[mythtv-users] Size of firewire recordings

[Ryan Lavender]

Do you know what could cause this? Even just running test-mpeg2 gives me a
file with a data rate of 15000 kbps according to mplayer.


On 4/9/15, 3:20 PM, "Gabe Rubin" <gaberubin at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Ryan Lavender <ryanlavender at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I am just starting out with MythTV using firewire and a Comcast cable box. My
>> recordings seem to be really large, i.e. 2.2 GB for 7 minutes on an SD
>> channel. Is this normal for an MPEG-2 stream from a cable box? Is there any
>> way to transcode while recording to save space?
>> 
>> Thanks. 
>> 
> 
> This is not normal.  I capture all my recordings via firewire (although not
> with Astound).  My recordings, in HD, are typically 2-3 gigs per hour.
> 
> 
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