[mythtv-users] Question on file size for SD digital recordings

[Henry A Harper III]

> I have recorded a few SD digital shows and they seem to capture at a
> rate of 1GB per hour where as I am currently grabbing mpeg2 analog
> shows at double that rate.  Right now I don't see a way of changing
> the encode rate for the digital captures.  Is this indeed the case or
> maybe im missing something from my setup.

You aren't missing anything, the encoding for digital broadcasts is done at
the station not your house. All your card does is extract the bitstream and
dump it to disk.