[mythtv-users] 20+ GB .nuv files

[Mark Emery]

Hi,

When I first set up MythTV 0.16 I had massive .nuv files. When I set the 
picture size to be smaller they became reasonable.  I put it down to the CPU 
not being able to keep up (Was 700MHz then with WinTV card, writing 
to /myth/tv over 100Mbps NFS mount, now 1.5GHz CPU).

If it can't keep up does it start writing lots of key frames? This could 
account for the jump in file size people see.

Start off with a small resolution, and if that works start working back up to 
what you'd like. Set up manual shedules to record 1 min of TV.

What would be nice is a script that runs in a loop tweeking the config for a 
given profile, e.g. "High Quality", and record 1min of video for each with 
the Res as part of the recording name. The script should then be able to 
check the res/size for each and calculate the break point.  I can write a 
Perl script to do it if someone can point me at the location the res is 
stored.

Despite the 1.5GHz CPU I now have in the box I still record at 384x288 as I've 
got to take the lowest spec Frontend into account.

Regards,
Mark

On Friday 04 Mar 2005 02:19, Garry Cook wrote:
> Well, it looks like I tweaked something that I shouldn't have,
> probably in the setup/utilities, maybe in mythtvsetup, or this could
> possibly be due to the apt-get dist-upgrade that I did the other day.
> My .nuv files are now sized at about 20GB per hour. I've got one that
> is a half hour show which is taking up 14GB of space.
>
> I'm sure that I saw a thread about this recently, but searching the
> archives I just can't seem to find it, just not using the right
> keywords I guess.
>
> Any idea what might be causing this? Could it be a simple setting, or
> will I need to roll back a package? Anyone know the subject of the
> old/existing thread?
>
> Any insight is appreciated.