[mythtv-users] A couple of (theoretically) simple questions from a new user

[Jake]

On 1/10/06, Michael Sullivan <michael at espersunited.com> wrote:
> I just started using MythTV recently (I use mythtv-0.18.1-r1 on a Gentoo
> system.)  My recordings brightness level is too high.  I could've sworn
> that when I was exploring through the mythfrontend (or might have been
> mythbackend - I don't remember) last week I saw settings for brightness,
> tint, etc, but now I can't find them.

not sure if you can set something that will affect the recording but
on playback in mythfrontend if you hit F it affects those. from
keys.txt in the mythtv source:

- F to rotate between the various Picture Adjustments (Colour, Hue, etc.)
    While Picture Adjustment is on-screen, use Left and Right arrows to adjust.
    These settings adjust the look of the video playback, and are independent
    of the G-key settings used at record-time.

>Also, when I record a half-hour
> television show the file size ends up around 1GB.  Is there a way to cut
> down the file size of my recordings from within mythfrontend?

that's about normal for pvr-xxx card.  if you want to change it just
change the bitrate of your recordings.  not sure how much lower than
2.2GB/hr you'll get while keeping a tolerable picture, it reallly
depends on how clean your source is.