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

[Martin Ereth]

Brad DerManouelian schrieb:
> On Mar 26, 2006, at 7:55 AM, Martin Ereth wrote:
> 
>> Michael T. Dean schrieb:
>>> 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.
>> Hello!
>>
>> Instead of calling xawtv it would be much better to include a  
>> switch in myth to turn
>> auto-recording on or off. ( maybe the page where you can set the  
>> other values for
>> recording, eg space)
>> That would solve many problems.
>> For your solution you need xawtv installed. I just want to use mythtv.
> 
> This has been discussed WAY too much on this list already. The answer  
> is all over the forums. If you're not recording live TV, you're not  
> using a PVR. MythTV is a PVR.

Please be honest: Do you sometimes want to watch TV, just to see what is broadcasted?
Why do you need this recorded?

I think it shouldn't be that hard work to include such a switch.
When you can switch auto-recording off, many more users will be using myth!!!
I promise!

Martin