[mythtv-users] How small can I get my captures?

[John P DeVale]

Nathan Poznick wrote:

>Thus spake John Klimek:
>  
>
>>1)  Does MythTV have any other codecs to compress the size?  What else can I
>>do to shrink the file sizes?
>>    
>>
>
>Have you tried using the MPEG4 option?  For me, with the default
>settings, this produces files approximately 400mb for 30 minutes / 900mb
>for an hour.
>
ARRGH!  This is *most* annoying.  For me the default MPEG4 settings 
produce files that are 3-4 GB per hour.  Does anyone know why this might 
be and how to fix it?

Thanks,

John