<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Ryan Lavender <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ryanlavender@comcast.net" target="_blank">ryanlavender@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Hi all,<br>
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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?<br>
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Thanks.</span></font>
</div><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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. <br></div></div></div></div>