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Two problems have plagued Media Portal users since the dawn of time; the inability to record to MPG instead of DVR-MS, and no way to stream live TV. While this is in no ways a perfect solution for all, it is a rather nifty work around.
AutoDVRConvert lets you convert DVR-MS files to MPG. Quite plain, except for one feature - it can do it in real time. This means as soon as you begin recording a program in Media Portal, it is creating a MPG file at the same time, the same size, the same length.
So that’s one plus, recording in real time to MPG.
The second thing you can do with an MPG file created in real time is watch it with VLC while it is still being created. This means you can open that MPG file on another computer on the network and watch the file as it is being recorded, effectively a live TV stream.
I’m sure you can pause and skip around the file, but I’ve only tried watching it to see that it works. This won’t work in programs like Windows Media Player, Quicktime or Real Player as they can’t open a file that is in use by another program. As I said, VLC works, and I’m sure you’d have some luck with other alternative players.
1. Download AutoDVRConvert. You can extract this anywhere on your hard drive, I put mine in my Team Media Portal folder as it’s a good place to keep odds and ends close to hand.
2. Open AutoDVRConvert and configure it. You can see my settings from the screenshot below.
You can choose to delete the DVR-MS file once you’ve finished conversion. If a converted MPG file is deleted but not the original DVR-MS file, AutoDVRConvert will create another MPG copy.
3. Choose a DVR-MS to MPG graph. Unfortunately neither of the included graphs worked for me, so I created my own with GraphRenderer. If you want you can use my graph, paste it in to a Notepad document and save it in the same directory as AutoDVRConvert.exe as an .xgr file (My MPG.xgr in my case). Select it from the drop down list, this only detects files in the same directory.
I used the CyberLink MPEG Muxer and Cyberlink Dump Filter in my graph, both are likely already on your system - if not there are copies included in the downloaded AutoDVRConvert zip.
4. Start the converter. It’ll now start humming through the DVR-MS files in the input directory and any programs recording, it really doesn’t take long to convert the files.
Do more with your TVâ„¢
Record to MPG & stream Live TV (AutoDVRConvert)
Automated Ad Removal (DVRMS Toolbox)
Automated compression after x days (Crunchie)
Manually crop DVR-MS length and remove ads (DVR Edit)
AutoDVRConvert lets you convert DVR-MS files to MPG. Quite plain, except for one feature - it can do it in real time. This means as soon as you begin recording a program in Media Portal, it is creating a MPG file at the same time, the same size, the same length.
So that’s one plus, recording in real time to MPG.
The second thing you can do with an MPG file created in real time is watch it with VLC while it is still being created. This means you can open that MPG file on another computer on the network and watch the file as it is being recorded, effectively a live TV stream.
I’m sure you can pause and skip around the file, but I’ve only tried watching it to see that it works. This won’t work in programs like Windows Media Player, Quicktime or Real Player as they can’t open a file that is in use by another program. As I said, VLC works, and I’m sure you’d have some luck with other alternative players.
1. Download AutoDVRConvert. You can extract this anywhere on your hard drive, I put mine in my Team Media Portal folder as it’s a good place to keep odds and ends close to hand.
2. Open AutoDVRConvert and configure it. You can see my settings from the screenshot below.
You can choose to delete the DVR-MS file once you’ve finished conversion. If a converted MPG file is deleted but not the original DVR-MS file, AutoDVRConvert will create another MPG copy.
3. Choose a DVR-MS to MPG graph. Unfortunately neither of the included graphs worked for me, so I created my own with GraphRenderer. If you want you can use my graph, paste it in to a Notepad document and save it in the same directory as AutoDVRConvert.exe as an .xgr file (My MPG.xgr in my case). Select it from the drop down list, this only detects files in the same directory.
Code:
<GRAPH version="1.0">
<FILTER ID="Cyberlink_Dump_Filter" clsid="{3E8868CB-5FE8-402C-AA90-CB1AC6AE3240}">
<PARAM name="src" value="D:\Recorded TV\Test.mpg"/>
</FILTER>
<FILTER ID="CyberLink_MPEG_Muxer" clsid="{BC650178-0DE4-47DF-AF50-BBD9C7AEF5A9}">
</FILTER>
<FILTER ID="DVR_Source_0" clsid="{C9F5FE02-F851-4EB5-99EE-AD602AF1E619}">
</FILTER>
<connect direct="yes" src="DVR_Source_0" srcpin="DVR Out - 1" dest="CyberLink_MPEG_Muxer" destpin="Audio In"/>
<connect direct="yes" src="DVR_Source_0" srcpin="DVR Out - 2" dest="CyberLink_MPEG_Muxer" destpin="Video In"/>
<connect direct="yes" src="CyberLink_MPEG_Muxer" srcpin="Output" dest="Cyberlink_Dump_Filter" destpin="Input"/>
</GRAPH>I used the CyberLink MPEG Muxer and Cyberlink Dump Filter in my graph, both are likely already on your system - if not there are copies included in the downloaded AutoDVRConvert zip.
4. Start the converter. It’ll now start humming through the DVR-MS files in the input directory and any programs recording, it really doesn’t take long to convert the files.
Do more with your TVâ„¢
Record to MPG & stream Live TV (AutoDVRConvert)
Automated Ad Removal (DVRMS Toolbox)
Automated compression after x days (Crunchie)
Manually crop DVR-MS length and remove ads (DVR Edit)
