i am trying to find a way to convert Windows media center recording of vedio files on to a format for DVD . Can anyone guide me in the right direction?
Try this Microsoft Support Page: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/using/tv/burntvtodvd.mspx This procedure allows you to burn a DVD of a recorded TV program. It only works with computers purchased with Media Center Edition 2005 pre-installed. Good luck.
Hi, There's a few ways you can turn those dvr-ms files (the format MCE records TV in) to a dvd-video disc. The easiest, but slowest way, is to use the inbuilt MCE burning function (what Master63 was talking about). If you don't have the DVD-Video option, you need a file called "sonicencoders.msi", Google for it. I'd also apply the burning update and Rollup2 and the update to Rollup2 for MCE2005, as this will update the burning function. Other than that, there's a few third party programs that you can use with your mce remote to turn those dvr-ms files into DVD's. Some work better than others, and most are meant for the U.S. market, so don't work as well if you're living somewhere that doesn't have NTSC/ATSC TV Signals. Anyway, here are some of them, try a trial first if there is one: Sonic Primetime http://www.sonic.com/products/Consumer/primetime/ Arcsoft QuickDVD http://www.arcsoft.com/products/quickdvd/ Cyberlink MakeDVD 2.0 http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/download/trials_35_ENU.html There's also a stack of programs you can use if you're not worried about using a keyboard and mouse. doing it this way is a step by step process, but it all begins with stripping that DVR-MS file to a mpeg2 so you can use other programs to play with it and author to DVD. I think the easiest way to do this is by using a program called DVRMSToolbox to convert to mpeg2 then just using Divx2DVD to convert that mpeg2 file to a DVD. Really, I could talk all day about various ways to convert to DVD-video. Instead, you might want to check out some of the MCE specific forums around. www.thegreenbutton.com and www.xpmce.com are two of the bigger ones, and www.xpmediacentre.com.au is a great one for Aussies, or people living in country with Pal/DVB-T TV signals like the U.K. Hope that gets you started.
