So a week ago, I have about 27% free space remaining. One day I notice it is down to about 15%. I know for a fact that many new programs were not recorded. I keep a close eye on what is on there. I come home today and it is up to 37%. What gives? While writing this, I did have a thought. I think once it gets low enough, it will delete programs that are set to be deleted as space is needed. So I went through the list and I did not notice anything missing. I am 98% sure that this was not the case. So does anyone know why this is fluctuating so much? It really has me wondering.
HR20 issue with DVR
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on these programs that you're recording, do you have it set to keep all of them or to only keep one at at time? i have for example NFL live to record everyday but to erase the one from lets say yesterday even if i didn't see it.
Do a restart. This fixed the incorrect reporting of disk space.
Did you get the latest software update (0x0368)?
Did you get the latest software update (0x0368)?
Sometimes it take a while for the unit to report a correct free space if you've recently deleted shows. I've seen it take an hour or more to settle on what the real free space was.
I've also seen a few instances where I was pretty sure the free space indicator was definitely wrong and I think I even posted about it here. I never did add everything up to make sure, but it seemed like there was a good double digit difference.
Only other thing I can offer is that mpeg4 recorded material is done with variable rate compression, and shows in 1080i with a high bitrate and high levels of motion can be substantially larger on disk than shows in 480 or 720 with a lower bitrate and less motion.
Mpeg2 recorded shows can also be a lot larger on disk than mpeg4 shows.
So depending on the mix of content, 50 hours of HD might leave you with 50% or 15%...
I've also seen a few instances where I was pretty sure the free space indicator was definitely wrong and I think I even posted about it here. I never did add everything up to make sure, but it seemed like there was a good double digit difference.
Only other thing I can offer is that mpeg4 recorded material is done with variable rate compression, and shows in 1080i with a high bitrate and high levels of motion can be substantially larger on disk than shows in 480 or 720 with a lower bitrate and less motion.
Mpeg2 recorded shows can also be a lot larger on disk than mpeg4 shows.
So depending on the mix of content, 50 hours of HD might leave you with 50% or 15%...
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