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   From: daniel47@eternal-september.org   
      
   On 4/03/2025 2:22 am, TJ wrote:   
   > On 2025-03-01 17:27, Ant wrote:   
   >> In alt.comp.os.windows-11 Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >>> On Thu, 27 Feb 2025 03:52:34 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> ... MPEG2 is how TV is transmitted over the airwaves ...   
   >>   
   >>> Not for HD, though. High-def is transmitted using MPEG-4 TS.   
   >>   
   >> Isn't ATSC2 using MPEG2? Or was that ATSC1?   
   >   
   > Don't make the mistake of thinking that everybody is in a country that   
   > uses ATSC, Ant. Just because ATSC 1.0 uses mpeg2 compression doesn't   
   > mean other systems do, as well.   
   >   
   > Somewhere up-thread Daniel posted some general information about a file   
   > that indicated the  PAL system. That's an indication that he is NOT in a   
   > country using ATSC, and indeed the same list of information said   
   > something about "Aussie."   
      
   Aussie!! Aussie!! Aussie!! Oh! Oh! Oh!! ;-P   
   >                              *******   
   >   
   > My only experience with a PVR is with an ATSC-NTSC converter box that   
   > has a PVR function through the USB port. When set to record, the ATSC   
   > stream is simply passed along to the storage device connected to that   
   > USB port, with no conversion whatsoever. It's a simple matter for me to   
   > then take that external device to my Linux box and play it with VLC, or   
   > if I want, use Handbrake to convert it to a smaller file using a better   
   > compression system.   
   >   
   > I have no idea how difficult it is for Daniel to remove the hard drive   
   > from his PVR, so I suppose what I'm about to suggest may not be   
   > practical. But, if I were Daniel I suspect that if it was at all   
   > possible I'd have two hard drives for the PVR, one to use and the other   
   > switch in when it gets full, and I'd copy what I wanted to keep off the   
   > full one while the second one is in the PVR.   
   >   
   > But that's just me. YMMV.   
   >   
   > TJ   
      
   Hardly worth the trouble, TJ. The problem (at this time, seems to be the   
   Format that the PVR uses, which ever hard drive I'm working with!!   
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   Daniel70   
      
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