Size of Meg-2 files?

[Malcontent]

Can somebody give me an idea of how big (on average) the meg-2 files are for say a hour tv show? I'm thinking of getting a Hauppauge dual tuner card.

[Opus4]

For recordings of analog TV, that entirely depends on what recording quality you choose -- it ranges from about 0.6 GB/hour for very low quality up to about 5.9 GB/hour for max quality. I use about 3 GB/hour. If you are already using SageTV, the choices are listed in Setup -> Detailed Setup -> Multimedia -> Recording Quality.

For recording digital TV, the digital stream is just saved as it comes in, so that size will depend on the broadcast & the recording quality selection is not used.

- Andy

[Malcontent]

Originally Posted by Opus4

For recordings of analog TV, that entirely depends on what recording quality you choose -- it ranges from about 0.6 GB/hour for very low quality up to about 5.9 GB/hour for max quality. I use about 3 GB/hour. If you are already using SageTV, the choices are listed in Setup -> Detailed Setup -> Multimedia -> Recording Quality.

- Andy

Thanks, I'm not using SageTv yet. I'm doing some research before I pull the trigger.