<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">They're not. They have a .nuv extension, but are in mpeg-2 format. Try working with them as mpeg-2 files and you won't have a problem.<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Nov 27, 2005, at 11:02 AM, Felix Rubinstein wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Let's make it clearer, for instance, I use WinTV-PVR-150, it has MPEG-2 encoder, right? So why files stored on hard disk are still in NuppelVideo format?<BR><BR><DIV><SPAN class="gmail_quote">On 11/27/05, <B class="gmail_sendername"> Donavan Stanley</B> <<A href="mailto:geckofiend@gmail.com">geckofiend@gmail.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <BR><BR><DIV><SPAN class="q"><SPAN class="gmail_quote">On 11/27/05, <B class="gmail_sendername">Felix Rubinstein</B> <<A href="mailto:felixru@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> felixru@gmail.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Why does it save video in this format and not in MPEG-2 video stream?</BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN><DIV><BR> <BR> If you're using a hardware encoder cars it IS mpeg2 not a nupplevideo.<BR> </DIV><SPAN class="q"><BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Why Myth format is so large and why can't it be saved in raw MPEG-2 video <BR>stream for later playback?<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN></DIV><BR> You should REALLY search the mailing lists... This topic has been covered to death.<BR> <BR>_______________________________________________<BR>mythtv-users mailing list<BR><A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</A><BR><A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users" target="_blank"> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</A><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">mythtv-users mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users">http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>