[mythtv-users] Why doesn't 'delete recording' actually mean 'delete recording'?

[James Purl]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, Clay wrote:

> --- On Thu, 1/22/09, Phill Wiggin <alamar at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ...
>> The difference is mainly that I get a warm fuzzy from not
>> having to concern
>> myself with Myth removing things. I have a good hard number
>> "X free space, Y
>> hrs of video".  I can go weeks w/o having to
>> watch/delete any recordings,
>> just by glancing at one number on Mythweb...
>
> I've often wondered how difficult would it be to add a feature that showed how many gigs of recordings were scheduled for a given period. Would have to base it on the 'average' recording rate so it would only be an estimate.
> Whenever I leave town for an extended trip, I browse upcoming recordings and do a quick mental count.
> Then again, I could archive the several seasons of House I have saved and there'd be plenty of room. *g*
>
Isn't it great to just leave stuff in Myth?! :)  I have 100s of episodes 
of the Simpsons, then when I need some "background" stuff going while 
doing chores, put them in a Random Playlist.