[mythtv-users] LiveTV auto recording? Harddrive filling up.
Brad DerManouelian
myth at dermanouelian.com
Mon Mar 6 21:28:41 UTC 2006
On Mar 6, 2006, at 4:22 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>> On Mar 6, 2006, at 3:51 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
>>
>>
>>> And none of the suggestions here would fix that because even if you
>>> set
>>> the autoexpire threshold to be zero or expire on delete, the fact is
>>> that the show is still in progress and will not be expired. You
>>> cannot
>>> delete something that is being used. In fact, the system as it
>>> stands,
>>> would delete that 20GB file as soon as the next program started but
>>> nothing can change the fact that without guide divisions on the
>>> music
>>> channels, a LiveTV session will grow until stopped because it is a
>>> recording. This has *nothing* to do with auto expiration.
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>
>> No, actually it would fix the OP's problem. The reason he has a 20+GB
>> file is because his son leaves on a channel that has a 10 hour
>> program. If he had a setting that said, "Always split Live TV after
>> 60 minutes." then instead of a 20+GB file, he would have 10 2GB files
>> for those 10 hours. Actually, he would only have the last hour (2GB)
>> since it would expire the older 2GB files even though technically the
>> program is still in progress.
>>
>> Again, I'm suggesting a feature that would alleviate the problem.
>> It's not currently in the software.
>>
> I think we are referring to different OPs :). Such a patch may be
> considered if someone were to provide one. The other idea proposed
> about immediate deletion of LiveTV recordings on exit will not as
> it has
> already been discussed to death. This issue of long blocks of
> uninterrupted guide information creating large LiveTV recordings is
> the
> first I have heard of it discussed in this context.
>
> Kevin
I was just coming up with a feature that would fix the OP's problem,
albeit not in the way he suggested. I'm a QA Engineer. It's my
job. :) Unfortunately, I would only be good for submitting a patch in
perl. Never coded C++ in my life. Where's that guy who claims to have
rewritten Myth in Perl? Ah, nevermind....
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