[mythtv-users] How to keep the most recent N recordings?

[Patrick Doyle]

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Mark Boyum <mark at boyum.us> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Patrick Doyle <wpdster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is there some setting for a scheduled recording to keep only the most
>> recent N recordings?  We really don't need 6 months worth of "World
>> News Tonight", but the most recent 3 or 5 is probably appropriate.
>>
>> I tried setting "# of recordings to keep:" to 5, and my backend
>> stopped recording any new episodes (since I seem to have 6 months of
>> recordings on the box already).
>>
>> On a related note... is there an easy way to mass delete 6 months
>> worth of daily recordings of a particular show?
>>
>> (OK, I might be exaggerating about the "6 months" part).
>>
>> --wpd
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> I believe on the same screen there is a check box along the lines of
> delete old recordings.
Oh sure!  It's there now!  It wasn't there when I looked before... :-)

Thanks.  That's just what I was looking for.

I am still curious to learn if there is a way to batch delete a bunch
of episodes, although experimental evidence suggests that I might just
set the "keep max" setting to 5 or so, and wait a few days.

--wpd