[mythtv-users] Why is MythTV recording shows I just watch?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Nov 24, 2006, at 8:41 AM, Udo van den Heuvel wrote:

> Robin Hill wrote:
>> On Sun Nov 19, 2006 at 03:11:53PM +0100, Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I notice that when I use the 'Watch TV' menu choice to watch TV
>>> recordings show up in the place I set for them although I did not  
>>> record
>>> anything. Also no scheduled recordings were in that timeframe.
>>> The recordings show just up as the files not in the menu's where  
>>> one can
>>> watch past recordings.
>>> This is a very simple setup with one tuner, one channel.
>>> What is wrong? How can I fix this?
>>>
>> There isn't anything to fix - this is how it's supposed to work.
>> Anything you watch through Myth is recorded - it's put into a special
>> group in the Watch Recordings section (not shown normally - there's a
>> config option to toggle this though) and set to expire first  
>> (either as
>> needed or after a day by default IIRC).
>
> Indeed. After some watching and looking through logs I see this  
> behaviour.
> I am only at 18% of the storage and MythTV already starts to  
> expire. Is
> there a menu option to delay the expire someway or do I need to go  
> into
> the database?
>
> Kind regards,
> Udo


You can opt to keep LiveTV for up to 5 days or move it from the  
LiveTV group to any other group so it doesn't expire with LiveTV  
recordings.