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Friday, May 20th, 2022

RECORDING A SERIES

LIMIT HOW MANY SHOWS ARE KEPT SUCH AS THE LAST 3 RECORDED SHOWS, ALL OLDER ONES I WANT AUTMATICALLY DELETED.

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255.7K Messages

4 years ago

Thanks for the reply, @baird_a

We get how important it is to take control over your recording at its fullest. We will forward your suggestion to a dedicated team that meets with subject matter experts across DIRECTV STREAM. They will review the suggestion and determine next steps.

We appreciate your feedback, and thanks to @detuch254 for taking the time to help our customers.


Karen, DIRECTV Community Specialist

ACE - New Member

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4 years ago

Sure, you can change it in the recording settings for the series that you would like to change. I believe the setting is called ‘Record at Most’ and you have to change that to 3.

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4 years ago

All i get on record series is an option to record 'all episodes' or 'new episodes'. How are you accessing the 'recording' option?

ACE - New Member

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4 years ago

@baird_a click ‘List’, choose ‘Recording Manager’ at the top right, click Series Manager, click the Series you want to change, go to ‘Series Options,’ and make sure the ‘Keep at Most’ section has 3 Episodes chosen. 

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4 years ago

I appreciate your help but I wonder is we have the same application. My choices are:

DirectTV Stream   Watch Now     My Library    On Demand     Guide  Tv Shows/Movies/Key words

I do not have 'List anywhere that I can find.

I am running my DirectTV thru a firestick.

ACE - New Member

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4 years ago

@baird_a got you. Well you posted in the DIRECTV satellite forum, not the DIRECTV STREAM forum. I’ll be more than glad to move this post.

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4 years ago

Very much appreciated. I can see now why I'm having trouble with dealing with DirectTV. I'm an (Edited per community guidelines)! Thanks again.

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4 years ago

Hello @baird_a, let's work on your recordings and how to manage them.

At the moment, there isn't an option to set up and delete the recordings automatically. DIRECTV Stream have a limit of storage for recordings. If a new recording exceeds the storage limit, then the oldest recordings in playlist are deleted in full until the available space needed to record the new programing is met. However, you can manage and delete your recordings. Scroll down until you find the title Delete recordings to get all the steps.

Let us know if you have more questions. We'll be happy to clear them up!

Karen, DIRECTV Community Specialist

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4 years ago

That's too bad. I came from Uverse and we had that option. I record 3 news services a day and so now I have to  delete them manually to remove them or I'll have way too many using up my data storage. I understand DirectTV allows a user to do this. Why doesn't DirecTV Stream provide for this? Will it ever?

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4 years ago

Thank you

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4 years ago

You are welcome, @baird_a

It was a pleasure clearing up your concerns. In case for further assistance, feel free to reach us back. We're here to help!

Thank you for contacting DIRECTV.

Karen, DIRECTV Community Specialist

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