[mythtv] Proposed alternate behaviour for show delete

Asher Schaffer freedenizen at gmail.com
Wed Mar 9 15:21:29 UTC 2005


On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:01:09 -0600, Kevin Kuphal <kuphal at dls.net> wrote:
> My only issue with this is that it effectively puts every system into a
> "full" disk situation.  The system will naturally now fill up to use all
> space up to the autoexpire threshold.  If you share this space with your
> music, videos, or other content, you make it more difficult for users to
> add Videos or music to the system.  With the disk essentially full, you
> now have to go delete things (again) in order to free up enough space to
> add things.
> 
> I think if there was at minimum an option for "Permanently delete on
> delete" to keep the existing behavior, I wouldn't see a problem with
> adding the feature.
> 
> Kevin

I agree there should be an option like Purge On Delete (which would
actually delete the show).

How many people are using a single mount point to share between TV
recordings and other content?  Is it that common, or do most people
have TV as a seperate mount point?


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