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Just rebuilt my MythBox and mostly all works well.

Something I never noticed with my previous installation is it now logs all TV programs watched in the media library which is a pain, for example if I simply turn off the TV but don't exit back to the main menu then in the morning I have a pile of $%^& in the medial library.

This is confirmed here:
mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/LiveTV#AutoExpire

The main problem however is I cannot find my recordings that I do want to watch... as opposed to the auto recorded TV junk. When I check the media library it only lists the TV shows I've watched however if I go into "Manage Recordings" then I can see the listing of only what I chose to record, however I cannot finds them in the media library to play them ?

In MythWeb under recorded programs they appear there also and I can click on one and download it to my PC and watch it there so the recording has definitely worked but for some reason they are hidden on the MythBox ?

Any ideas ?

McHenry writes...

When I check the media library it only lists the TV shows I've watched

On the Media Library screen, hit M to go to the menu, then choose "Change Group Filter". You probably want to select the "Default" group if you haven't added any custom groups.

In MythWeb under recorded programs they appear there also and I can click on one and download it to my PC

Maybe you can answer a question for me... how do I make MythWeb choose the "Default" group on that page by default? No matter what I do it decides to display "LiveTV" first.

Foonly writes...

hit M to go to the menu, then choose "Change Group Filter"

Bingo

No matter what I do it decides to display "LiveTV" first.

Strange... until you solved this problem for me mine always displayed the LiveTV group by default, as I didn't know the others even existed. Now I've changed it to "Default Group" and rebooted and it now displays the default groups when it rebooted !

The only problem I now have is getting my MythBox to refuse to shutdown when I press the power button if it's currently recording :) Ahh well "Mid Summer Murders" Part A & Part B

Foonly writes...

how do I make MythWeb choose the "Default" group on that page by default?

Think I may have found it !

Utilities/Setup
=> Setup
==> TV Settings
===> Playback

On page 4 entitled "View Recordings (Recording Groups)"
Default group filter to apply: Default

Hope this helps...

Once you have Myth you shouldn't watch livetv anyway :-)

paull writes...

Once you have Myth you shouldn't watch livetv anyway :-)

True, but I do like to watch the news live every now and then. Now given that my HD tuner in my large LCD TV has just died and I haven't got around to arranging for it to be fixed (and I won't have the TV during repair probably) - my MythTV with it's dual HD tuners works a treat. So much so that I haven't really noticed the TV tuner is dead!