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On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 16:47:39 GMT, Steph <CUT_skipatrol@hotmail.com_CUT>
wrote:
> "Bob M" <ctviggen.y@adelphia.net> wrote in
> news
pskwsvdbhh8ewrd@esq03.mfh.com:
>
>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:56:46 +0000 (UTC), General Kireiko
>> <douglas@panix.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Bob M <ctviggen.y@adelphia.net> wrote:
>>> : I upgraded my 40hour Replay 5040 from 40gb to a 200gb hard drive.
>>> : However, the Replay only records another 80 hours (I previously had
>>> :
>>> about
>>> : 5 hours left) at medium quality, even though I increased capacity
>>> : by 5 times (I should go from 40 hours to about 200 hours, so I
>>> : should have
>>> over
>>> : 160 hours). Is this correct, or should I be looking into this?
>>>
>>> At what quality setting are you recording at? Did you move shows
>>> from the
>>> old partition to the new one?
>>>
>>> A 200 GB Hard disk will record ~200 hrs at standard, 100 at medium,
>>> and ~67
>>> at high.
>>>
>>> In addition, did you PATCH the hard disk? And, does the machine you
>>> used to PATCH the hard disk recognize hard drives over 137 GB?
>>>
>>> -Doug
>>
>> I think my generic setting is medium. I did patch the hard disk. I
>> did copy my old stuff over. I used a windows XP home edition PC, and
>> it saw the whole 200gb. Is there a way to check how much the replay
>> sees?
>>
>
>
> Sounds about right to me. Give or take about 5GB.
> You moved up to a 200GB drive, at record at Medium quality, which would
> yield about 100 hours of record time. BUT you copied over some existing
> recordings as well (probably 15GB worth based on a 40GB with 20 hours
> capacity at Meidum and only 5 Hrs available).
>
> The discprency could be a show recorded at either standard or High
> quality, or perhaps it has a lot of motion resulting in a slightly
> larger overall size.
>
> If in doubt, you could clear you show partition, set the default to
> Standard and view the available time.
>
> Even better, fire up DvArchive and it will tell you how big a drive the
> RTV has, the space used and available.
>
Thanks, I think you are right. I do have two shows recorded at high
quality (two movies, which I've yet to watch). The rest is recorded at
standard. I'll look into DvArchive. I thought the upgrade process was
very easy (although the instructions I had didn't match the program
exactly).
--
Bob in CT
/notstupid.laughingsquid.com
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