[mythtv-users] autoexpire deleting recording(s) directly after its creation
Kevin Kuphal
kuphal at dls.net
Mon Dec 3 00:44:51 UTC 2007
On Dec 2, 2007 5:26 PM, Seth Daniel <mythtv.org at sethdaniel.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm running mythtv svn #15013.
>
> Anyway, my hard drive(s) are maxed out and tend to stay this way. For
> the most part autoexpire does a really good job of removing old
> recordings to make room for new recordings. The only exception is when
> I record a sports event. Now, in my configuration, sporting events have
> the lowest priority (in this case a '0' priority). So what often
> happens is that the recording of the event will be made and then shortly
> after it is finished it will then be deleted because something else is
> being recorded. Sometimes a sports event recording doesn't last longer
> than 15-20 minutes before being autoexpired. :-) I'd like to stop
> this from happening if possible.
Don't set your sports program to auto-expire. Rather set it to keep only 1
episode so that if you do forget to watch it or something, you only get one
instead of a stack of them.
Kevin
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