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mrbenji · 2008-04-15, 20:39

Hi all,

I've spent a good couple hours searching for an existing solution for this to no avail.

What I want to do is take converted TV shows (which show up and play correctly in My Videos) and add them to the "My TV" area. This is a "wife test" hurdle... she wants one stop shopping for TV, a la TiVo, where any TV shows we might watch are under a "Now Playing" area (i.e. My TV). The issue is that not all of these shows are recorded OTA: some are XVID or x264 videos. Of course, she could care less where the programs were sourced from... i.e. when she wants to watch TV she wants to press the Recorded TV button on our MCE remote and see all her options categorized by show, rather than poke around there AND drill into the various folders in the video area.

It appears that the "MP plugin for Video Transcoding" replaces the original recording's link in "My TV" with a link to the compressed video... so how do I shoehorn a new tv episode video in like this?

Thanks,
Benji

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mrbenji Portal Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 40 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Country:	Plugin to add videos to My TV area? Hi all, I've spent a good couple hours searching for an existing solution for this to no avail. What I want to do is take converted TV shows (which show up and play correctly in My Videos) and add them to the "My TV" area. This is a "wife test" hurdle... she wants one stop shopping for TV, a la TiVo, where any TV shows we might watch are under a "Now Playing" area (i.e. My TV). The issue is that not all of these shows are recorded OTA: some are XVID or x264 videos. Of course, she could care less where the programs were sourced from... i.e. when she wants to watch TV she wants to press the Recorded TV button on our MCE remote and see all her options categorized by show, rather than poke around there AND drill into the various folders in the video area. It appears that the "MP plugin for Video Transcoding" replaces the original recording's link in "My TV" with a link to the compressed video... so how do I shoehorn a new tv episode video in like this? Thanks, Benji