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<blockquote data-quote="NickName" data-source="post: 79272" data-attributes="member: 21675">OK, maybe Dirmon may be of no use however you could use a VBscript that simply runs the whole time your HTPC is on. ie. it just loops continuosly from bootup checking for the third oldest MSDVRMM* file and deleting it.That would have the advantage of being less software running. Just be sure to put a&nbsp; sleep command in your script else you'll max out you CPU.I'd reckon every 30 seconds would be ok so you'd use:sleep(30000)in the loop.Give us a yell if you get stuck and I'll help with the script although I am very busy this week.On a similar but different note, I am looking at running my Timeshift buffer in a RAM drive (about 1.3 gig of ram needed for a 30 minute Timeshift buffer I estimate). This would be very quick and silent and would save hard drive 'wear and tear'... I don't know yet how this will affect recording though I'd simply 'NTFS mount' the RAM drive as a folder (\card1) in the Recording folder. This way Mediaportal would think it was talking to a HD disk and not to RAM. ;-)This is 'work in progress'Just re-read your post... If the file can't be deleted while Timeshift is running, I assume you need to delete it when Mediaportal shutsdown? If so, get the VBScript to watch for either the Mediaportal window to close or for the Mediapotal process to end before trying to delete. The script may not run though if you shutdown the box from inside Mediaportal. You may need to close Mediaportal and then shutdown the box. My MCE remote can shutdown the box with or without Mediaportal running. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Good luck,Nick Name.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NickName, post: 79272, member: 21675"] OK, maybe Dirmon may be of no use however you could use a VBscript that simply runs the whole time your HTPC is on. ie. it just loops continuosly from bootup checking for the third oldest MSDVRMM* file and deleting it. That would have the advantage of being less software running. Just be sure to put a sleep command in your script else you'll max out you CPU. I'd reckon every 30 seconds would be ok so you'd use: sleep(30000) in the loop. Give us a yell if you get stuck and I'll help with the script although I am very busy this week. On a similar but different note, I am looking at running my Timeshift buffer in a RAM drive (about 1.3 gig of ram needed for a 30 minute Timeshift buffer I estimate). This would be very quick and silent and would save hard drive 'wear and tear'... I don't know yet how this will affect recording though I'd simply 'NTFS mount' the RAM drive as a folder (\card1) in the Recording folder. This way Mediaportal would think it was talking to a HD disk and not to RAM. ;-) This is 'work in progress' Just re-read your post... If the file can't be deleted while Timeshift is running, I assume you need to delete it when Mediaportal shutsdown? If so, get the VBScript to watch for either the Mediaportal window to close or for the Mediapotal process to end before trying to delete. The script may not run though if you shutdown the box from inside Mediaportal. You may need to close Mediaportal and then shutdown the box. My MCE remote can shutdown the box with or without Mediaportal running. :-) Good luck, Nick Name. [/QUOTE]

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