[mythtv-users] RE:prv-250 capture settings and video quality

[Paul Mietz Egli]

On Tuesday 20 May 2003 10:46 pm, Vinton Coffman wrote:
> Now the average file size is ~3.8 GB/hour.
>
> Can someone post their settings or the procedure necessary to reduce
> the bit rate.  I was under the impression that people were getting
> about 2 GB/h with the pvr-250.  Can anyone with a 250 card verify
this.

Another option is to add the following to one of your system init
scripts:

  /path/to/ivtv/utils/test_ioctl -c bitrate=2500000,bitrate_peak=8000000

On my system, this reduced the file size for a 576x480 recording from
4.3 Gb/hr to 1.6 Gb per hour.

p.