[mythtv-users] Am I able to stop auto-recording?
Brad DerManouelian
myth at dermanouelian.com
Sun Mar 26 13:01:59 UTC 2006
On Mar 26, 2006, at 7:55 AM, Martin Ereth wrote:
> Michael T. Dean schrieb:
>> On 03/23/2006 11:02 AM, William wrote:
>>
>>>> I wasn't able to tell mythtv that it should not record any
>>>> channels I watch. Am I able to do that? How?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I too would really like to turn off the auto-recording of live tv.
>>>
>> ...
>>
>>> In answer to your question, I was told by the developers that its
>>> tough luck
>>> on not recording live tv. Get out your C compiler book and start
>>> hacking the
>>> code.
>>>
>>
>> OK. Due to popular demand--and the fact that people are ignoring
>> everyone's brief description of how to do what they're asking--I've
>> included more exact instructions here. (And, note that no C (or C++)
>> compiling is required.) Copy /usr/local/share/mythtv/tvmenu.xml to
>> ~/.mythtv/tvmenu.xml and add:
>>
>> <button>
>> <type>TV_PLAYBACK</type>
>> <text>Watch TV as If I Never Even Installed Myth Because I
>> Don't
>> Want Myth to Record LiveTV</text>
>> <text lang="ES">TV directo</text>
>> <action>EXECTV xawtv -f -device %s -dspdev %s -vbidev %s</
>> action>
>> </button>
>>
>> I've included button text I felt is appropriate (and an example of
>> how
>> to do translations), but feel free to modify it if desired.
>
> Hello!
>
> Instead of calling xawtv it would be much better to include a
> switch in myth to turn
> auto-recording on or off. ( maybe the page where you can set the
> other values for
> recording, eg space)
> That would solve many problems.
> For your solution you need xawtv installed. I just want to use mythtv.
This has been discussed WAY too much on this list already. The answer
is all over the forums. If you're not recording live TV, you're not
using a PVR. MythTV is a PVR.
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