[mythtv-users] down sizing

[Daryl McDonald]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 9:05 PM, A. F. Cano <afc at shibaya.lonestar.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 12:13:36PM -0500, Daryl McDonald wrote:
>> Is there any way to get a movie recorded in HD (14GB with ads in) to
>> burn onto a DVD (4.7GB)? I've done low quality transcodes on 6.8GB
>> recordings that end up at 5GB.  027 fixes in Ubuntu 120.4
>
> I asked how to transcode to SD a while back for a different reason:
> slow CPU, and was given this command that has been working great:
>
> mythffmpeg -i <HDfilename>.mpg -target ntsc-dvd <HDfilename>SD.mpg
>
> It's been working great, although very slowly on my old/slow CPU.
> At least I can watch the SD versions that come out.
>
> Others have commented extensively on size and quality issues, which
> are all relevant to fitting the files on the DVDs, so more option
> tweaking might be necessary if the files are really long.
>
> Augustine
>
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I recorded in HD because that was the way it was broadcast. As
advised, however it did work, after transcoding the file size went to
10 GB and when I burned the DVD it showed 3GB to be occupied, it's
automagic!
Much joy.