[mythtv-users] how much space does an HD recording take?
Robert Kulagowski
bob at smalltime.com
Mon May 9 21:05:06 UTC 2005
>>>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.
See? _NONE_ of us are reading the emails - we're just responding to
what we _think_ was the question! :)
It's more like 800GB; the OP wanted 100 hours of storage.
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