[mythtv-users] Companion to "Max episodes" setting...

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/24/06 19:03, Steven Adeff wrote:

>On 7/24/06, chris at cpr.homelinux.net <chris at cpr.homelinux.net> wrote:
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>>On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 05:16:54PM +1000, Peter Schachte wrote:
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>>>So rather than a "min episodes" setting for each program, how about a
>>>"diminishing priority" setting?
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>>That's more or less what I had in mind originally, but figured it would
>>be immediately rejected for being too complicated. :-)
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>I don't see why if its just filler, keeping it at a low priority and
>setting a max number of episodes doesn't work for you? Episodes are
>expired by recording date
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by default

>, so unless all your "south park" were
>recorded on the same day not all of them should be deleted.
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Remember there's a setting:

Auto Expire Method
    - Oldest Show First
    - Lowest Priority First
    - Weighted Time/Priority Combination
Method used to determine which recorded shows to delete first.  LiveTV 
recordings will always expire before normal recordings.

And, if using the Weighted Time/Priority Combination, a setting:

Auto Expire Priority Weight
The number of days bonus a program gets for each priority point. This is 
only used when the Weighted Time/Priority Auto Expire Method is selected.

Both settings are in the mythfrontend settings under General|General 
(Basic).  That should be the first page of General settings.

Mike