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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nhm" data-source="post: 1267585" data-attributes="member: 164791">"You didn't read the Wiki article that I linked in my reply, did you? Since you cut your movies and series all you need to do is to rename your files as described in the Wiki to be recognized by MP(2). The system will then retrieve complete metadata and fanart from online sources."In response to HTPCSourcer's comment - actually I did read this but may not have fully understood the possibilities. At present I rarely need to do anything with the metadata which WMC stores within its .wtv files. The file names themselves also helpfully include the channel, transmission date and time in addition to the program name. When I edit them I add any episode number to the file name and save in my own folder structure to which WMC is given no access (except when I pick a file to open).For me personally there is no advantage in a feature which attempts to index my thousands of media files and add further information from the internet, so I would want to disable this behaviour wherever possible. However I do need to be able to see program descriptions when opening recordings, and ideally also running times (which VideoReDo helpfully updates when it edits). I suppose there is no easy way that the program description and running time can be stored in a .ts file and displayed as in WMC? Does MediaPortal need an .xml in order to correctly open a .ts file or will it open anyway if the associated file is not found?Thanks to JoeCrow for the helpful information about BluRay options which I will bear in mind, and to Lehmden about his Media-Buddy and alternative file types. As you will appreciate from reading this I am not at all a computer buff so I have never really looked into the possibilities of converting recordings to save space, except as it relates to options for saving edited movies from my 4K camcorder. I note you say that converting to an H265 stream within an .mkv can reduce file size by 80-90%, but presumably this requires a good deal of re-coding time, and how 'lossy' is the new format setting to achieve that? I think you are saying that the single .mkv then incorporates your metadata - did I understand you correctly?</blockquote>

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