[mythtv-users] Am I able to stop auto-recording?

[William]

> Nonsense. Users don't care. Except for the few very vocal 
> ones who believe space is being wasted and don't believe that 
> those shows will be expired as needed. In fact, I'd say that 
> you'll get more users by *always* recording, even if nobody 
> is watching. This is what Tivo does, and adds the advantage 
> of being able to go to live TV and then immediately back up 
> 30 minutes (the default size of Tivo's buffer) and play from 
> there. It also allows you to go back to the menu and do 
> things there (like schedule some recordings or check out the 
> weather), then go back to live TV and pick up where you left 
> off. Now, be honest: wouldn't you like to be able to do that? 

A completely useless hard drive killer in my mind. Also the reason tivo
drives last about 18 months on average. I dont want the drives thrashing
unless its actually usefull stuff being recorded. Fortunately this is open
source and I can modify my systems live tv behavior to the way I like it.
Once done I will post a patch for those who want to use it if there is any
interest.