[mythtv-users] down sizing

[Daryl McDonald]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Bob Shanteau <rmshant at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/10/2014 9:13 AM, Daryl McDonald wrote:
>>
>> Is there any way to get a movie recorded in HD (14GB with ads in) to
>> burn onto a DVD (4.7GB)? I've done low quality transcodes on 6.8GB
>> recordings that end up at 5GB.  027 fixes in Ubuntu 120.4
>> Daryl
>
> I use the MythArchive plugin for making DVDs. Current version works fine for
> me. I run Mythbuntu 12.04.3 with MythTV 0.27.
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythArchive
>
> I remove the ads using the Edit feature of MythTV.
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Editing_Recordings
>
> Bob Shanteau
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But can you trancode a 14+GB recording small enough to fit on a 4.7GB DVD?