Keep only n number recordings

[glensh]

I use the GBPVR feature to only keep n number recordings because I don't want to fill my drive up with children's shows. What I don't like is that it deletes the oldest one (whether it has been watched or not) and records a new one.

I would like an option to not record the new one if the number of saved recordings has reached the maximum. If I want a new one recorded, I will manually delete one of the older recordings.

I understand that the existing way it is implemented is also desirable in some situations, so I understand this would need to be an option, probably off by default.

My PVR computer is also my main family computer and it is always doing a lot of recordings that may never get watched, taking resources from doing other things on the computer. Consider this an environmentally friendly feature, since the computer would be doing far less work than it needs to and using less electricity :-)

[cweseloh]

An old suggestion but a good one - this would be great! I often like to have about 3 or 4 episodes of some show (like the game show Jeopardy or old reruns of the Simpsons) around, but don't need them to be the most recent recordings of the show.

[sub]

An old suggestion but a good one - this would be great! I often like to have about 3 or 4 episodes of some show (like the game show Jeopardy or old reruns of the Simpsons) around, but don't need them to be the most recent recordings of the show.

The app already has the ability to limit the number of recordings of a show. It'll always be the most recent ones though, with older recordings deleted as the new ones are made.

[johnsonx42]

An old suggestion but a good one - this would be great! I often like to have about 3 or 4 episodes of some show (like the game show Jeopardy or old reruns of the Simpsons) around, but don't need them to be the most recent recordings of the show.

I get what you're asking for (and what the OP was asking for 9 years ago), but I doubt there'd be enough demand for a function like that for it to be worth sub spending any time on it (also, knowing how the scheduler works, I can foresee that implementation would be messy). I can't imagine even a measurable minority of users would want to the system to hang on to old episodes in lieu of recording new ones. Most users want the exact opposite: record the show every day, I may not actually watch it, but when I do sit down to watch I want the few most recently aired episodes. That's what it does now.