[mythtv-users] Bit rate oddity?
Michael Williams
lists at arcanamm.com
Thu Jun 12 22:23:25 EDT 2003
I am experiencing this same thing, and it varys. I have a 1 hour show
recorded that was near 9 gigs, and another that was only 2 gigs. Have
yet to figure it out.
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 19:49, John P DeVale wrote:
> Having used Myth for a couple months now, I have observed that the
> filesize of recorded video seems larger than it should. I have it set
> to record at the default values using MPEG 4 -- 2200 Kbps and Audio MP3
> Q7 (whatever bitrate that works out to be), resolution 480x480.
> However, the resultant files are between 3-4 GB for an hour of TV. Now
> according to my calculations, at 2200 Kbps the video portion of the file
> should be slightly less than 1 GB, and the audio should be comparatively
> small. So I have to wonder, why the heck the files are so big?
>
> Has anyone else observed this, and if so what is the reason?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
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