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<blockquote data-quote="Brijn" data-source="post: 40838" data-attributes="member: 13180">Recording over FWHello,I looked into this a while ago when looking at getting HD.. What I found at that point (but unfortunately didn't bookmark, since I decided against getting HD) was a (set of) programs(s) that integrated with one of the other PVR apps (I think MCE, not sure).. It worked in quite a smart way..Whenever a program was scheduled for recording on SD, the plugin would kick in and switch the STB to the correct HD channel and start recording. This set of application also came with a command line tool to switch the channels. Another piece of software was used to do the actual recording (a well known one, forgot the name now, but something like xxxVHS). At the end of the recording the plugin woul remove the SD recording and copy the HD recording in place (if size &gt; 0). In this way the database would be correct etc.A relatively elegant way of integrating without a lot of changes to the code. I don't know if MP provides a trigger for starting a recording, but worst case you would find the code for the recording icon and something in the same code path ;-)If I ever decide to get HD I will start playing with itBas</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brijn, post: 40838, member: 13180"] [b]Recording over FW[/b] Hello, I looked into this a while ago when looking at getting HD.. What I found at that point (but unfortunately didn't bookmark, since I decided against getting HD) was a (set of) programs(s) that integrated with one of the other PVR apps (I think MCE, not sure).. It worked in quite a smart way.. Whenever a program was scheduled for recording on SD, the plugin would kick in and switch the STB to the correct HD channel and start recording. This set of application also came with a command line tool to switch the channels. Another piece of software was used to do the actual recording (a well known one, forgot the name now, but something like xxxVHS). At the end of the recording the plugin woul remove the SD recording and copy the HD recording in place (if size > 0). In this way the database would be correct etc. A relatively elegant way of integrating without a lot of changes to the code. I don't know if MP provides a trigger for starting a recording, but worst case you would find the code for the recording icon and something in the same code path ;-) If I ever decide to get HD I will start playing with it Bas [/QUOTE]

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