[mythtv-users] strange order of expiry

[Mike Holden]

On 20 October 2017 at 00:16, Brian J. Murrell <brian at interlinx.bc.ca> wrote:

> On Wed, 2017-10-18 at 16:44 -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> >
> > Right.  That's why the "Weighted time/priority combination" method
> > exists--so you can have it delete your oldest ones first, but prefer
> > deleting a "slightly" newer recording if its record priority
> > (importance/value to you) is lower.  Slightly in quotes because you
> > can
> > make slightly pretty huge with the priority weight.
>
> Sure.  But if I set "Lowest priority first" *and* unselect Watched
> before unwatched I'd expect *all* of my -5 priority shows to be deleted
> before 0 priority, regardless of watched status.
>
> But that's not what I get:
>
> MythTV AutoExpire List (programs listed in order of expiration)
> "The National"                           1263 MB 2017-10-13T07:59:00Z
>  [ -5]
> "The National"                           1241 MB 2017-10-13T09:00:00Z
>  [ -5]
> "The National"                           1260 MB 2017-10-13T06:00:00Z
>  [ -5]
> "The National"                           1240 MB 2017-10-14T03:00:00Z
>  [ -5]
> "The National"                           1262 MB 2017-10-14T01:59:00Z
>  [ -5]
> "Grey's Anatomy":"Break Down the House;  1211 MB 2017-09-29T00:00:00Z
>  [  0]
> "Grey's Anatomy":"Go Big or Go Home"      977 MB 2017-10-06T00:00:00Z
>  [  0]
> "Madam Secretary":"News Cycle"           1737 MB 2017-10-09T02:00:00Z
>  [  0]
> "The National"                           1241 MB 2017-10-14T05:00:00Z
>  [ -5]
> "The National"                           1241 MB 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z
>  [ -5]
> "The National"                           1239 MB 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z
>  [ -5]
> "The National"                           1239 MB 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z
>  [ -5]
> "The National"                           1240 MB 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z
>  [ -5]
> "The National"                           1241 MB 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z
>  [ -5]
> "The National"                           1240 MB 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z
>  [ -5]
> "The National"                           1240 MB 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z
>  [ -5]
> "The National"                           1240 MB 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z
>  [ -5]
>
> So I must still be misunderstanding something.


Are all the files in the same Storage Group? If you have multiple, one may
require free space more urgently than the other?
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