[mythtv-users] how much space does an HD recording take?
Phil Bridges
gravityhammer at gmail.com
Mon May 9 20:58:56 UTC 2005
On 5/9/05, Robert Kulagowski <bob at smalltime.com> wrote:
> > I'm trying to get a good idea of how much disk space I need. I want
> > around 100 hrs. I tried to search but didn't come up with much exact
> > figures. Something in the range of 6-10GB/hr? is this right?
>
> You're not asking the right question, but I'll answer it anyways.
>
> 2GB/hr with a hardware MPEG-2 card with reasonable defaults.
>
I think he is asking the right question - he's just getting the wrong
assumptions.
I think the 7-8GB/hr estimate is the best guess- so you need ~ 80GB of
TV storage, before transcoding.
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