[mythtv-users] Backend recording liveTV I don't watch

[Mike Perkins]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 10/17/2008 11:24 AM, Mike Perkins wrote:
>> And to the poster above who suggests you don't lose anything of value, yes, you 
>> can, it happened in the incident above. In order to accommodate x hours of 
>> LiveTV stuff *will* be expired to make room if there isn't enough.
> 
> Right, but the "x" in "x hours," above, is limited to the maximum length 
> of any one show on the channel that's being recording (with an 8hr cap, 
> IIRC) times the number of capture cards stuck in LiveTV mode.  That 
> means that if LiveTV is recording a channel continuously and the longest 
> show it records is 3hrs, Myth should only ever need to expire shows to 
> make room for the 3hr show and, as soon as each show finishes recording, 
> Myth will be able to expire the just-recorded LiveTV show since LiveTV 
> always expires before recordings.  (True, there is some extra space 
> required because of when the autoexpirer is actually run (every 15 
> minutes, IIRC), but worst case, Myth will need enough space for 2 
> back-to-back shows.)
> 
I like the theory, Mike, but that's not what happened in my case. That's why I 
ended up with 13 hours of overnight tv, rather than just the most recent program 
(or two) on disk before I discovered what was happening. I think I had some 9-10 
separate programs stored.

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Mike Perkins