[mythtv-users] mythweb not deleting recordings?

[Paul Stillwell]

On Dec 29, 2012, at 5:31 AM, Alex Tomlins wrote:

> On 28/12/12 18:37, Paul Stillwell wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> It appears that myth web isn't deleting recordings. If I look at the directory that my recordings are stored in, it appears that they are stored in some kind of date/time format. For example, if I recorded something on December 27 at 1pm then it looks like I get some files that have names like this: <some number>_20121227130000.<don't care>. If I delete that recording via mythweb, then when I look at the directory, I still see the files there. Also, according to the backend status page, the directory hasn't reduced in size.
>> 
>> I'm running the latest version from ATrpm which I believe to be 0.25.3. I had to do some hand mods to some of the php code due to php errors (this appears to be a known issue with PHP 5.4 based on googling around) so maybe something in there messed something up? Anyone else seeing anything like this? Any suggestions?
>> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think this is new behaviour with 0.25.  What I see when deleting a recording is that it's actually moved into the 'Deleted' recording group.  It then seems to actually get deleted a bit later (something like an hour later, but I've not measured).  I assume this is so that you have a window to recover it if you've deleted it accidentally.
> 
> Alex
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After doing some more experiments, it does appear that recordings are being deleted, albeit slowly. I think this is new behavior from 0.24.

Thanks for all the help!

Paul