[mythtv-users] Delete Recordings..

[Michael T. Dean]

On 12/03/2009 06:39 PM, Joe Wilson wrote:

 > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 04:05, ryan patterson wrote:
 >
 >> The logic is, "you can delete recordings from the watch recordings
 >> screen." (use the "i" or "d" buttons)
 >>
 >> They should really just remove the MANAGE RECORDINGS>DELETE
 >> RECORDINGS menu choice because it is confusing to send people to a
 >> different screen all together (even if the desired functionality is
 >> on that screen).
 >
 > Removing it completely from the menu all together would be the ideal
 > way of doing it since we can already delete the files from within the
 > video and recodings already.. I'm going to miss the ability to see
 > the file size etc..

Put the storage used indicator (usedbar) into your theme's Watch 
Recordings page.
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythUI_Theme_Development
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Recordings-ui.xml (specifically 
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Recordings-ui.xml#The_.22watchrecordings.22_window 
)

 > It would be nice to have a bit more information
 > on the video when clicking  "i"... in the recordings or video menus.

Hit DETAILS (U).

 > But removing the delete recordings should be removed from the themes
 > all together to avoid confusion..

Agreed.

Mike