Archive for January, 2008
This Action will write certain meta data to the CutDvrmsFile Context. By default, it will create two new meta data fields (and default them to the following values): WM/Toolname = DVRMSToolbox WM/ToolVersion = <currentversion> (e.g., 1.2.1.0) You can also do the following: FixSlider – not sure why you would do this, but it sets the [...]
NOTE: This post is in progress. If it doesn’t work, try this workaround instead. What’s the Problem? In certain scenarios, VMC will record a show and incorrectly set the duration to approximately 5-6 minutes. VMC thinks the show is that long, so skipping through causes it to jump around erratically. This does not affect Windows [...]
I came up with a regular expression that should allow full access to the path, filename, and extension when using the ChangeContextValue Action. I’m sure there is a more efficient way to do it, but this works just fine. FindRegex: ^((.*\\)(.*)\.(.*))\z ReplaceRegex: $1 = E:\Recorded TV\subdir\another one\Dirty Sexy Money_WJLA-DT_10_10_2007_22_00_01.dvr-ms $2 = E:\Recorded TV\subdir\another one\ $3 [...]
http://blogs.msdn.com/mayurk/archive/2007/02/16/push-email-with-windows-live-hotmail-and-windows-mobile-6-0.aspx The nomenclature is confusing as all, but the features from MS are getting better and better.
My video source is NTSC via DVR-MS. I am converting using DVRMSToolbox, natch, (which uses DVR2WMV), and a custom PRX (found here). Has anyone found a single set of video conversion settings that will allow proper aspect ratios on both the Zune and through Vista Media Center (or an extender)? DVR-MS SD shows are natively [...]
Maybe it’s because I’m already running DTb, but this was easy as pie. I installed it on my laptop, opened up DTbGUI, set the input and output files, and then selected the “Cut out commercials, convert to WMV” profile. It took about 10 minutes, and spit out a 1700Kbps WMV3 file of a 30 minute [...]
Most of the blog and forum postings out there for converting video for the Zune are for manual conversions. I haven’t found a whole lot of discussion on automatically converting from WMC DVR-MS files to a Zune-compliant format, and I have found next to nothing on converting HD DVR-MS. First, for manual conversion, there are [...]
I got tired of waiting (and waiting…and waiting…and waiting) for Vista to respond to simple commands like “delete this file” on the desktop at home, so I downgraded it to XP today. It’s nice to see stuff just “work” again.
Just signed up for a ZunePass for our Zunes. Turns out you can install it on up to 3 computers and sync it to up to 3 Zunes – pretty sweet for $15/month! See section 14.2: http://www.zune.net/en-US/legal/tosPage.htm
My HP a1357c came with a wireless card, that I relocated to another PC, which was running Vista. Vista immediately identified the card and installed the drivers. For reasons that will soon become clear (in another post), I needed the XP drivers for this card. Go ahead and Google it – you won’t find them. [...]