Posts Tagged ‘Music/Video Players’
I posted a method for converting SageTV files to iPod/iPhone compliant files a while back, but a number of the files weren’t converting properly. I also had problems with mencoder cutting commercials out of the files. So, I retooled the approach, and I am now getting 100% success, using the approach outlined below. NOTE: Several [...]
FINAL UPDATE: This is a self-repairing problem due to an infinite loop in the boot cycle that only occurs on the last day of a leap year. To fix it, fully drain the battery, which will break the loop. When you plug it in again, it will no longer be the last day of a [...]
I have posted an updated method. I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU USE IT INSTEAD! I leave the below for posterity… NOTE: mencoder is not cutting commercials properly on my system. Everything else is working fine. I’ll post an update when I get it working. Here is how I’m converting SageTV recordings to iPhone-compatible (and Touch/iPod-compatible) [...]
IF YOUR ZUNE 30GB FROZE ON DECEMBER 31, 2008, read this post. The information in the comments is all pretty much the same – everyone’s froze at 12:00a PST. Apparently this is a Leap Year issue that will resolve itself on 1/1/2009. Of course, a firmware patch will be required for those few Zunes that [...]
Looking through the paper today, I see that Microsoft has dropped the price on the Zune 8gb by $20, down to $179. Personally, I think this is a brilliant move by MS – right now, at a high level, the Zune has failed to distinguish itself from the iPod. Yes, there are feature-by-feature differences, but [...]
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 [...]
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
Here is a good post (which, in turn, is based on this MS KB article) on how to get the battery indicator on the Zune to more accurately display the battery level. Here is an excerpt from the KB article: For Zune 4GB, 8GB, and 80GB devices, the battery icon may not accurately represent the [...]