[POSSIBLE SPAM]:Re: [mythtv-users] Transcoding advice (long)

[Anthony Lau]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 11:52:07PM -0600, Harlan wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 December 2003 09:11 pm, Nelson Butterworth wrote:
> > I'm not sure why you can't use MPEG2 files on Windows. I do it all the
> > time, with the stuff recorded by MythTV from my 250 and 350. Windows can
> > play the files just fine, with stereo and everything. However, I do
> > understand the size issue; a 1 hour program is over 2GB!
> >
> > Nelson
> 
> WOW!!!  How did you get the file size so SMALL!?!?!?!?!?!?!??????
> 
> I have recording set to default and I am seeing sizes of 6 GB for a 30 minute 
> show and file sizes of 19 GB (Yes, 19 GIGABYTES) for a single 60 minute 
> show!!!!

Wow, those are huge. Print out what you have if you do 

$test_iotcl -a

and what is the resolution you are capturing at?
720x480 with the default PVR-x50 bitrates of 8000kbits average/
16000kbits peak, a 30minute show is about 2GB.

Anthony