[Solved] Temporarily disable recording

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zarthan
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[Solved] Temporarily disable recording

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I need to temporarily disable recording but would like to keep this backend running so I can view content. Is there a simple way to do this?

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Re: Temporarily disable recording

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1. Delete all recording rules. 2. Uncheck recording rule active will stop it recording too, but you'll have to do it for every rule. 3. Might be able to do all at once with a mysql command. But don't ask me.
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Re: Temporarily disable recording

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Another possibility is to set "Live TV order" and "Schedule order" to 0 (zero) using mythtv-setup>Input Connections>Interactions between inputs.
Setting to 0 prevents the tuner from being available for use.

Doing this leaves everything "as is" recording rules etc, when you want to resume recording/Live TV just set Live TV order and Schedule order back to what you had previously.

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Re: Temporarily disable recording

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@wesnewell Thanks. I had started to check the inactive box but as I have a lot of recording rules I was hoping there was a simple way to ON/OFF recording.
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Re: Temporarily disable recording

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@MikeB2013 Thanks that sounds like what I need.
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Re: Temporarily disable recording

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@wesnewell, In the end, I used your suggestion to use MySQL. It was super simple and I can selectively restore a single recording.

For future reference.
Log into MySQL

use mythconverg;
UPDATE record SET inactive = 1;
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Re: [Solved] Temporarily disable recording

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@zarthan - Thanks for the db table update method. That should work great here.
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Re: [Solved] Temporarily disable recording

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It is great when you need to do something again and find that you solved (with the help of others) the issue before.
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