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<blockquote data-quote="NZOldFart" data-source="post: 148268" data-attributes="member: 26693">OK - I've played around a bit more and seem to be making some progress.&nbsp; I think the first programme I tried to cut was an mpeg - the fastforward/rewind buttons on the remote seem to work in videoeditor with this but not with dvr-ms files?&nbsp; And there was no sound with the mpeg cutversion.&nbsp; Finally managed to work out the slider - am i right that once it's playing the only way I could get the slider to wotk (using the keyboard buttons only) was to double click on it with the mouse - then use the L/R arrows?&nbsp; - that was the only way I could seem to get it to work anyway.&nbsp; Sound was ok on the dvr-ms file.&nbsp;&nbsp; Also it appears that the cut version is automatically saved as mpeg rather than original dvr-ms?Also can someone please explain how videoeditor converts to divx?&nbsp; I can't find any option for it in the menu - the menu only gives me options for cut or convert to mpeg!&nbsp; I downloaded mencoder and it is installed in the main mediaportal directory (in my case called d:\teammediaportal).&nbsp; I also note that in the initial instructions it says thatif you already have mencoder you can got to videoeditor configuration and change the path to it. Ummm I had a look and there don't seem to be any options at all for videoeditor in setup - plugins - just enable/disable??Sorry for being such a dumbass but I'm not a computer techie type - just a user - I don't understand all the techo stuff but am generally ok in following instructions so long as they're clear.&nbsp; Unfortunately that's really my only small criticism of MP - the documentation for simple users ain't good - it presupposes a fairly high technical knowledge.&nbsp; eg It would be reallynice for clear explanations of what things do and how they are done - such as I don't even understand the database stuff - eg like tv recordings added to movie database - well I don't know what that means or does - as far as I can see the recorded tv is saved in it's own directory&nbsp; so what happens after it's recorded and added to the movie database?&nbsp; I don't have a clue!&nbsp; It's still accessed from recorded tv in mytv and presumably would be whether or not it was added to the movie database - see - told you I was dumb.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NZOldFart, post: 148268, member: 26693"] OK - I've played around a bit more and seem to be making some progress. I think the first programme I tried to cut was an mpeg - the fastforward/rewind buttons on the remote seem to work in videoeditor with this but not with dvr-ms files? And there was no sound with the mpeg cutversion. Finally managed to work out the slider - am i right that once it's playing the only way I could get the slider to wotk (using the keyboard buttons only) was to double click on it with the mouse - then use the L/R arrows? - that was the only way I could seem to get it to work anyway. Sound was ok on the dvr-ms file. Also it appears that the cut version is automatically saved as mpeg rather than original dvr-ms? Also can someone please explain how videoeditor converts to divx? I can't find any option for it in the menu - the menu only gives me options for cut or convert to mpeg! I downloaded mencoder and it is installed in the main mediaportal directory (in my case called d:\teammediaportal). I also note that in the initial instructions it says thatif you already have mencoder you can got to videoeditor configuration and change the path to it. Ummm I had a look and there don't seem to be any options at all for videoeditor in setup - plugins - just enable/disable?? Sorry for being such a dumbass but I'm not a computer techie type - just a user - I don't understand all the techo stuff but am generally ok in following instructions so long as they're clear. Unfortunately that's really my only small criticism of MP - the documentation for simple users ain't good - it presupposes a fairly high technical knowledge. eg It would be reallynice for clear explanations of what things do and how they are done - such as I don't even understand the database stuff - eg like tv recordings added to movie database - well I don't know what that means or does - as far as I can see the recorded tv is saved in it's own directory so what happens after it's recorded and added to the movie database? I don't have a clue! It's still accessed from recorded tv in mytv and presumably would be whether or not it was added to the movie database - see - told you I was dumb. [/QUOTE]

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