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higgsfield · 25-04-2008, 14:58

Of course the amount of time remaining depends on the programs you record - HD needs about 3x the space, for example, iirc.

Maybe someone knowledgable can explain how the estimate works.

I can only guess - but I suspect that it looks at the profile of the material you have to estimate how much more would fit on.

The assumption being that you will continue to record material of SD and HD in the same proportion. I wonder if it is this clever?

For example, if it's half full of HD material of a total length of Xhrs - then it will estimate that you have Xhrs remaining. Whereas if it were half full of 3X hrs of SD material, it would estimate that you have 3X hrs remaining.

And therefore, if it were half SD and half HD, then it would estimate 2.5Xhors remaining.

Makes sense?

Someone shoot me down!!!

25-04-2008, 14:58	#3
higgsfield Inactive Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: London, England Posts: 296	Re: V+ guessing amount of space left Of course the amount of time remaining depends on the programs you record - HD needs about 3x the space, for example, iirc. Maybe someone knowledgable can explain how the estimate works. I can only guess - but I suspect that it looks at the profile of the material you have to estimate how much more would fit on. The assumption being that you will continue to record material of SD and HD in the same proportion. I wonder if it is this clever? For example, if it's half full of HD material of a total length of Xhrs - then it will estimate that you have Xhrs remaining. Whereas if it were half full of 3X hrs of SD material, it would estimate that you have 3X hrs remaining. And therefore, if it were half SD and half HD, then it would estimate 2.5Xhors remaining. Makes sense? Someone shoot me down!!!