Mark multiple shows as watched?

[steingra]

Is there any way in SageTV Client to select more than one recording at a time, and set its flag to "Watched"

The only way I know how to do this is to go into each recording, one at a time, and set it to watched. I wanted to selected a bunch of recordings at a time, and then mark them all as "Watched"

I let sagetv record a lot of shows as favorites, and they add up fast. So a few times a month, I want to clear them out. I copy the files to another *video processing machine* that has lots of hard drive space and a dvd burner. So I clean off the commercials and edit the videos however I need to.

But back in sagetv, I *thought* that I needed to tell Sagetv that I watched the episode, so it wont record it again (shows set up as favorites). So I mark each one as *watched*, and then just choose the "delete it now" option after pressing the delete key.

Maybe I dont need to do this in sagetv?? I just dont want it to record the show again. So I figured this was the right way to do it.

I read another thread about how I can delete an entire group of shows, which saves a lot of time....but if I do truely need to mark each show as *watched* - so it wont get recorded again...then that is why I asked my original question

[Jason]

Originally Posted by steingra

Is there any way in SageTV Client to select more than one recording at a time, and set its flag to "Watched"

The best (IMO) way to do what you are asking is via the Web interface. You can set the status on shows to watched, don;t like, etc and very quickly too!

http://www.sage-community.org/index.cgi/wiki/WebServer

-Jason

[aperry]

Originally Posted by Jason

The best (IMO) way to do what you are asking is via the Web interface. You can set the status on shows to watched, don;t like, etc and very quickly too!

You took the words right out of my mouth... I do all my management like this through the web interface now...

[nielm]

Originally Posted by steingra

Is there any way in SageTV Client to select more than one recording at a time, and set its flag to "Watched"

In the traditional Sage Recordings view, with shows grouped by title in folders, or in the Additional Airings Search Results view, you can highlight a folder, and press CTRL-W (or any key mapped to the 'Watched' command.

Similarly, you can also press CTRL-J (or the key mapped to the Dont Like command) to Don't like a group.

Then you can hit the Delete key to delete all shows in the folder!

[steingra]

Originally Posted by nielm

In the traditional Sage Recordings view, with shows grouped by title in folders, or in the Additional Airings Search Results view, you can highlight a folder, and press CTRL-W (or any key mapped to the 'Watched' command.

Similarly, you can also press CTRL-J (or the key mapped to the Dont Like command) to Don't like a group.

Then you can hit the Delete key to delete all shows in the folder!

oooh thats what I wanted Now I can do this task real fast.

Thanks nielm!

PS
So, is it actually neccessary to set shows as *watched* so that they wont be recorded as a Favorite show more than once? Or is sageTV keeping track of that on its own. I dont want to do these things if I dont have to. :O

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by steingra

is it actually neccessary to set shows as *watched* so that they wont be recorded as a Favorite show more than once?

Unwatched shows can be recorded again if you simply delete them.

- Andy

[steingra]

Originally Posted by Opus4

Unwatched shows can be recorded again if you simply delete them. - Andy

Let me try to clarify what I was asking
I am wondering if I tell sagetv to set the *watched* flag, if it will not record them again (if setup as a favorite)?

Since I move my favorites to offline storage for archiving purposes, I dont need to record them again. Or I would be recording *duplicate* shows and wasting more space :-O SO I just wanted to find out if sagetv will not re-record a show, once you mark it as Watched (and assuming I set it up as a favorite)

Does that make sense?

[Opus4]

Here's a FAQ: If I delete a show, will it be recorded again?


- Andy