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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ziphnor" data-source="post: 84991" data-attributes="member: 14215">DivX and Xvid compression is too CPU intensive to do it on the fly(for most computers anyway), and you would have to do the compression in a single pass(you cant do multiple passes unless the whole video is available <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> and most likely also using constant bit rate giving you a lower quality recording than you would otherwise expect from DivX/Xvid.The new TV engine will record transport streams, recording to a simple video format like DivX or MPEG-2 is not acceptable as it strips off the extra information included with the transport stream delivered by the (digital) tuner card. Not sure what will happen for analog cards.</blockquote>