[mythtv-users] delete recording group

[Mike Perkins]

On 12/01/2022 08:47, Klaus Becker wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 12/01/2022 um 02:10 schrieb Peter Bennett:
>>
>> On 1/11/22 3:39 PM, Klaus Becker wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have mainly the group "default" for me and "célia" for my daughter. All recordings are in the 
>>> same storage folder.
>>>
>>> I copied all "célia"-recordings to another folder. In Mythtv I only want to keep and see the 
>>> "default"-group.
>>>
>>> How to delete the group "célia" and all its recordings (about 100) ?
>>>
>>> I searched a lot in setup, frontend and on the web, I could not find it.
>>>
>>> sincerely
>>>
>>> Klaus
>>>
>> You can easily delete all the recordings in the group. In the frontend, select the group Celia, 
>> select "All Programs - Celia" Press M (menu) and "Add this group to playlist". Then select M 
>> (menu) and "Playlist Options", "Delete".
>>
>> I do not believe there is a way in the system to delete the recording group. The only way I can 
>> see to do it is delete it from the database, which is not a recommended thing to do.
>>
>> Peter
> 
> done, thanks you Peter and Helen (?).
> 
> The recordings are gone and the group either, but the files in the storage group are still there.
> 
> How to delete them ? A have a list of their names and links, so I can easysly delete them manually, 
> but is it the right way for MythTV and its database ?
> 
Remember that myth deletes big files slowly. They may be still there but in the database they have a 
delete pending status. They'll go slowly over the next few hours, depending how many there are.

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Mike Perkins