jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Mon Nov 29 12:45:44 CST 2010
LOL, which is how they persuade people that already use Windows Media Server to just build another box... I haven't tried it yet but I am hoping to be able to "merge" the record directories of the two boxes with a simple search over the network. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com On 11/29/2010 12:41 PM, Michael Bahr wrote: > Unfortunately Windows uses a proprietary video format, wtv. There are > some applications that will convert wtv to mpg or ts format which is a > more common container. This is especially useful if you want to edit the > video, for example cut out the commercials. One problem with wtv is it > can not be used to burn DVD/Bluray disks, it must be converted to a > standard container that is acceptable for burning. What a lot of users > are doing is automatically converting wtv to a standard container and then > saving it. > > The **best** tool for editing is VideoReDo (VRD). It cost ~$100 BUT it > can, right now mostly handle wtv. I say mostly because it has been a work > in progress because they must reverse-engineer things. VRD supports most > of the common commercial video containers like ts, mpg, mp4, H264, and > more encoding and decoding. It is well worth the money. Oh it is also > frame-accurate in editing, which you will not find elsewhere. > http://www.videoredo.com/en/index.htm > > Mike... > >> That is impressive. Do you know if it plays the windows 7 TV recordings >> format? I don't even know >> what that format is but ATM I have a single HTPC in the living room. It >> has a single tuner and >> records all of my TV "stuff". I could share that out and play it back >> from other rooms if the box >> understood that format. >> >> John W. Colby >> www.ColbyConsulting.com