I've been using TIVOs for several years (although I haven't been back to this forum for a couple years), however I just noticed something that I hadn't been aware of.
I'm using an old series 1 standalone TIVO, which is networked and have an old version of TIVOWEB and a couple other applications installed.
What I just noticed (not sure why I never noticed this before), is that I just made a 4 hour recording of 2 PBS programs (about French & Indian war, so there is plenty of action if that matters), and also made a recording of a 3 hour 40 min NFL football game (also plenty of action). I expected the 2 recordings to take up about the same space on the disk, however the 4 hour PBS program took up 5 GB of space on the hard drive, according to TIVOWEB, and the 3 hour 40 min football game took up over 7 GB of disk space.
I know this is probably a dumb question, but WHY. Both programs came from an an analog connection to a DTV displaying local channels. I thought that perhaps .mpg files might be smaller for programming with less action meaning less compression is possible, but both programs seemingly have quite a bit of action.
Anyway, WHY does the football game take up so much more space than a PBS show about colonial wars? Is it because there is more action and less compression possible for sporting events?
Thanks, and sorry for the dumb question.
I'm using an old series 1 standalone TIVO, which is networked and have an old version of TIVOWEB and a couple other applications installed.
What I just noticed (not sure why I never noticed this before), is that I just made a 4 hour recording of 2 PBS programs (about French & Indian war, so there is plenty of action if that matters), and also made a recording of a 3 hour 40 min NFL football game (also plenty of action). I expected the 2 recordings to take up about the same space on the disk, however the 4 hour PBS program took up 5 GB of space on the hard drive, according to TIVOWEB, and the 3 hour 40 min football game took up over 7 GB of disk space.
I know this is probably a dumb question, but WHY. Both programs came from an an analog connection to a DTV displaying local channels. I thought that perhaps .mpg files might be smaller for programming with less action meaning less compression is possible, but both programs seemingly have quite a bit of action.
Anyway, WHY does the football game take up so much more space than a PBS show about colonial wars? Is it because there is more action and less compression possible for sporting events?
Thanks, and sorry for the dumb question.