[mythtv-users] Fox 3 hour HD program size ?

[Michael T. Dean]

John Patrick Poet wrote:

>On Mon, 23 May 2005, Mudit Wahal wrote:
>
>>The file size for the 3 hour HD program recorded on Fox yesterday
>>evening from 7 to 10pm? Mine is only 12GB.
>>
>>-rw-r--r--  1 mythtv mythtv 12912449684 May 22 22:00
>>1031_20050522190000_20050522220000.nuv
>>
>>Is it recorded correctly ? Just wondering !
>>Also, any command which can some how tell whats inside the
>>stream/program, bitrate, frames, resolution, total time, etc without
>>actually playing it ?  Something like gspot in Windows.
>>
>FOX HD shows are typically around 6-7 GB/hour where I live.  Fox uses 720p
>which requires less bandwidth than 1080i.
>
>ABC HD also uses 720p, but their shows are smaller where I live, because
>they reprocess the MPEG shows to have a lower bitrate.  They do this so they
>can sell bandwidth to other companies and make some money.
>  
>
Also, since Attack of the Clones was a movie to start with, maybe it was 
broadcast as 720p24 instead of 720p60.  (Movies are filmed at 24fps, so 
broadcasting at higher refresh rates wouldn't add anything--it's only 
done with NTSC since NTSC only allows one format.).  If so it seems 
sensible that 720p24 would take about half the bandwidth of 720p60...

Mike