[mythtv-users] Archiving TV shows to DVD

[James Armstrong]

Jeff Simpson wrote:

>I record everything at 720x480 so that it matches up with the native
>resolution of DVD.
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>Each 30 minute show is ~1.1gigs, so with commercials removed, 2 hours
>should easily fit on a 4.7 gig disc (I've done 3 30 min shows on a
>disc before I did commercial removing)
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> - Jeff
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>On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:13:39 -0600, M S <skd5aner at gmail.com> wrote:
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I also record at 720x480. Does not take too long to burn a two hour 
disc. I modified my mythtvburn script to have an option for transcoding 
before the multiplex and can get 4 hour on one dvd. I think I end up 
using 2200 bitrate to get 4 hours.

- James