Thanks for the assistance, you've been very patient with my questions. That fixed it.
So I have another question. Which options control the format (and presumably the size) of the file you get after transcoding? Thanks Derek Tattersall On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 20:24 -0700, Joe Votour wrote: > The .nuv file that the PVR-250 creates is an MPEG-2 > file. > > I'm not sure what format the large file you're getting > is in (because MythTV calls everything .nuv files for > convenience). > > You want to disable automatic transcoding. This is in > your recording profiles. Go through all of them to > make sure that you don't have "Automatically transcode > after recording" checked off. > > -- Joe > > --- Derek Tattersall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I appreciate the help I've been getting here. I am a > > complete newby to > > the world of computer video. > > > > I just noticed that when mythtv records the program > > from my PVR-250 the > > resulting nuv file is of a reasonable size (about > > 1Gb per hour of > > video). After the program is finished, mythtv > > transcodes that file into > > something that is hideously large, about 27Gb per > > hour of video, still > > called a nuv file. What formats are these files? > > > > What option controls this, and how do I disable it? > > > > I just went through the front and back end setup > > menus and I didn't see > > anything that looks likely. I am obviously missing > > something, but what? > > > > Thanks > > > > Derek Tattersall > > > > On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 18:33 -0500, William Powers > > wrote: > > > Try this: Go into the default recording profile > > for the PVR250 and set > > > your resolution to 352x480 and your encoder > > bitrate to 2200 > > > kbit/second. That's about the absolute minimum > > bitrate/resolution combo > > > I've found to be usable for standard TV. YMMV. > > Record something and > > > try watching it over your 802.11b link. If the > > playback is jerky, then > > > you'll probably need to upgrade to 802.11g or > > faster, regardless of > > > whether you like the picture quality or not. > > > > > > If the playback is smooth, but you can't stand the > > picture quality, try > > > increasing the bitrate without increasing the > > resolution and see if you > > > can find a setting that works for you. If you > > must increase the > > > resolution (to, say, 480x480), then you will have > > to substantially > > > increase the bitrate (eg., I use at least 4500 > > kbps/sec at 480x480 or > > > better). The more you must increase the bitrate, > > the less the chance > > > that 802.11b is going to work for you. > > > > > > Good luck! > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > Derek Tattersall wrote: > > > > > > >I just set up a mythtv box using a pvr-250 as the > > capture card. I > > > >scheduled a recording of a 1/2 hour tv show, and > > it worked well. When I > > > >played back the recording it looked great. So far > > so good. However that > > > >1/2 hour recording takes up 13gb on my disk. I > > would like to find a more > > > >efficient way to store recordings even if I have > > to sacrifice some > > > >quality. > > > > > > > >How do I set up mythtv to reencode the recordings > > to a more space > > > >efficient format? > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > mythtv-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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