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<blockquote data-quote="bezza7" data-source="post: 701438" data-attributes="member: 109999">Hi I am completely new to Media Portal and could really do with some help.I mainly want to use the software for archiving TV. I do lots of this -40-50 hours a week- and need to set my system up right.There are three issues I could really do with help with:1. Is there a way of setting up media portal to wake up my computer from sleep mode to record programmes. At the moment I have set my computer running Windows 7 64 to sleep after being inactive for 15 mins. Media Portal doesn't appear to wake up my PC up at the moment.2. Can you select Media Portal to record in formats other than .ts? Because I record so much TV it quickly fills up my hard drives and absolute picture quality is not my central concern. The media center software that came with my Pinnacle card is pretty poor but it does offer the opportunity to record TV straight into MP4 or DivX formats. Does Media Portal offer this function? Otherwise I will have to do lots of format conversions each week.3. Does Media Portal offer the ability to remote schedule recording via the web?Sorry if these questions seem rather stupid but I am not terribly technical and am struggling with the software at the moment.ThanksMike</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bezza7, post: 701438, member: 109999"] Hi I am completely new to Media Portal and could really do with some help. I mainly want to use the software for archiving TV. I do lots of this -40-50 hours a week- and need to set my system up right. There are three issues I could really do with help with: 1. Is there a way of setting up media portal to wake up my computer from sleep mode to record programmes. At the moment I have set my computer running Windows 7 64 to sleep after being inactive for 15 mins. Media Portal doesn't appear to wake up my PC up at the moment. 2. Can you select Media Portal to record in formats other than .ts? Because I record so much TV it quickly fills up my hard drives and absolute picture quality is not my central concern. The media center software that came with my Pinnacle card is pretty poor but it does offer the opportunity to record TV straight into MP4 or DivX formats. Does Media Portal offer this function? Otherwise I will have to do lots of format conversions each week. 3. Does Media Portal offer the ability to remote schedule recording via the web? Sorry if these questions seem rather stupid but I am not terribly technical and am struggling with the software at the moment. Thanks Mike [/QUOTE]

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