Converting Windows Media Files to dvr-ms.

[Peter Jason]

I have Windows 7.

I record many movies via a 2-tuner TV card.

I can record many movies per day, and these have to be converted to
dvr-ms format one by one.

Is there any way to just select, say 4 movies with ctrl-click and have
them converted all at once automatically? This would save time.

 

[bj]

Where are all these movies coming *from*?
I thought TV cards only received OTA channels, & how many movies are they
putting out?
bj

"Peter Jason" wrote in message

I have Windows 7.

I record many movies via a 2-tuner TV card.

I can record many movies per day, and these have to be converted to
dvr-ms format one by one.

Is there any way to just select, say 4 movies with ctrl-click and have
them converted all at once automatically? This would save time.

 

[GlowingBlueMist]

Where are all these movies coming *from*?
I thought TV cards only received OTA channels, & how many movies are
they putting out?
bj

in message

I have Windows 7.

I record many movies via a 2-tuner TV card.

I can record many movies per day, and these have to be converted to
dvr-ms format one by one.

Is there any way to just select, say 4 movies with ctrl-click and have
them converted all at once automatically? This would save time.

I don't know about Peters location but my Hauppaugue dual tuner card can
record from any of my cable channels that are not encrypted, about 150.

With many of the channels being broadcast in multiple formats on
multiple channels I'd estimate I still have over 100 channels to choose
from. It makes no difference if the channels are in HD format or not
the card records what ever I choose to pick. It all depends on the
model of the tuner card you use.

Sorry Peter, I don't convert or save the recordings once they are
watched. I just delete them and free up the hard drive space.

 

[Peter Jason]

From normal TV stations, though not from HD channels - which consume
too much disk space.

Of course I then strain the movies thru a video editor (Video ReDo) to
cut out the ads.

Then I store them on a dedicated HDD. This 1Tb HDD can hold 250
normal movies, and when this is full I buy another HDD.

Video Re Do and other video editors do not like the raw Windows media
files, and so they must be converted.

Peter

 

[Peter Jason]

I don't know about Peters location but my Hauppaugue dual tuner card can
record from any of my cable channels that are not encrypted, about 150.

With many of the channels being broadcast in multiple formats on
multiple channels I'd estimate I still have over 100 channels to choose
from. It makes no difference if the channels are in HD format or not
the card records what ever I choose to pick. It all depends on the
model of the tuner card you use.

Sorry Peter, I don't convert or save the recordings once they are
watched. I just delete them and free up the hard drive space.

My method is to record, strain out the ads, and then watch; at a
convenient time of MY choosing.

 

[Paul]

From normal TV stations, though not from HD channels - which consume
too much disk space.

Of course I then strain the movies thru a video editor (Video ReDo) to
cut out the ads.

Then I store them on a dedicated HDD. This 1Tb HDD can hold 250
normal movies, and when this is full I buy another HDD.

Video Re Do and other video editors do not like the raw Windows media
files, and so they must be converted.

Peter

A group like rec.video.desktop may be a better source of inspiration,
as there are people who edit stuff like that all day.

I'd want to go back and review the workflow first, to make sure
you aren't missing an opportunity some where.

Are you using Media Center to record the content, or some
other tool ?

Is the "2 tuner card" a digital card (8VSB), and are you recording digital
content ? Perhaps you could name the card, and also what recording
application you're using. If you're in a country which still has
analog, you could be recording NTSC or PAL, and then the issues will
be slightly different (less chance of a "free lunch" in the work
flow).

VideoReDo is frame accurate MPEG2.

http://www.videoredo.com/en/index.htm

An OTA digital broadcast, could well be carrying some version of
MPEG-2 as well. Now, perhaps what you'd want, is a recording
application that simply records the MPEG-2. And then, you should be
able to take it into VideoReDo, snip commercials, and impose
no recompression penalty. The final question then is, what format
do you want to store them on, until playing them ? MPEG-2 might
be fine for that as well.

It's possible, that the recording application is changing formats
when recording, forcing you to do yet another conversion back
to the format being transmitted in the first place.

Paul