[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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