Settings
On
the Recorded TV Manager tab on the console click Settings to
open the Recorded TV Manager page on the Windows Home Server Settings.
The following tasks can be performed on the Recorded TV Manager Settings page:
- AutoCopy Service - Turn the service on and off, view activity and access advanced feature.
- AutoDelete - Set AutoDelete options.
- Notifications - Turn AutoCopy notifications on and off.
The Recorded TV Manager AutoCopy service is a Windows Service Application which was installed on the Windows Home Server when the add-in was installed. The service is configured to start automatically when Windows Home Server starts and login under the default Administrator account using the password supplied during installation of the Add-in.
The AutoCopy service monitors each of the Media Center folders in the folder list for new recordings (create events) and deleted recordings (delete events). When a create or delete event occurs, the AutoCopy service looks for an AutoCopy rule which applies. An AutoCopy rule consists of a condition ("new recording of Law & Order") and an action ("move it to the server"). The Collections and AutoMove wizards are implemented using AutoCopy rules.
Turn the AutoCopy service On or Off
Click the On or Off radio button and then click Apply or OK to set the new state of the AutoCopy service. If you click Cancel without first clicking Apply, the current state of the AutoCopy service will not change. The service must be On to process AutoCopy rules.
Advanced
Click
the Advanced button on the Recorded TV Manager Settings
page to access the AutoCopy rule editor. The AutoCopy
rule editor allows you to create new rules, modify existing rules and remove
rules permanently. For more information about AutoCopy and the rule
editor, see the
Recorded TV Manager Version 2 Help page and select AutoCopy.
Important: After using the rule editor to modify the AutoCopy rules, click OK to return to the Recorded TV Manager Settings page. You MUST click Apply or OK to make those changes permanent. Clicking Cancel will discard any changes.
Note: Rules which are created by the Collections or AutoMove wizards will display "<auto-generated>" in the Rule Description. Click Modify to expand and see the rule description.
Activity
Click
Activity on the Recorded TV Manager Settings
page to view AutoCopy activity. The AutoCopy service writes information to
the Recorded TV Manager event log on the Windows Home Server and you can view
the event log through the Activity dialog.
You can change the level of filtering of the event log by selecting the level from the drop down list. The default is Basic Activity. Select a lower level of filtering for diagnostic purposes.
Click Refresh to force an immediate refresh of the AutoCopy service. This will reset all the network connections and update the data files. This could become necessary if there is an error caused by some kind of network outage or system crash.
To enable AutoDelete check one or both of the AutoDelete options on the Recorded TV manager Settings page, then click Apply or OK.
Automatically delete duplicates - When this option is enabled, duplicate recordings of a series episode will be automatically deleted after they are recorded. A "duplicate episode" is one that has the same episode title and original air date as an existing recording.
Warning: If recordings do not include a unique episode title and/or original air date, then AutoDelete cannot differentiate between recordings and will treat all such recordings as "duplicate" recordings and delete them. Turn off AutoDelete to stop deleting unmarked "duplicates."
Automatically delete checked episodes - When this option is enabled, checked episodes will be automatically deleted after they are recorded. A "checked episode" has a checkmark next to it in the episode list in the Series Info database. Episodes are checked automatically when watching a collection using the Collections wizard, or they can be checked (or unchecked) manually using the Recorded TV Manager WHS Client application.
Note: The Series Info database keeps track of all series episodes, both current recordings and also recordings that have been deleted. For example, if you watch an episode, check it and then delete it, that information will be stored in the Series Info database. If Media Center subsequently records that episode again, it will be deleted immediately if the Automatically delete checked episodes option is enabled.
Notifications are the little yellow popup messages which are generated by the Home Server Console tray icon. The AutoCopy service will issue a notification for any file operation.
Check Turn OFF AutoCopy notifications to stop notifications, then click Apply or OK.