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<blockquote data-quote="silentstone" data-source="post: 499769" data-attributes="member: 96969">I'm starting to get into recording TV with MediaPortal/TV-Server 1.0.2.&nbsp; Recording an hour-long ATSC digital program takes 7-9 GBs!&nbsp; I understand that it's a lot more information, higher quality formats being used than for an analog/NTSC recording, but I'd really like to get the filesize down some.&nbsp; In MediaPortal &gt; TV &gt; Scheduled &gt; [Program] &gt; Settings, there's an option called &quot;Quality Setting&quot;.&nbsp; Can this be used to adjust the recordings' filesize?&nbsp; It's grayed out and unselectable; how can it be activated?MediaPortal &gt; Plugins &gt; Settings&gt; TV... lists video/audio codecs.&nbsp; Are these codecs installed within MediaPortal, or detected already on my system, or what?&nbsp; Are they used to record, playback videos, watch TV?&nbsp; Would changing these affect ability to playback video within MediaPortal, because recently I can't playback recordings (any video) in MediaPortal--Live TV is fine, and programs still record and are playable in other software, but MP reports, &quot;Unable to play: [video.ts]&nbsp;&nbsp; Audio codec: &quot;&nbsp; Despite selecting every audio codec listed in Settings, some of which I recognize as definitely being on my system before MP, so should be available, videos fail to play and this spot in the message remains blank.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="silentstone, post: 499769, member: 96969"] I'm starting to get into recording TV with MediaPortal/TV-Server 1.0.2. Recording an hour-long ATSC digital program takes 7-9 GBs! I understand that it's a lot more information, higher quality formats being used than for an analog/NTSC recording, but I'd really like to get the filesize down some. In MediaPortal > TV > Scheduled > [Program] > Settings, there's an option called "Quality Setting". Can this be used to adjust the recordings' filesize? It's grayed out and unselectable; how can it be activated? MediaPortal > Plugins > Settings> TV... lists video/audio codecs. Are these codecs installed within MediaPortal, or detected already on my system, or what? Are they used to record, playback videos, watch TV? Would changing these affect ability to playback video within MediaPortal, because recently I can't playback recordings (any video) in MediaPortal--Live TV is fine, and programs still record and are playable in other software, but MP reports, "Unable to play: [video.ts] Audio codec: " Despite selecting every audio codec listed in Settings, some of which I recognize as definitely being on my system before MP, so should be available, videos fail to play and this spot in the message remains blank. [/QUOTE]

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