How many hard disk space should I have to record digital MPEG video files?
The specification for MPEG files allows you to define different capacities for data and quality. The data volume will change according to the video content of a given source. Below are specifications for your reference:
*An hour's worth of video content with MPEG-1 VCD specification, takes up about 650MB of hard disk space.
*An hour's worth of video content with MPEG-2 DVD specification, takes up about 2 to 2.5GB of hard disk space
