Save deleted recordings in Trash

Channels DVR Server
#1

It occurs to me that one of the things my Comcast X1 DVR had that isn’t in the Channels DVR is the idea of a “Trash” folder. Now, to be fair, in the last couple of years I think I’ve only actually recovered something from the trash once, but it was certainly useful that time.

I’m imagining when I delete a recording in Channels, it could go into a special “Trash” folder somewhere. We’d probably need settings for this - perhaps just two:

  • how long to keep recordings in trash (e.g. 7 days or 30 days)
  • max disk space to use for trash (e.g. 500GB)

Low priority from my perspective, but I wanted to mention it while I was thinking about it.

Also perhaps consider this a request for when you’re implementing the hooks - I could implement my own “trash”, if there was a hook that fired when a recording was about to be deleted.

#2

Maybe I missed any discussion on this topic elsewhere, but I would second this feature (although not as a low priority). My 4 year old started watching tv this morning and my 10 year old came running in and said she had deleted all episodes of a show she loves. They were indeed gone from the ATV, but thankfully not (not yet, at least, about 1 minute later) from the DVR on a MBP. I was able to restore them by hitting “refresh” on each episode.

What is the process for deleting? is there a certain amount of time they are still available on the dvr if deleted from the ATV?

As much as I’d like a “restore from trash” feature, maybe the option to have a PIN confirmation of deletions from ATVs would also desirable.

#3

Huh. That’s weird. And they’re still there now?

#4

So far they are still there both on DVR server (MBP) and on the ATV.

#5

Can you send me your log?

When you delete a recording it is marked as hidden and should be deleted within a few minutes. There is no way to cancel the deletion afaik.

#6

Just copy and paste here?

#7

Email to [email protected] from http://x.x.x.x:8089/log?n=2000

#8

I would prefer not to have a trash, and especially not a PIN for me to enter with my ATV remote. If this kind of thing is being considered, I hope that that the implementation will be optional.

#9

I offered the idea of a pin as an option, I realize not everyone has little children and wants to have to deal with child-proofing measures, but that would certainly help me out.

#10

Any kind of trash feature would simply be a deferred delete. So you had some kind of window to correct mistakes. You wouldn’t have to empty it manually, eww!

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#11

A post was merged into an existing topic: New Feature: Safer deleting with Trash

#12

This feature is being tested in the latest prerelease builds: