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

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Nov 24, 2006, at 11:52 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> On 11/24/2006 01:55 PM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>>  On Nov 24, 2006, at 8:41 AM, Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
>>
>>> Robin Hill wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun Nov 19, Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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. ... 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?
>>>
>>  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.
>
>
> Brad's "3" and "6" keys must have been sticking because his "up to"  
> said
> "5" instead of "365"...  ;)
>
> In mythfrontend settings, General, page 2 "General (AutoExpire)":
>
> LiveTV recordings Max Age
> AutoExpire will force expiration of LiveTV recordings when they are  
> this
> many days old.  LiveTV recordings may also be expired early if  
> necessary
> to free up disk space.
>
> Mike

Is this new? I could have sworn is was a max 5 days in .20.