[vdr] Re: How to delete recordings?

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Rainer Zocholl wrote:
> 
> Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de(Klaus Schmidinger)  06.04.02 11:16
> 
> Once upon a time Klaus Schmidinger shaped the electrons to say...
> 
> >Rainer Zocholl wrote:
> >>
> >> The free disc display is very nice and of great help!
> >>
> >> But i don't understand, why VDR is not deleting the files
> >> in the moment i delete them in the screen ;-)
> >>
> >> For example:
> >> I see: uups, only 20 minute left, i have to delete some file
> >> manually, else i will get pure black recordings...
> >>
> >> Going into the recording menu, i found deleting 3 files 30min each
> >> would be enough.
> >> Going back: Still only 20 minutes left.
> >> Why?
> >>
> >> Some time later, just falling to sleep, the box makes a
> >> loud(er) noise. Uuup, what's going on?
> >> Now it was just deleting the files ;-)
> 
> >Actually deleting several gigabytes from a disk takes a while and
> >may disturb an ongoing recording session
> 
> Jepp. But "me", the human said: Computer delete, it's my risc.

Well, all mighty human, then I suggest you tell the computer to do
as you wish by modifying the source code accordingly ;-)

> >(I had that in the early stages of VDR, that's why I implemented
> >the delayed deleting).
> 
> Yes, that's Ok, because it's an automatic.
> 
> >Also, if you delete a recording by accident, you still have a chance of
> >getting it back by renaming the directory from *.del back to *.rec.
> 
> Ok, then it might be sufficient/possible that the
> "free disk display" adds this "will be freed"-space to the "free disc"
> display?
> 
> Or do you see an unwanted sideeffect?

If you can give me some code that determines that "will be freed"-space
I'll gladly include it!

Klaus
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