Re: Lost prospective user
- From: "Dana Cline - MVP" <dcline@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 10:29:53 -0500
1) Recorded TV is saved as dvr-ms files, which are wrappers around the
standard MPEG formats. There are a few programs which can convert these
files to other formats - some are free (DVR2WMV, for instance) while others
will set you back ~$50 or so. Versions of MCE 2005 from some hardware OEMs
contain the Sonic encoder, which allows you to create DVDs of recorded tv
within the MCE interface. These DVDs can play on regular DVD players. Other
OEMs (and Microsoft) do not include this file, and as far as I can tell
Sonic doesn't sell it separately. You can purchase 3rd party programs to do
this.
2) Nope, not recorded as WMV. See #1...
3) Your tuner card will take the feed from your cable box. Your audio card
can send the audio to your stereo. You will need a supported remote control
with your system in order to send commands to your cable box. Typically,
this remote consists of a remote, a USB receiver, and an "IR bug" that
adheres to the IR receiver on your cable box.
4) There is no provision in MCE to record radio. I keep hoping someone will
write an add-in for MCE that can do this but as far as I know no one has
yet.
5) Major issues? Well, one issue is that 2005 is a lot pickier than 2004
about supported tuners and graphics adapters. See the supported hardware
list at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/partners/dfw/partnerlisting.m
spx
We could provide additional information if you give us your exact system
hardware.
"BorisS" <BorisS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:54CCEBAC-85FB-4769-A030-822B96390102@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> okay, anyone with experience...if you could help me figure out whether XP
MC
> will let me do the following, would be grateful:
>
> 1) recording tv - how does it save? is it a file on my computer, which I
> could then somehow convert to a DVD to save (I have a DVD writer,
obviously)
> Also relevant for a question around using the footage for editing
purposes.
>
> 2) is it correct to assume that everything is saved in WMx formats?
>
> 3) the way I understand the way this works, I'd have to buy a card for my
PC
> which would take the feed from the cable box I have, and which would
somehow
> interface with my stereo system. Do I then control my PC with a remote
> control, or how does the pause/play stuff work?
>
> 4) can I record audio sources like radio the same way I'd record tv (in
> other words, could I effectively program the PC to record a particular
radio
> channel at a particular time?
>
> 5) What are the major issues that have come up with this edition (although
I
> know that is such a general question that I don't expect an exhaustive
> list...just in case there are major issues that users know about and which
I
> should investigate).
>
> Not clear to me from the product specs and overviews that are available
how
> all the above happens. Thanks so much.
>
> --
> Boris
.
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