[mythtv-users] mythweb not deleting recordings?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 12/29/2012 08:27 PM, Andy Mizerak wrote:
> On Dec 29, 2012, at 13:49, Paul Stillwell wrote:
>> 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
>> 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
> Yeah, I checked, that delete-slowly option is on like page 3 under "General" in the mythtv-backend-setup.

Use of the Deleted recording group--which is now always used for all 
systems as a general-purpose "delete queue"--is very different from the  
"Delete files slowly" setting.  There is a setting for how long to keep 
recordings in the Deleted recording group--you can set it to delete 
recording files as soon as possible, after any number of days, up to a 
year, or "as needed" (i.e. when the file system is full and more space 
is needed for a recording).

See:

Time to retain deleted recordings (days)
Determines the maximum number of days before undeleting a recording will 
become impossible. A value of zero means the recording will be 
permanently deleted between 5 and 20 minutes later. A value of minus one 
means recordings will be retained until space is required. A recording 
will always be removed before this time if the space is needed for a new 
recording.

in mythfrontend settings under the main General settings section.

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