[mythtv-users] size of stored recordings.

[stan]

On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 06:07:08PM +1000, Christian Hack wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "stan" <stanb at panix.com>
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 4:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] size of stored recordings.
> 
> 
> > On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 10:09:19PM -0800, Darrick Hartman wrote:
> > >
> > > --- stan <stanb at panix.com> wrote:
> > > > I just recorded my first show, Turns out a 1 hour
> > > > show take up about 5.4H!
> > > >
> > > > That seems a bit high, compared to what I was
> > > > getting on  my Tivo. Can I do
> > > > anything to reduce the size of these?
> > >
> > > Check your recording profiles.  You can reduce the
> > > resolution (480x480 works well) as well as adjust the
> > > audio and video bit rates.  You should be able to trim
> > > that down to around 2.2G/hr  I'm not familiar with a
> > > H-byte though ;)
> >
> > Thanks, where do I access these settings?
> >
> 
> Judging by the size you have given, I would guess you are using RTJPEG for
> encoding. If you have the CPU, MPEG4 is about 20% of the size in my
> experience without moving away from the default parameters. It _is_ very
> dependent on your codec parameters though.
> 

OK, where do I check on what's being used/change this?
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