[mythtv-users] How to remove all files from "deleted recordings" group?

[Joseph Fry]

>  Strange.  I checked mine, and it is a 0 as you mentioned.  though I
>> deleted about 300 recordings via mythweb over an hour ago, and they are
>> still not gone.  No files deleted I mean.
>>
>> Anyway to disable this?
>> Where is the retain deleted recordings setting?
>>
>> Anyway to manually force this?
>>
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> This one threw me off at first.  In my case I have that set to zero (in
> Setup->TV Settings->General auto-expire, Deleted Max Age) and found that
> it does in fact delete them within 15 minutes or so.  Not sure why that
> wouldn't work for you.
>
> I think you can force deletion manually with:
>
> /usr/share/mythtv/contrib/maintenance/flush_deleted_recgroup.pl
>
> ...on the backend.
>

I have never understood why people are so anxious to see files deleted...
unless your looking to move to new drives or something and just need it to
happen right away, it's far better to set the max age to 7 days or so, or
just -1.  The system is great about deleting the recordings when it needs
space, and it has saved me with the WAF a few times.

If I had to empty my deleted items, I would open the recording group in the
recordings screen, open the menu and select "add this group to playlist",
then open the menu again and select playlist options > delete.
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