[mythtv-users] mass deleting shows?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Oct 22, 2007, at 9:28 AM, Marc MERLIN wrote:

> I realize that on average, one does not need to delete shows and  
> just lets them
> auto-expire, but let's say that:
> 1) you need to reduce your disk space and select after the fact  
> what you
>    want to be deleted
> 2) you recorded a show by mistake and want to delete 10 episodes of it
> 3) let's say that after the fact I realize that all my recordings  
> of the
>    daily show before last week were bad, and I just want to  
> manually clear
>    them.
> 4) or I've seen every simpsons episode and now want to, after the  
> fact,
>    delete all my simpsons recordings.
>
> With my tivo and the tivoweb interface, I can go in the recording  
> list, put
> checkboxes in front of what I want to delete and say "delete all".
> With mythfrontend and mythweb, I haven't found any way to delete  
> that isn't
> episode after episode (way too long)
>
> Any clues I'm missing?
>
> Thanks
> Marc

Add the shows you want to delete to a playlist and delete all of them  
with 1 delete command. The hint here is that you can add all of the  
programs in a group to a playlist by selecting the group on the left  
of the Watch Recordings screen (hit M(enu) then Add This Group to  
Playlist). Then M(enu) again and choose Playlist Options. Delete on  
the bottom will delete everything in your playlist.

If recordings for something like The Daily Show build up I add the  
whole group to a playlist, then remove from the playlist the last  
couple and then delete the rest. I don't typically delete programs  
from mythweb so I don't know if there's something similar there.

-Brad