Comments on: Importing archived WMV videos into SageTV’s “My TV” http://onlydarksets.com/2009/01/12/importing-archived-wmv-videos-into-sagetvs-my-tv/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:40:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: onlydarksets http://onlydarksets.com/2009/01/12/importing-archived-wmv-videos-into-sagetvs-my-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-450 onlydarksets Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:21:52 +0000 http://onlydarksets.wordpress.com/?p=709#comment-450 Thanks! The core difference is that Andy's app supports DVR-MS files, whereas this method supports any format that you can import into Windows Media Player (which includes WMV, DVR-MS, and AVI). Another difference is where the heavy lifting is done. Andy's app scans a directory for DVR-MS files, while this method is really just reading data from the Windows Media Player library. A third difference is that I do absolutely no error checking. I need to get that in there, but I haven't had a chance yet. My motivation behind doing this is that <a href="http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36671" rel="nofollow">SageMC does not properly display videos if the metadata title is the same</a>. Plus, this lets me put all of the TV shows in a single, logical place. Thanks! The core difference is that Andy’s app supports DVR-MS files, whereas this method supports any format that you can import into Windows Media Player (which includes WMV, DVR-MS, and AVI).

Another difference is where the heavy lifting is done. Andy’s app scans a directory for DVR-MS files, while this method is really just reading data from the Windows Media Player library.

A third difference is that I do absolutely no error checking. I need to get that in there, but I haven’t had a chance yet.

My motivation behind doing this is that SageMC does not properly display videos if the metadata title is the same. Plus, this lets me put all of the TV shows in a single, logical place.

]]> By: Brent http://onlydarksets.com/2009/01/12/importing-archived-wmv-videos-into-sagetvs-my-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Brent Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:32:58 +0000 http://onlydarksets.wordpress.com/?p=709#comment-449 Nice writeup! I've never imported recordings into SageTV from VMC before, but I know about the importer you mentioned by Babgvant. How does his app compare to this one as far as how it works and what it does? Is it simply categorizing differently or something else? http://babgvant.com/blogs/andyvt/archive/2008/08/01/migratemctosage.aspx Thanks! Brent Nice writeup!

I’ve never imported recordings into SageTV from VMC before, but I know about the importer you mentioned by Babgvant. How does his app compare to this one as far as how it works and what it does? Is it simply categorizing differently or something else?

http://babgvant.com/blogs/andyvt/archive/2008/08/01/migratemctosage.aspx

Thanks!
Brent

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