[mythtv-users] Expired vs Manually Deleted?

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Fri Jul 24 17:37:35 UTC 2009


On 07/24/2009 01:22 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 07/24/2009 01:05 PM, Ken Mandelberg wrote:
>> Is it possible to tell from the database which programs were expired 
>> and not manually deleted.
>
> Nope.
>
> Unless you enabled, "Log MythTV events to database," and you check 
> (strings in) the in-database log before the auto-expire events are 
> rolled off the bottom.
>
>> Also, when exactly is the "watched" flag set. Is it set if a program 
>> is played at all, played to the end, or perhaps something else.
>
> Only when you tell Myth to mark it as watched.
>
> Unless you enabled, "Automatically mark a recording as watched," at 
> which point it's automatically marked as watched when you exit 
> playback "near" the end.
>
> Unless you set, "Action on playback exit," to either, "Always prompt 
> (excluding Live TV)," or, "Always prompt (including Live TV),"

or if you enabled the setting, "Prompt at end of recording"; or if you 
use JUMPPREV or JUMPPROG to switch to another recording; or if you use 
the Menu to switch to another recording; or if you use network control 
to exit playback

> at which point, "Automatically mark a recording as watched," won't work.
>
> Unless you apply the patch on http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/5910 
> (for -fixes or trunk, depending on which you're using).
>
> That's the short story.  I may have missed some exceptions.  :) 

I did miss some exceptions.  :)

Mike


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