<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Tortise <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tortise@paradise.net.nz">tortise@paradise.net.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Given the recent changes of TV1, 2 etc to 1080i we now have very large files from most recordings. With TV3 if one didn't want a HD<br>
recording one could just record on TV3+1 for a (much) smaller file. While I am not using a 1080p 52 inch display the difference<br>
between 576i and 1080i is frequently minimal, (although obviously superior to SD.)<br>
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A brief file size comparison tells me we are talking about less than 2G (one hour of 576i) vs. over 5G (1080i) which means 576i is<br>
typ 40% of the 1080i files.<br>
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This means potential of over twice the material on the same HDD.... which seems worthwhile...<br>
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One way to get smaller TV 1 and 2 files is to pull them down over DVB-S. I guess this can be done but might be interesting to setup<br>
so that one could choose the preferred file size. For example movies at 1080i might be desirable, while much else might be ok at<br>
576i. Anyone tried to select TV1/2 recordings based on the file size they want?<br>
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At a guess an alternative might be to transcode the recorded 1080i files to 576i or maybe 720p I presume as a user job(s). Is<br>
anyone using this approach?<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>There was a thread om mythtvuser recently about transcoding h264 material. <br><br>But then again, if HD is of little use to you because you don't get the benefit of it, use your satellite dish, as SD@576i seems to be what is acceptable to you (given your viewing equipment).<br>
<br>Otherwise, hard drives are cheap, just plonk a couple more in or attached to your back end.<br><br><br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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