[mythtv-users] Adding Recording Profiles

[Lonnie Borntreger]

On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 11:10 -0400, Robert Tsai wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 08:38:57AM -0500, j. berger wrote:
> > I am trying to add an extra recording profile to my MythTv setup.  I
> > inserted a record into  the 'recordingprofiles' table of
> > mythconverg.  It shows up in the "Recording Profiles" setting page,
> > but it is not available in the the scheduling screen.  Are "Live
> > TV", "High Quality", "Low Quality", and "Default" hard coded into
> > MythTv?
> 
> They are pre-installed into the database when MythTV is setup. But, as
> you noticed, there is no UI for adding/removing profiles.
> 
> > Is it possible to add extra profiles?
> 
> Yes. It is only a matter of writing the correct SQL. I don't know it
> offhand. There was a posting to this list a few days/weeks ago
> spelling out all the steps.

Personally, I just use the settings menu in the frontend to add, delete,
and modify recording profiles.

Lonnie Borntreger