Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-15 Thread Johan Venter
Isaac Richards wrote: > That's enough of that. Anyone continuing to act like a 2 year old gets > removed from the list. > > Isaac My thoughts precisely. Some people just don't know when to stop. Johan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mytht

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled

2006-01-15 Thread Ian Campbell
On Sat, 2006-01-14 at 15:54 -0500, Chris Pinkham wrote: > > I see your point and after Isaac's explanation some time ago I know that > > it is close to what I want, but I still want to know how much of the Digicam > > stuff I can download to the disk before I start doing it. Preferably > > without

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Michael T. Dean
Kevin Kuphal wrote: > For all the complaints prior to this change about > why Myth can't save an in progress recording, when the solution is > implemented, it simply garners more complaints which I can only imagine > frustrates those who spent their time working on this at the request of > user

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Isaac Richards
On Sunday 15 January 2006 00:23, Mudit Wahal wrote: > On 1/14/06, Jake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 1/14/06, Mudit Wahal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Kevin, > > > > > > I'll give you one example of the koolaid gang trying to force their > > > koolaid on others. > > > http://www.gossamer-th

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Mudit Wahal
On 1/14/06, Jake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/14/06, Mudit Wahal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kevin, > > > > I'll give you one example of the koolaid gang trying to force their > > koolaid on others. > > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/138384 > > > > The attitude is my hig

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Jake
On 1/14/06, Mudit Wahal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin, > > I'll give you one example of the koolaid gang trying to force their > koolaid on others. > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/138384 > > The attitude is my highway or the high way. It has been quite apparent dude, i re

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Tom E. Craddock Jr.
Mudit Wahal wrote: > I can see that Tom has taken over Donovan's job. > No Im just tired of your degrading comments. Tom ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Mudit Wahal
I can see that Tom has taken over Donovan's job. On 1/14/06, Tom E. Craddock Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mudit Wahal wrote: > > Kevin, > > > > I'll give you one example of the koolaid gang trying to force their > > koolaid on others. > > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/1383

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Tom E. Craddock Jr.
Mudit Wahal wrote: > Kevin, > > I'll give you one example of the koolaid gang trying to force their > koolaid on others. > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/138384 > > The attitude is my highway or the high way. It has been quite apparent > from the mailing list. Some are nicer c

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Mudit Wahal
Kevin, I'll give you one example of the koolaid gang trying to force their koolaid on others. http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/138384 The attitude is my highway or the high way. It has been quite apparent from the mailing list. Some are nicer comments such as "Then leave!!", oth

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Kevin Kuphal
BP wrote: > Kevin Kuphal wrote: > > >> This always makes me ask...why? With your auto-expiration options set >> (unless you never expire anything), Myth will perfectly manage your >> space to make sure it removes old shows to make room for new. LiveTV >> will be expired before anything else

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread BP
Kevin Kuphal wrote: > This always makes me ask...why? With your auto-expiration options set > (unless you never expire anything), Myth will perfectly manage your > space to make sure it removes old shows to make room for new. LiveTV > will be expired before anything else so it is irrelevant w

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled

2006-01-14 Thread Jake
> I think the information you are looking for is already there > in the "AutoExpire List" section on the status page. If you > cursor right when on "AutoExpire List", you'll see detailed information > at the top of the page which includes the total number of recordings > that can be expired as wel

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Jon Reynolds
Kevin Kuphal wrote: Unfortunately, too many people think they have the > best idea since sliced bread or that just one more option won't hurt > when in reality, it has all been seen before and there has already been > work done to reduce the confusion of options rather than increase them. > >

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Kevin Kuphal
Mudit Wahal wrote: > The koolaid is too srong here and if you are not drinking the same > koolaid, you are ostracised. I just use myth as a DVR and I like the > EPG. My linuxbox records the shows, commercial cuts and does mpeg2 to > mpeg4 via mencoder. My headless box sits in garage. I'm streaming

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled

2006-01-14 Thread Dag Nygren
> > I think the information you are looking for is already there > in the "AutoExpire List" section on the status page. If you > cursor right when on "AutoExpire List", you'll see detailed information > at the top of the page which includes the total number of recordings > that can be expired as

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled

2006-01-14 Thread Chris Pinkham
> It does seem I have a problem expressing myself as only > Chris Pinkham has understood what I am looking for > so far: > > A method to tell how much stuff I can dump on the disk until > it is full without expiring semi-important shows that are marked > "autoexpire". I think the information you

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Mudit Wahal
On 1/14/06, Dag Nygren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dag, > > > > The best way to get *around* this issue is to have a dedicated > > partition for the myth recordings. That way, the old livetv files will > > be deleted much faster. You can keep your programs, archives, dvds, > > movies, downloads,

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled

2006-01-14 Thread Dag Nygren
> > And I completely agree with the idea of being able to save a complete > > show by pressing record, but is there any use for the older LiveTV > > recordings > > You can already set the expiration of LiveTV recordings to happen 24 hours > later, how much LiveTV can you watch in a day? So if

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Dag Nygren
> Dag Nygren wrote: > Then leave. The HNIC (thats head nigga in charge) replied to you and > gave you the answer. How is it his fault you arent 'creative'...scratch > that, smart enough to understand? It does seem I have a problem expressing myself as only Chris Pinkham has understood what I

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled

2006-01-14 Thread Dag Nygren
> > I see your point and after Isaac's explanation some time ago I know that > > it is close to what I want, but I still want to know how much of the Digicam > > stuff I can download to the disk before I start doing it. Preferably > > without > > expiring my recorded auto-expirable shows. > > Th

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Tom E. Craddock Jr.
Dag Nygren wrote: >>Dag, >> >>The best way to get *around* this issue is to have a dedicated >>partition for the myth recordings. That way, the old livetv files will >>be deleted much faster. You can keep your programs, archives, dvds, >>movies, downloads, torrents, etc on a separate partition(s).

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled

2006-01-14 Thread Chris Pinkham
> And I completely agree with the idea of being able to save a complete > show by pressing record, but is there any use for the older LiveTV > recordings You can already set the expiration of LiveTV recordings to happen 24 hours later, how much LiveTV can you watch in a day? So if you don't se

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled

2006-01-14 Thread Chris Pinkham
> I see your point and after Isaac's explanation some time ago I know that > it is close to what I want, but I still want to know how much of the Digicam > stuff I can download to the disk before I start doing it. Preferably without > expiring my recorded auto-expirable shows. Then maybe you shou

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Dag Nygren
> Dag Nygren wrote: > > Thanks for the tip, > > but this just doesn't work. > > The main disk space is needed by two things: MythTV and ie. a downloaded > > stream from my Digital video camera. > > The problem is that MythTV should be given as much as possible > > when it is not needed by the dig

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Dag Nygren
> > I still cannot find an answer to the question: > > What are the features we gain here? > > not even rereading those answers three times. > > > Here's one. You're surfing, you watch a show, catch the last 5 > minutes. The show changes to a movie, you watch 2/3 of the movie and > fall as

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Dag Nygren
> > Whats wrong with switch to delete after channel > > change? > > > Perhaps nothing, but then, no one has submitted such a patch. I would > venture that most working on this project do not use their myth boxes or > specifically, their media partitions, for anything other than Myth so > th

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Dag Nygren
> Dag Nygren wrote: > >> Theres no need for it, all those little files can be hidden from view by > >> default and get deleted when room is needed automatically. > >> > > > > I stil would like to be able to use "df" to find out how much space > > I have left on the disk. > > > This always

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Kevin Kuphal
Dag Nygren wrote: >> Dag, >> >> The best way to get *around* this issue is to have a dedicated >> partition for the myth recordings. That way, the old livetv files will >> be deleted much faster. You can keep your programs, archives, dvds, >> movies, downloads, torrents, etc on a separate partition

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Kevin Kuphal
Dag Nygren wrote: >> Dag Nygren wrote: >> I do feel that an option 'Delete LiveTV Recordings when changing channel' would be useful for many people. >>> Yep, >>> I already suggested changing the resolution of the setting >>> "Keep LiveTVthis long" to hours in

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Dag Nygren
> Dag, > > The best way to get *around* this issue is to have a dedicated > partition for the myth recordings. That way, the old livetv files will > be deleted much faster. You can keep your programs, archives, dvds, > movies, downloads, torrents, etc on a separate partition(s). AFAIK, > you can s

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Kevin Kuphal
Dag Nygren wrote: >> Theres no need for it, all those little files can be hidden from view by >> default and get deleted when room is needed automatically. >> > > I stil would like to be able to use "df" to find out how much space > I have left on the disk. > This always makes me ask...why

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Kevin Kuphal
John Andersen wrote: > On 1/13/06, Steve Adeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >>> I do feel that an option 'Delete LiveTV Recordings when changing >>> channel' would be useful for many people. >>> >>> Chris >>> >> Theres no need for it, all those little files can be hidden from view

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Dag Nygren
> Dag Nygren wrote: > >> I do feel that an option 'Delete LiveTV Recordings when changing > >> channel' would be useful for many people. > >> > > Yep, > > I already suggested changing the resolution of the setting > > "Keep LiveTVthis long" to hours instead of days, but there > > were no comm

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Mudit Wahal
Dag, The best way to get *around* this issue is to have a dedicated partition for the myth recordings. That way, the old livetv files will be deleted much faster. You can keep your programs, archives, dvds, movies, downloads, torrents, etc on a separate partition(s). AFAIK, you can set the directo

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Michael T. Dean
Dag Nygren wrote: >> I do feel that an option 'Delete LiveTV Recordings when changing >> channel' would be useful for many people. >> > Yep, > I already suggested changing the resolution of the setting > "Keep LiveTVthis long" to hours instead of days, but there > were no comments on that. >

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread John Andersen
On 1/13/06, Steve Adeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I do feel that an option 'Delete LiveTV Recordings when changing > > channel' would be useful for many people. > > > > Chris > > Theres no need for it, all those little files can be hidden from view by > default and get deleted when room i

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Dag Nygren
> Dag Nygren wrote: > > As it doesn't change any logic in Myth the patch is trivial > > and even I can do it if anyone is interested. > The only change that anyone will notice with the extra recordings is the > added functionality of having the LiveTV recording group, and possibly > an average o

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Dag Nygren
> Dag Nygren wrote: > >>Theres no need for it, all those little files can be hidden from view by > >>default and get deleted when room is needed automatically. > > > > > > I stil would like to be able to use "df" to find out how much space > > I have left on the disk. > > I can assure you the L

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Johan Venter
Dag Nygren wrote: >>Theres no need for it, all those little files can be hidden from view by >>default and get deleted when room is needed automatically. > > > I stil would like to be able to use "df" to find out how much space > I have left on the disk. I can assure you the LiveTV re-write has

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Johan Venter
Dag Nygren wrote: > As it doesn't change any logic in Myth the patch is trivial > and even I can do it if anyone is interested. As it doesn't make any difference to whether your disk fills up quicker what is the point? LiveTV recordings are automatically expired to make way for scheduled show

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-14 Thread Dag Nygren
> I do feel that an option 'Delete LiveTV Recordings when changing > channel' would be useful for many people. Yep, I already suggested changing the resolution of the setting "Keep LiveTVthis long" to hours instead of days, but there were no comments on that. I also tried to ask what the point

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-13 Thread Fred Squires
On 1/13/06, Steve Adeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Friday 13 January 2006 07:04, SpEnT wrote:> On 1/12/06, Johan Venter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > SpEnT wrote:> > > I'm not sure if there's something I may have done but after upgrading > > > to svn 8566, everytime I watch TV it recods what I'm

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-13 Thread Steve Adeff
On Friday 13 January 2006 07:04, SpEnT wrote: > On 1/12/06, Johan Venter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > SpEnT wrote: > > > I'm not sure if there's something I may have done but after upgrading > > > to svn 8566, everytime I watch TV it recods what I'm watching and > > > keeps the file. I ran a watc

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-13 Thread Chris Picton
On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 06:04 -0600, SpEnT wrote: > > > > > This was just changing channels and it fills up the directory where I > > > store my recordings. Does anyone have any ideas why it would be doing > > > this or what I might have to change to fix it? Any help is > > > appreciated!! > > > > If

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-13 Thread SpEnT
Thanks Johan, I'm just going to use an older version. While watching live TV sometimes when it gets to the end of a program the screen just freezes and I have to exit out and start live TV again (I was wondering why it always seemed to freeze right at 1/2 past the hour or right on the hour), plus

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-12 Thread Johan Venter
SpEnT wrote: > I'm not sure if there's something I may have done but after upgrading > to svn 8566, everytime I watch TV it recods what I'm watching and > keeps the file. I ran a watch -n1 where I store my recorded programs > and everyimte I changed the channel it adds a new mpg file as an > exampl

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-12 Thread SpEnT
On 1/12/06, Drew Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know nothing about this other than there have been a few previous > threads regarding the same issue. The replies were along the lines of > "if you're going to run SVN, then you better follow the dev list". So > obviously this was an annou

Re: [mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-12 Thread Drew Tomlinson
On 1/12/2006 4:42 PM SpEnT said the following: >I'm not sure if there's something I may have done but after upgrading >to svn 8566, everytime I watch TV it recods what I'm watching and >keeps the file. I ran a watch -n1 where I store my recorded programs >and everyimte I changed the channel it add

[mythtv-users] Live TV recording as if it was a scheduled recording

2006-01-12 Thread SpEnT
I'm not sure if there's something I may have done but after upgrading to svn 8566, everytime I watch TV it recods what I'm watching and keeps the file. I ran a watch -n1 where I store my recorded programs and everyimte I changed the channel it adds a new mpg file as an example heres a file listing: