[mythtv-users] Shutting down the scheduler

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Tuesday 19 October 2004 22:16, Malcolm wrote:
> Is there a way to shut down the scheduler so nothing gets recorded? 
> I plan on upgrading from 0.15 to 0.16 sometime in the future and
> while I'm working on the box (rebooting, upgrading, testing etc) I
> hate how it will try and keep recording.
>
> Usually I end up with a bunch of segments of an episode and all the
> good episodes deleted because it counted each segment as an episode.

Don't run mythbackend at boot time.

If you want to run mythbacked in order to test your new setup, the best 
option is probably go into the Conflicts/Upcoming Recordings screen and 
deactivate any upcoming recordings for the time period when you'll be 
upgrading the box.

-JAC