[mythtv-users] PVR-250 and file size, how to reduce ?

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Thursday, Sep 11, 2003, at 22:39 US/Pacific, Hirendra Hindocha wrote:

> Hello ,
>
> I recently added a PVR-250 to my PC which has a WinTV and WinTV
> dbx. Everything seems to be working ok, except the file size of
> the recorded programs. With the PVR-250 the files are around 4GB
> per hour, with the WinTVs I was getting around 700 MB per hour.
> Is there a way to reduce the size to around 600-700 MB using
> PVR-250 ?
> I tried setting up the transcoding feature, but the files ended
> up being even larger - 11 GB or so and the transcoding process
> chewed up all the CPU time. If possible, I'd like to be able
> schedule the transcoding process to the early hours and make the
> size more manageable.

There are ways to lower the bitrate and capture resolution to produce 
smaller files.

Go to http://ivtv.sourceforge.net and read the FAQ.

--Jarod

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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