[mythtv-users] MythTV not really deleting files

[Lloyd Chittenden]

There are very few things in the deleted recordings group. These appear to
be old mythTV recordings that no longer appear in the app, but are still on
the disc.

Lloyd

On Fri, Dec 15, 2023, 8:31 AM David Watkins <watkinshome at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, 15 Dec 2023 at 14:21, Lloyd <lloydc23 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> My 6TB storage drive is full. Within MythTV it says I have 855 files
>> taking about 2TB, but in Ubuntu it says my storage folder has 4501 items
>> taking 5.6TB. Most of the files in there appear to be MythTV video
>> files. It seems like the system isn't really deleting the files from the
>> computer when I delete in MythTV. How can I fix this?
>>
>> Lloyd
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> Default behaviour is to retain deleted recordings until the space is
> required for new ones.  They sit in the 'Deleted Recordings' group and can
> be undeleted (which I find useful sometimes)
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> There are various parameters you change, such as how many days to retain
> deleted recordings for, and how much 'free space' to maintain on the
> recording drive.
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