[mythtv-users] Expiry of bookmarked shows?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/15/2009 09:47 AM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>> 2009/7/10 Mike Dent:
>>> Is it possible to stop the expiry of programmes which have been
>>> bookmarked? (position marked)
>>> Or at least put them to the back of the expiry list? 
> Every show I have watched has a bookmark at the end. I record 1 min 
> past the end of the scheduled time so when I get to the end of a show, 
> I exit the recording and it leaves a bookmark there. So basically if 
> this was "fixed", all the programs I haven't watched (no bookmark) 
> would expire before programs I have watched (bookmark at the end).
>
> Secondly, there is the option to expire Watched Programs before other 
> programs. If you turn this on, I believe you will get exactly the 
> functionality you're looking for instead of doing it in a round-about 
> way relying on bookmarks, no? 

Make sure you also enable "Automatically mark a recording as watched".  
And, note that it only works if you disable the end of recording prompts 
(see http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/5910 for details and patches).

Mike