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<blockquote data-quote="Larzon" data-source="post: 643822" data-attributes="member: 101335">I use VideoReDo TVSuite. It isn't free, but it gives me &quot;one-stop-shopping&quot;, and I'm happy to say it works very well.&nbsp; You simply open the .ts file, make your edits, and burn the DVD -- it's very straightforward.&nbsp; (Note the original .ts file is not changed, it is just provides the source data for the project.)The reason I was willing to pay for the software is that my father wanted to learn how to do it.&nbsp; It was fairly easy to teach him to do it on his own, and subsequently this has saved me lots of &quot;tech support&quot; time.However if you have enough computer skills to get MediaPortal working for recording TV shows, you are quite capable of burning DVDs of these shows for free. The catch is it takes at least 2, and maybe 3, different applications to accomplish this; it's a multi-stage process.Locating and testing the various freeware programs for each stage took a few evenings, but I did come up with a satisfactory solution. (Sorry, the names of these apps have faded from memory.)&nbsp; I would have kept that setup had it been just for me, but it wasn't a solution I wanted to teach (and re-teach...) to my father over the phone.VideoReDo had a free trial which was fully functional for some time period. If they still have that, I strongly recommend trying it out before you embark on the freeware approach.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Larzon, post: 643822, member: 101335"] I use VideoReDo TVSuite. It isn't free, but it gives me "one-stop-shopping", and I'm happy to say it works very well. You simply open the .ts file, make your edits, and burn the DVD -- it's very straightforward. (Note the original .ts file is not changed, it is just provides the source data for the project.) The reason I was willing to pay for the software is that my father wanted to learn how to do it. It was fairly easy to teach him to do it on his own, and subsequently this has saved me [I]lots[/I] of "tech support" time. However if you have enough computer skills to get MediaPortal working for recording TV shows, you are quite capable of burning DVDs of these shows for [B]free[/B]. The catch is it takes at least 2, and maybe 3, different applications to accomplish this; it's a multi-stage process. Locating and testing the various freeware programs for each stage took a few evenings, but I did come up with a satisfactory solution. (Sorry, the names of these apps have faded from memory.) I would have kept that setup had it been just for me, but it wasn't a solution I wanted to teach (and re-teach...) to my father over the phone. VideoReDo had a free trial which was fully functional for some time period. If they still have that, I strongly recommend trying it out before you embark on the freeware approach. [/QUOTE]

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