[mythtv-users] mythweb not deleting recordings?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 12/31/2012 12:17 PM, Paul Stillwell wrote:
> On Dec 31, 2012, at 6:22 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 12/29/2012 12:48 AM, Paul Stillwell wrote:
>>> On Dec 28, 2012, at 8:04 PM, Nick Rout wrote:
>>>> On Dec 29, 2012 1:43 PM, "Paul Stillwell" wrote:
>>>>> Upon further reflection, I'm not sure any recordings are getting deleted. I saw some files that I *think* corresponded to a certain show, I deleted that show from within mythfrontend and looked and the files are still there. Maybe I'm mistaken and those files are for some different show. Any thoughts on how I can verify that files are getting deleted? After deleting the show from within mythfrontend and seeing that the files are still there, I ran 'find_orphans.py' and it didn't find anything, so maybe things are getting deleted and I'm just confused.
>>>> Look in your deleted recordings group.
>>>>
>>> I did some poking around tonight and I can't find any deleted recordings group. I ran mythtv-setup and looked in the Storage groups section and I didn't see anything in there about a deleted recordings group (there wasn't anything pre-defined like there is for Live TV et al). I could have created one, but I would guess that anything that has some built in functionality would have a pre-defined group for it. I also poked around in the fronted setup stuff and couldn't find anything there either. Is the deleted recordings group something that came about in 0.26? I'm running 0.25.3.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help anyone can provide!
>>>
>> Note that Storage Groups are very different from Recording Groups.  Storage Groups are logical names for a list of directories in which files can be found.  Recording Groups are just (generally) user-specified group names for organizing recordings--i.e. you can create Recordings Groups for Movies and Cooking and Science and ... and then use those names as a filter in (or "group name" in the left column of) Watch Recordings to quickly find the shows you want to watch.  The Deleted recording group is a special group created by MythTV to use as a delete queue--to allow you to delete a recording whenever you want--even if it's in use by MythTV at the time you say to delete it.
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> Thanks for the thorough explanation Mike! I've never really used Recording Groups so when anyone mentions a group I immediately jump to Storage Groups. Can you name the Recording Groups anything you want? How do I create a Recording Group?

Yes, almost--you can name them anything except "Live TV" or "Deleted".  
:)  (Technically, you can use those--create them or move recordings to 
them--but if you do, the recordings will be deleted soon (in a day to a 
week for Live TV or "before long" for Deleted group--depending on how 
you've configured it).

You create Recording Groups by, for example, selecting a recording in 
Watch Recordings and hitting MENU|Storage Options|Change Recording 
Group.  Or, when creating a recording rule in mythfrontend, you can 
specify a Recording Group under Storage Options so that all new 
recordings created by that rule will be "filed" under that Recording Group.

See (play with), also, Watch Recordings, MENU|Change Group View and 
MENU|Change Group Filter.

Mike