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Windows => Television => Topic started by: raym on January 22, 2008, 04:50:19 am

Title: Timeshifting files not being cleared
Post by: raym on January 22, 2008, 04:50:19 am

Are the timeshifting files in the folders named "Time-Shifting YYYY-DD-MM XX" supposed to get cleared automatically at some point? I had a look today and I've got over 100 of them (which I deleted manually).

Thanks.

Title: Re: Timeshifting files not being cleared
Post by: Yaobing on January 22, 2008, 10:19:40 am

They are supposed to be cleared right after each session unless you choose to save them. There was a period of time when a bug prevented the files/folders from being deleted. It should have been fixed. Do you see any recent files that is not cleared?

Title: Re: Timeshifting files not being cleared
Post by: raym on January 22, 2008, 05:20:23 pm

Quote from: Yaobing on January 22, 2008, 10:19:40 am

They are supposed to be cleared right after each session unless you choose to save them. There was a period of time when a bug prevented the files/folders from being deleted. It should have been fixed. Do you see any recent files that is not cleared?

Yes they are all recent. Using build 417 currently and I have chosen to not save TS sessions.

Title: Re: Timeshifting files not being cleared
Post by: Yaobing on January 22, 2008, 06:00:10 pm

Quote from: raym on January 22, 2008, 05:20:23 pm

Yes they are all recent. Using build 417 currently and I have chosen to not save TS sessions.

Please try 419. I just tried 419 and found it working as expected. I did notice an incomplete folder on my hard drive that was created a few days ago, not sure whether build 417 did it.

Title: Re: Timeshifting files not being cleared
Post by: raym on January 26, 2008, 11:16:05 pm

Yaobing. Using 422 and the folders are still NOT getting cleared.

Thanks.

Title: Re: Timeshifting files not being cleared
Post by: raym on January 29, 2008, 05:41:22 am

Ok, I've found the problem. If you play a single channel only and stop, the folder is deleted as expected. However, if you play a channel and switch to another without stopping, the folders are NEVER deleted. I'm a channel surfer so I see hundreds of these things after only a few days!

Thanks.

Title: Re: Timeshifting files not being cleared
Post by: Yaobing on January 29, 2008, 09:04:22 am

Thanks for the discovery. I will fix it.

Title: Re: Timeshifting files not being cleared
Post by: raym on July 20, 2008, 09:43:18 pm

An old post I know but I still find that I need to delete old TS files from time-to-time. Occasionally, things go wrong and MC will hang or my system will crash or whatever. I think that when this happens, MC doesn't get an opportunity to remove the files. To overcome this, I've had to resort to a scheduled task to do it. Is there anything MC can do to clean up after itself in any case where it was unable to do so?

Title: Re: Timeshifting files not being cleared
Post by: Yaobing on July 29, 2008, 11:04:46 am

I have seen that too. I will work on it.