[mythtv-users] how much space does an HD recording take?

Robert Kulagowski bob at smalltime.com
Mon May 9 21:05:06 UTC 2005


>>>I'm trying to get a good idea of how much disk space I need.  I want
>>>around 100 hrs.  I tried to search but didn't come up with much exact
>>>figures.  Something in the range of 6-10GB/hr?  is this right?
>>
>>You're not asking the right question, but I'll answer it anyways.
>>
>>2GB/hr with a hardware MPEG-2 card with reasonable defaults.
>>

> I think he is asking the right question - he's just getting the wrong
> assumptions.
> 
> I think the 7-8GB/hr estimate is the best guess- so you need ~ 80GB of
> TV storage, before transcoding.

See?  _NONE_ of us are reading the emails - we're just responding to 
what we _think_ was the question! :)

It's more like 800GB; the OP wanted 100 hours of storage.


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