[mythtvnz] Suggestions for a MythTV Box

Steve Hodge mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Fri, 1 Jun 2007 15:55:44 +1200


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On 6/1/07, Criggie <criggie@criggie.dyndns.org> wrote:
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> Andrew Ruthven wrote:
> > 100GB will record about 45 hours of footage with my current settings.
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> Yes - will DVB use disk space faster or slower than an analogue recording?
>

It depends on your settings (bitrate). DVB-S seems to be between 2 and
3.5GB per hour at the moment, with 3 being higher and TV2 lower.

Cheers,
Steve

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On 6/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Criggie</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:criggie@criggie.dyndns.org">criggie@criggie.dyndns.org</a>&gt; wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Andrew Ruthven wrote:<br>&gt; 100GB will record about 45 hours of footage with my current settings.<br><br>Yes - will DVB use disk space faster or slower than an analogue recording?<br></blockquote></div><br>It depends on your settings (bitrate). DVB-S seems to be between 2 and 
3.5 GB per hour at the moment, with 3 being higher and TV2 lower.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Steve<br>

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