[mythtv-users] holding tv shows episode info in database

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Fri Oct 13 06:36:32 UTC 2006


On 10/13/06 01:28, Brad DerManouelian wrote:

>On Oct 12, 2006, at 9:57 PM, Bilge Tutak wrote:
>
>>1 - Recordings are generally around 2GB per/hour if you leave them  
>>as recordings. And generally 0.5GB when you transcode them (to  
>>dvd).Because I have zillion recordings, I can not afford that much  
>>space.
>>
>You can transcode recordings down as much as you like without putting  
>them in MythVideo.
>

Yeah.  Create a cutlist and then transcode.  Once you're done, use 
myth_archive_job.pl (which is in no way related to MythArchive) to move 
the recording to your video storage drive and create a symlink in your 
recordings directory referring to the new location of the video.

Mike


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