[mythtv-users] How to stop always recording my live TV

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Jun 6, 2007, at 7:08 AM, Michelle Dupuis wrote:

> I'm new to myth, and love clicking through different channels as I  
> watch tv.  I just discovered that myth has recorded several seconds  
> of every live tv channel I switched to.  This makes it impossible  
> to view the recordings I really want.
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1.  Why is myth recording everything I watch on Live TV?  (Is this  
> part of the live tv pausing feature)?

Funny, that question is word-for-word answered in the Frequently  
Asked Questions. :)

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/ 
Frequently_Asked_Questions#Q:_Why_is_MythTV_recording_EVERYTHING_I_watch 
_in_Live_TV.3F

> 2.  Is there a way to tell MythTV to delete the last recording as  
> soon as I change channels?

This is answered shortly after the above question on the same page  
but it doesn't mention that LiveTV recordings that are very short (I  
think under 2 minutes?) will be expired immediately. All other LiveTV  
recordings are expired according to your settings (default is after 1  
day, I believe). You cannot specify a shorter time than 1 day to  
expire these. However, they will expire before any other program  
should you need room for other recordings/LiveTV. You also have the  
option of changing your Group Filter on the Watch Recordings screen  
to LiveTV and deleting them manually there - but there's no reason to  
manage your LiveTV recordings manually. Myth will handle it so don't  
stress about it. In fact, the developers have put a lot of thought  
into how to handle LiveTV recordings so you don't have to.



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