[mythtv-users] Best settings for transcoding HD content to save space?

[Ronald Frazier]

>
> Cutting to 1GB--which costs all the time it takes you to a) edit the
> recording to make sure commercials are properly marked (where cutting out
> 1/3 of the recording, the commercials, is the only way to get from 8GB to
> 1GB without terrible, terrible quality loss), b) set up the transcode, c)
> verify the transcode (possibly skipping through the recording to verify
> audio exists throughout and is properly synch'ed--which may well ruin any
> surprises in the recording), and remove the original--saves you $0.233.


Actually, a few cents less than that. You have to count the electricity
cost of transcoding vs idle.
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