Pre MP preparation (1 Viewer)

[Program.X]

Hi all,

Have already promised myself as a future user and hopefully a developer/tester.

My Panasonic DMRE050 DVD Recorder is playing up in not reading DVD-R's at the moment so I am stuck in terms of being able to record things and keep my TiVo trim.

So in the meantime, I am creating WMV files. My questions relate to this:

1/ I am creating them in 640x480. Is this too high res/low-res?
2/ Are WMV files "readable" my MP (I'm sure they are), and how integrated is this format?

Unfortunately, I have to wait to get some free cash to invest. And it has to be in one big swoop, as Insight/DABS rip you off for delivering to the Isle of Man. But as soon as I get the cash ....

 

[Callifo]

If you mean your recording them on your Tivo and playing them on MP then

1) 720x576 is native PAL and 720x480 is NTSC so they would be *more* ideal.

2) Works fine, just play them back in my videos.

 

[Program.X]

Thanks Callifo,

Surely PAL would create massive files? How do you guys achieve storage of this?

I was looking at a 1Tb NAS device from Buffalo. Is this suitable for use with MP? Does it "stream" fast enough over a wired/wireless connection using PAL/640x480 settings?