It's pretty straightforward to implement something which looks like delete / undelete on the front end of a system like a PVR, irrespective of the OS on which it is based (which of course here is Android, not Linux, as Android is a modified Linux kernel). There are plenty of Android apps which have this sort of feature built into them.
On the front end, if something is ticked "deleted", don't display it. Then have a secondary process to have items ticked as "deleted" showing in something called (but not actually) a recycle bin, with a rule to delete automatically after 30 days (say) and an option to permanently delete if required.
It's irrelevant how the OS handles that, it's all about how the front end is coded to make it appear as if there is a system level delete / undelete function.
The only issue with dealing with it like that is that is that some end users would be running out of space, delete recordings and then fail to comprehend why no new fresh space was being created (assuming the autodelete option wasn't in play).
I think it's a great suggestion, especially as it is quite easy to delete recordings on the box and occasionally different family members will delete something which others wanted retaining.
| Fri 30 Apr 2021 15:12:52
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