[mythtv-users] LiveTV auto recording? Harddrive filling up.

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Mar 6, 2006, at 4:22 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote:

> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>> On Mar 6, 2006, at 3:51 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
>>
>>
>>> And none of the suggestions here would fix that because even if you
>>> set
>>> the autoexpire threshold to be zero or expire on delete, the fact is
>>> that the show is still in progress and will not be expired.   You
>>> cannot
>>> delete something that is being used.  In fact, the system as it
>>> stands,
>>> would delete that 20GB file as soon as the next program started but
>>> nothing can change the fact that without guide divisions on the  
>>> music
>>> channels, a LiveTV session will grow until stopped because it is a
>>> recording.  This has *nothing* to do with auto expiration.
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>
>> No, actually it would fix the OP's problem. The reason he has a 20+GB
>> file is because his son leaves on a channel that has a 10 hour
>> program. If he had a setting that said, "Always split Live TV after
>> 60 minutes." then instead of a 20+GB file, he would have 10 2GB files
>> for those 10 hours. Actually, he would only have the last hour (2GB)
>> since it would expire the older 2GB files even though technically the
>> program is still in progress.
>>
>> Again, I'm suggesting a feature that would alleviate the problem.
>> It's not currently in the software.
>>
> I think we are referring to different OPs :).  Such a patch may be
> considered if someone were to provide one.  The other idea proposed
> about immediate deletion of LiveTV recordings on exit will not as  
> it has
> already been discussed to death.  This issue of long blocks of
> uninterrupted guide information creating large LiveTV recordings is  
> the
> first I have heard of it discussed in this context.
>
> Kevin

I was just coming up with a feature that would fix the OP's problem,  
albeit not in the way he suggested. I'm a QA Engineer. It's my  
job. :) Unfortunately, I would only be good for submitting a patch in  
perl. Never coded C++ in my life. Where's that guy who claims to have  
rewritten Myth in Perl? Ah, nevermind....