[mythtv-users] Increase in recorded file sizes

[Gordon McCrae]

Mike Holden wrote
> I doubt that would prove anything. Repeat showings of the same episode may
> well not be shown at the same bit rates.
>
> You could use mplayer or ffmpeg on the recorded file to see what it thinks
> the bitrates are, and what streams are encoded within the data. See if
> there is anything obvious different (teletext subtitles, interactive data,
> multiple audio channels)
>   
It wouldn't be able to prove the negative case (i.e. if the file sizes
were different), but if the file sizes are the same (one multirec, one
not), then it would prove multirec had nothing to do with it, as always;
no harm in checking.

Cheers
Gordon