[mythtv-users] mythweb not deleting recordings?

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Fri Dec 28 22:37:41 UTC 2012


On 28/12/12 20:06, Simon Hobson wrote:
> Paul Stillwell wrote:
>> It appears that myth web isn't deleting recordings. If I look at the
>> directory that my recordings are stored in, it appears that they are stored
>> in some kind of date/time format. For example, if I recorded something on
>> December 27 at 1pm then it looks like I get some files that have names like
>> this: <some number>_20121227130000.<don't care>. If I delete that recording
>> via mythweb, then when I look at the directory, I still see the files
>> there. Also, according to the backend status page, the directory hasn't
>> reduced in size.
>>
>> I'm running the latest version from ATrpm which I believe to be 0.25.3. I
>> had to do some hand mods to some of the php code due to php errors (this
>> appears to be a known issue with PHP 5.4 based on googling around) so maybe
>> something in there messed something up? Anyone else seeing anything like
>> this? Any suggestions?
>
> FYI - the first bit of the filename is the card (tuner) ID and channel ID -
> so IIRC it's something like 1234 would mean channel 234 on tuner 1.
>
A tiny correction. I believe the first digit is the /source/ id, not that of any 
tuner. If it were not so you could not have more than one tuner per source. That 
would mean you had duplicate channel information.

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Mike Perkins



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