[mythtv-users] Live TV files not cleaned up

[Mark Knecht]

On 5/14/07, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> On May 14, 2007, at 9:11 AM, Mark Knecht wrote:
>
> > On 5/14/07, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> >> On May 14, 2007, at 7:43 AM, Mark Knecht wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>    I noticed that after watching Live TV in Myth that there are
> >>> large
> >>> video files left over from each time I watch. I watched twice this
> >>> morning as a test of a new storage drive and have two mpg files left
> >>> over.
> >>>
> >>>    What can I do to have Myth delete these after veiwing?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Mark
> >>
> >> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/268104
> >>
> >> or even better...
> >>
> >> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/
> >> Frequently_Asked_Questions#Live_TV_Questions
> >>
> >
> > Thanks Brad. That's helpful.
> >
> >> From the email post there was a comment about changing the Watch
> > Recordings filter to allow me to see and delete the Live TV files like
> > normal recordings. I'm looking around in my frontend setup as well as
> > in mythtv-setup but I cannot find this filter. do you know where it
> > might be?
>
>  From the Watch Recordings screen, press Menu. Choose Change Group
> Filter from the list and then choose LiveTV to show your LiveTV
> recordings. There is also a setting somewhere that allows you to view
> LiveTV along with your regular recordings by default but I don't
> remember where that is. It's annoying and should stay off, anyway. :)
> _______________________________________________

Thanks Brad. I didn't know that option was there.

Deleting the files deleted everything out of my /video directory
except a nfslockfile.lock file. (How's that for a tongue twister of a
name?)

Anyway, that's what I was looking for.

Cheers,
Mark