drive.  The space it takes up will be
>> freed and the auto-expire settings will take care of that.  The  
>> biggest
>> problem I've seen with LiveTV is people's perceptions of how it  
>> should
>> work and their, pardon my words, analness about having to account for
>> every byte on their system and see the exact amount of free space  
>> at all
>> times.
>
> For those with misguided ideas of how LiveTV should work, after  
> watching
> LiveTV, go to the Watch Recordings page (or probably the Delete
> Recordings page, but I've never actually used this page, so I couldn't
> say for sure) and hit MENU.  Then, change the recording group to
> LiveTV.  Then, with the LiveTV recording group selected in the left- 
> hand
> column, hit MENU and select Add this Group to Playlist.  Then, hit  
> MENU,
> select Playlist, Playlist Options, Delete.  (Words might be slightly
> different, but this should give you an idea.)
>
> Oh, and if you keep track of how much time you spend doing this, then
> once you finally get so upset at how much time it's taking and give up
> (and start letting Myth's autoexpire do its job), you can look back at
> your journal to see just how much time you actually wasted because of
> your unwillingness to consider an idea that differed from your
> preconceived notion of how things should work. ;)
>

Given all the negative opinions about the new LiveTV functionality, I  
demand equal time.

I happen to *like* the new way of doing things. Think of it as a  
browser cache for TV watching that auto-expires and gives you  
complete control over how much space is used.

I don't hear people complaining about how much disk space their  
browser cache takes up, it's just the way a browser works.

I can't count the number of times I'd said "I wish I had recorded  
that", now I never have to worry. The new way is also closer to how a  
TiVo works, for those used to that.

Even better than a Tivo, which forces a recording made from liveTV to  
be maximum quality, Myth's recording will be at whatever quality  
"liveTV" is but, unlike a TiVo, you can transcode to something else  
for long-term storage if you wish. The best of all worlds.

You could also use the new system to check on your kid's TV viewing,  
much the way you might use a browser cache to see if you need to have  
a talk with them about internet sites.

I guess folks are just sometimes resistant to change, but this is a  
change for the better IMHO. I think it's clear the developers agree  
with me, or it wouldn't be working the way it does.

Another improvement in 0.19, thanks.

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