[mythtv-users] Deleting recordings

[Jerome Yuzyk]

On Wednesday, August 03, 2016 11:11:42 PM Scott Moncrieff wrote:
> I couldn't see any other setting, where would it be?
> 
> I think the DVR Service API for deleting looks promising, certainly looks a
> better option that just removing the files (and metadata)
> 
> On 3 August 2016 at 23:04, Jerome Yuzyk <jerome at supernet.ab.ca> wrote:
> 
> > On Wednesday, August 03, 2016 10:58:44 PM Scott Moncrieff wrote:
> > >
> > > never be able to clean up and add to my problems. I had assumed that
> > > unchecking 'Delete Files Slowly' meant that they were deleted as soon I
> > > deleted them from the recordings, should I maybe just leave it a while
> > > longer and see if they slowly get removed?
> >
> > There's another setting that controls how long a recording is kept after
> > it's deleted. 'Delete Files Slowly" just truncates the file repetitively
> > until it's all gone.

In the frontend General settings: "Time to retain deleted recordings (days)"


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