[mythtv-users] Am I able to stop auto-recording?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/23/2006 11:02 AM, William wrote:

>>I wasn't able to tell mythtv that it should not record any 
>>channels I watch. Am I able to do that? How?
>>    
>>
>I too would really like to turn off the auto-recording of live tv.
>
...

>In answer to your question, I was told by the developers that its tough luck
>on not recording live tv. Get out your C compiler book and start hacking the
>code.
>

OK.  Due to popular demand--and the fact that people are ignoring 
everyone's brief description of how to do what they're asking--I've 
included more exact instructions here.  (And, note that no C (or C++) 
compiling is required.)  Copy /usr/local/share/mythtv/tvmenu.xml to 
~/.mythtv/tvmenu.xml and add:

   <button>
      <type>TV_PLAYBACK</type>
      <text>Watch TV as If I Never Even Installed Myth Because I Don't 
Want Myth to Record LiveTV</text>
      <text lang="ES">TV directo</text>
      <action>EXECTV xawtv -f -device %s -dspdev %s -vbidev %s</action>
   </button>

I've included button text I felt is appropriate (and an example of how 
to do translations), but feel free to modify it if desired.

Mike