[mythtv-users] [RFC] Proposed settings rework

[Michael T. Dean]

On 11/04/2009 05:50 PM, Tom Dexter wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>   
>> On 11/04/2009 07:56 AM, Tom Dexter wrote:
>>     
>>> One setting I never understood under the TV->General->AutoExpire
>>> settings is "Re-record watched".  Apparently that causes a show to be
>>> re-recorded
>>>       
>> (actually, to "allow" re-recording)
>>     
>>>  if it's auto expired _and_ marked as watched.
>>>       
>> Yes, because no matter what, if the show is marked as /not/ watched,
>> autoexpire will /always/ delete the file and set the episode to allow
>> re-recording.
>>     
>>>  For some
>>> reason mine was on, and certainly never set it, at least not
>>> intentionally...
>>>       
>> It defaults to true because that means all programs are expired the
>> same--because of the always-on "allow re-record if not watched."
> Ahh...Thanks for clearing that up...that makes sense.  I'm assuming
> that 'allowing' re-record simply means deleting from oldrecorded?

Actually, it just sets the episode to not be considered for duplicate 
matching so as not to lose any recording history information.

Mike