[mythtv-users] Bit rate oddity?

Michael Williams lists at arcanamm.com
Thu Jun 12 22:23:25 EDT 2003


I am experiencing this same thing, and it varys.  I have a 1 hour show
recorded that was near 9 gigs, and another that was only 2 gigs. Have
yet to figure it out.


On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 19:49, John P DeVale wrote:
> Having used Myth for a couple months now, I have observed that the 
> filesize of recorded video seems larger than it should.  I have it set 
> to record at the default values using MPEG 4 -- 2200 Kbps and Audio MP3 
> Q7 (whatever bitrate that works out to be), resolution 480x480.  
> However, the resultant files are between 3-4 GB for an hour of TV.  Now 
> according to my calculations, at 2200 Kbps the video portion of the file 
> should be slightly less than 1 GB, and the audio should be comparatively 
> small.  So I have to wonder, why the heck the files are so big?
> 
> Has anyone else observed this, and if so what is the reason? 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
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